Counterrevolutions Are Much More Successful at Toppling Unarmed Revolutions. Here’s Why.
Guest post by Killian Clarke Counterrevolutions have historically received much less attention than revolutions, but the last decade…
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Why the Military Promised to Withdraw from Power in Sudan
Guest post by Hager Ali Little more than a year ago, the military side of the coalition charged…
Are Military Coups Back in Style in Africa?
Guest post by Sean M. Zeigler The seizure of power in October by the Sudanese military, and the…
The Lost Nazis: Missing Perpetrators of Genocide
Guest post by Cyanne E. Loyle On February 21, 2021, the US Justice Department ordered the deportation of…
The Big Lesson of Peacekeeping in Sudan: Beware of Host-Country Obstruction
By Allard Duursma Every student that takes a class on United Nations (UN) peace operations will be told…
African Mediators Outperform Their Non-African Counterparts—Here’s Why
By Allard Duursma In 2013, during the 50th anniversary of the Organization of African Unity (now known as…
Sudan One Year After the Coup
By guest contributor Salah Ben Hammou On April 11, 2019, the Sudanese military ousted President Omar Al-Bashir in…
What Food Price-Related Protests in Sudan and Liberia Tell Us About How Autocracies and Democracies Address Price Crises
By Cullen S. Hendrix for Denver Dialogues. Note: this is a guest post. I’ll be returning to the…
Why has Sudan’s Tolerance for Anti-Regime Protests Run Dry?
By Dawn Brancati. In early June, Sudanese paramilitary forces fired live ammunition into an unarmed crowd of protesters…
Authoritarian Resilience: Why Bouteflika and Bashir Fell, but Ortega Remains
By Kai Thaler for Denver Dialogues. April saw protestors—with an assist from the military—oust longtime authoritarian leaders Abdelaziz…