Opinion

By Adel Al-Rifai Abu Al-Hassan Sudan’s crisis does not lie in a lack of resources or in the weakness of its human potential. Rather, it lies in the fact that, for decades, a large section of its political elite has been more…

By Hisham Yousif Abdelrahman This is the fourth paper in the series, “Sudan in the Mirror of the International System”. It follows an introduction and three papers examining the transformation of warfare in the twenty-first…

By Police Brigadier (Retired) Omar Mohamed Othman Towards Security-Focused Media Diplomacy in Support of Recovery and Reconstruction The Police Press Office published a report on a meeting between the Minister of the Interior,…

By Rashid Abdel Rahim On this day in 1971, the Sudanese Communist Party succeeded in overthrowing President Jaafar Nimeiri's government and seizing power for three days. According to the author, one of the principal reasons for…

By Hisham Yousif Abdelrahman If the "new wars" have redefined the nature of conflict, and proxy wars have reshaped the way conflicts are managed, then the concept of the war economy explains one of the most important reasons why…

By Dr Ammar Abakar Abdalla Specialist in Water Resources, Integrated Water Resources Management, and Transboundary Water Cooperation Sudan is no longer simply a country through which the River Nile flows on its way to the…

By Nu'man Yousif Mohammed Former banker and institutional development consultant When discussing Sudan's reconstruction, one question inevitably arises: Where will the funding come from? Although this is a legitimate concern, it…

By Dr Al-Haytham Al-Kindi Yousif There is an objective reality that imposes itself on Sudan's political landscape: the military institution will continue to play a role in government for as long as security threats emanating from…

By Adel Al-Rifai Abu Alhassan Wars may, at first glance, appear to bring nothing but destruction and loss. Yet throughout history they have sometimes served as pivotal moments of national reflection, exposing structural weaknesses and…

By Dr Mohammed Yousif Hassan The Red Sea is no longer merely a blue line on the map separating the Arabian Peninsula from Africa. It has become one of the hottest theatres in the emerging international order, where the interests of global…