This is the story of how a barely literate camel trader from Chad committed a genocide, amassed wealth, and waged a civil war to become Sudan's head of state.
“America’s principles are situational” is an understatement. But that probably goes for a lot of countries. It’s probably better to talk about American “interests” and leave the word “principles “ out of the conversation totally.
I’d speculate that the Obama administration anticipated a situation like Syria, Libya, or Sudan in Egypt if a conflict started, and decided stability involved the lesser evils.
I think that's right. Idealism goes out the window during the Arab Spring. It goes back to my point about situational principles, but your point is firmly put in the context of the Arab Spring.
Always have wanted to learn the history of Sudan, and this was a succinct introduction, full of useful citations. Thanks and subscribed
Did you read all 4 parts in a day? If so, that's impressive!
I have South Sudan too (1 article to not repeat Sudan): https://yawboadu.substack.com/p/the-economic-and-geopolitical-history-5eb
Uganda as well (4 part series):
https://yawboadu.substack.com/p/economic-and-geopolitical-history-b57
Hahaha yeah I did, and I went down the Rwanda rabbit hole as well. This is truly valuable writing, will check these out!
“America’s principles are situational” is an understatement. But that probably goes for a lot of countries. It’s probably better to talk about American “interests” and leave the word “principles “ out of the conversation totally.
I’d speculate that the Obama administration anticipated a situation like Syria, Libya, or Sudan in Egypt if a conflict started, and decided stability involved the lesser evils.
I think that's right. Idealism goes out the window during the Arab Spring. It goes back to my point about situational principles, but your point is firmly put in the context of the Arab Spring.
Part I link doesn’t open.
Thanks for mentioning, it should work now.