Sudan
Is Turkey Playing Both Sides of Sudan’s Civil War?
Ankara’s involvement in Sudan indicates its foreign policy is bereft of any values and willing to ignore sanctions intended to deter continued bloodshed.
Russia Might Have a New Foreign Naval Base—In Sudan
Per the terms of the announced deal, Russia will establish its naval base near Port Sudan with a 25-year lease.
Whether Kamala Harris or Donald Trump: Both Will Need to Get Tough on Iran
As Kamala Harris and Donald J. Trump vie for the presidency, they embody contrasting visions for America’s role on the world stage. Both candidates must define a pragmatic path for...
Three Reasons to Tread Lightly in Sudan
Since April 2023, Sudan has descended into a catastrophic civil war, with the globe’s largest internally displaced population facing the world’s worst famine in four decades and genocide in Darfur...
Kamala Harris Would Be Disastrous for the Middle East
With Donald Trump and Kamala Harris functionally tied in the polls, it is high time to ask: What would a Harris foreign policy look like? First, let’s dismiss the idea...
Can Sudan’s Civilian Front Bring Peace?
On May 27, a broad cross-section of Sudanese civil society organizations met in Addis Ababa for the founding conference of the Coordination Body of the Democratic Civil Forces of Sudan,...
Iran’s “October Surprise” for Biden—and the Rest of Us
If Iran provokes an economic crisis this election season, it could be the ultimate “October Surprise” for the Biden campaign. Iran is encircling Israel and moving to choke off America’s...
Sudan’s Road to Nowhere
“The Army to the Barracks and the Janjaweed Dissolved,” chanted the Sudanese protestors who flooded the streets of the country in December five years ago this month. The chanting voices...
Sudan’s Budding Civil War Must Be a U.S. Priority
The suffering of the Sudanese people becomes more dramatic by the hour: water and food supplies are shrinking while the injured are turned out of their hospital beds to make...
Why Washington Should Care About South Sudan
In 1908, a young member of the British Parliament named Winston Spencer Churchill was trekking through Uganda when a tsetse fly settled on his shoulder. Though he knew he was...
How to Make Sudan an American Ally
This week is critical for Sudan’s Western orientation. The country’s military leaders and political and civilian actors will develop a roadmap for implementing the Framework Agreement, which they signed last...
Sudan’s Democratic Transition Needs American Support
KHARTOUM — Sudan is in crisis. Omar Hassan Ahmad al-Bashir, Sudan’s former dictator, was deposed in 2019. The transitional government that followed Bashir included representatives of the military and civil...