The break-up of Sudan, aided and abetted by the United States,
can be seen as another example of ill-conceived outside interference in
an internal conflict in the name of democracy and human rights. The
record for holding together the multi-ethnic states left behind by
Western colonialism and former empires, without autocratic and often
brutal centralized rule, is slim. This is a hard truth. And once such
states are broken, they do not heal themselves.
The full piece on my final thoughts on the string of Sudan entries may be found on TransConflict: http://www.transconflict.com/2016/05/what-lesson-from-sudan-035/
US State Department cables from places I have served plus items from my time as a UN peacekeeper. To increase public awareness of how diplomacy and peacekeeping are (were) actually done. All cables cleared by USG FOIA procedure. Cables are mostly those sent under my name from my posts but also others in which I was directly involved. UN documents and other items will also include occasional notes and background. Most recent in series on top with cables under the new series of UN documents.
Tuesday, May 3, 2016
Sudan: Final Words
Labels:
bureaucratics,
conflict,
diplomacy,
embassy,
Khartoum,
South Sudan,
Sudan,
US,
USAID
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