Presidential Silence in Beijing
Less than a month after announcing a new strategy for Sudan, President Obama left China early this morning without any public reference to having it up Sudan with his hosts.
Less than a month after announcing a new strategy for Sudan, President Obama left China early this morning without any public reference to having it up Sudan with his hosts.
Jerry Fowler | Posted 11.17.2009 | World
Some are describing the president's trip to China as a test of his foreign policy prowess; it's a test of his dedication to resolving one of the thorniest problems currently plaguing the international community: Sudan.
John Prendergast | Posted 10.07.2009 | World
The reality of Darfur's continuing strife does a disservice to the ongoing efforts to keep this issue burning brightly for the policymakers and diplomats who have so far failed to help end the crisis.
Lee Bycel | Posted 11.28.2009 | World
Why did I spend Rosh Hashanah in Darfuri refugee camps in Eastern Chad? Why would a rabbi welcome the Jewish New Year in a place where there are no Jews?
Jerry Fowler | Posted 11.22.2009 | World
Sudan is a test of the Obama administration's strategy of multilateralism and America's ability to use its influence to champion human rights, resolve conflicts, and prevent mass atrocities.
csmonitor.com | Marc Gustafson | Posted 09.20.2009 | World
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washingtonpost.com | Colum Lynch | Posted 09.06.2009 | World
NEW YORK, Aug. 5 -- The Obama administration's Sudan envoy is facing growing resistance to a suggestion he made recently to civilians displaced from D...
Mark Leon Goldberg | Posted 08.22.2009 | World
If the Obama administration doesn't provide a clear roadmap for how to handle the dissolution of Sudan, disaster may ensue.
GlobalPost | John Aloysius Farrell | Posted 07.24.2009 | World
WASHINGTON -- Five years after American activists began to call attention to the violence in Darfur, their movement has bloomed in size and sophistica...
Joel Whitney | Posted 06.14.2009 | World
Saviors and Survivors argues against those who substitute moral certainty for knowledge, and who feel virtuous even when acting on the basis of total ignorance.
Susan Morgan | Posted 02.27.2009 | World
The United States must respond immediately to Bashir's very credible threats of "more violence and blood" in Darfur. If we don't, the blood will be on our hands as well.
Jerry Fowler | Posted 12.12.2008 | Politics
Americans have done the unexpected: They started a mass movement to end the suffering of civilians half way around the world.
Shannyn Moore | Posted 11.06.2008 | Politics
Governor Palin, in fact, took no leadership role to fight for Darfur divestment; she dismissed pleas for help and only changed her position in 2008.
Marcia G. Yerman | Posted 09.27.2008 | Politics
Victoria Hopper and Jamie McGurk decided that with all the progressive movers and shakers that were going to be assembled in Denver, an opportunity to create a meaningful dialogue was presenting itself.
New York Times | Lydia Polgreen | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home
The janjaweed are back. They came to this dusty town in the Darfur region of Sudan on horses and camels on market day. Almost everybody was in the bu...
Jerry Fowler | Posted 11.18.2009 | World