Sudan's #paramilitary groups, the Janjaweed, have refashioned themselves as the 'Rapid Support Forces', but their #genocide in #Darfur remains a constant since 2003. This new Human Rights Watch report is at once meticulous and comprehensive in reconstructing the myriad forms of mass violence.

ALERT: #Sudan faces a risk of Famine as conflict threatens access to food for millions.

'The assessment of a risk of Famine (IPC Phase 5) warrants great alarm.'

Read #FEWSNET 's new alert ow.ly/Qnps50RwaUC

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#KeepEyesOnSudan 🇸🇩: SUDAN'S CIVIL WAR RAGES ON. 

If that wasn't bad enough, Clingendael Institute, a Dutch think tank, predicts that 1 MILLION Sudanese will perish due to famine.

BISA member friends, the elections for the executive committee are now open, with some really impressive candidates for the position of trustees (myself included!). When you get a chance, do cast your vote.

Security Sector Reform: An Exercise in Futility? My piece for Middle East Council on Global Affairs on the futility of reforming militias in the Middle East and the near impossibility of reforming the security sector. I argue for a different approach premised on conflict reprieve. mecouncil.org/blog_posts/sec…

#Sudan 's war is the world’s gravest #humanitarian crisis & yet it’s received a fraction of the coverage of wars in #Ukraine & #Gaza . I explain why with other excellent thinkers on Sudan in this Al Jazeera's The Listening Post Linked⬇️LSE Conflict & Civicness Research Group PeaceRep
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#BREAKING : Three people were killed when Khor Mor gas field in Sulaimani province came under a drone attack on Friday evening. The attack also affected power generation in the Kurdistan Region.

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Excited to share my latest article titled 'The Political Economy of Fiscal Transfers: The Case of Ethiopia' in Public Admìnistration and Development . It delves into the political economy dynamics surrounding fiscal transfers, focusing on Ethiopia. Check it out! 👇👇 doi.org/10.1002/pad.20…

Our Routledge Handbook of Turkey's Diasporas now has a digital presence and a wonderful cover (thank you for the original artwork, Dr Can T. Yalçınkaya!) Available for pre-order in July, out in August. Stay tuned! routledge.com/Routledge-Hand… Routledge Books

Very happy to see that my new article on the great forgotten realist, Georg Schwarzenberger, was just published by Cooperation and Conflict! doi.org/10.1177/001083…

The UK will continue to champion the right to freedom of religion or belief globally #FoRB

New with Nima Elbagir Barbara Arvanitidis and Mark Baron. As the world looks away from horrors in Sudan, we find out how RSF are using hunger and fear to forcibly recruit men and boys in breadbasket Al Jazirah amid a comms blackout and a looming famine. edition.cnn.com/2024/03/18/afr…

The U.S. Envoy for Sudan, Tom Perriello, expressed cautious optimism about ending the ongoing conflict in Sudan while urging all parties to act urgently. In an interview with the BBC, Perriello emphasized the war's detrimental impact not just on Sudan but on the entire region.…

Had an opportunity to share my thoughts Talk about #Fatah 's Saturday statements on #Hamas 's onslaught and the appointment of a new technocratic government in Ramallah. Seems more and more likely that the PA will seek some role in Gaza:
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Today is one of the darkest days in every Kurds memory. #Halabja _Massacre on 16th March 1988. The most horrific crime against humanity after Hiroshima & Nagasaki attacks. In a matter of hours an estimated 5,000 Kurds were killed, twice as many injured.

#Halabja #Halabja Genocide

36 years ago today Saddam Hussein’s forces used chemical weapons against the Kurdish town of Halabja in N. Iraq. I got there a few days later and counted 5,000 bodies still lying in the streets.
I went back to Halabja with the chemical warfare expert Hamish de Bretton-Gordon…

Congrats to my distinguished friend Steve Coll for his new book “The Achilles Trap,” which finally explains why Saddam covered up a WMD program he didn’t actually have. This book answers so many questions about the US decision to invade. A must read!

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Conference: YaleMacMillan Center is hosting 'The Long Twentieth Century of Kurds and Kurdistan' conference on 3–5 April 2024, attendance is free cmes.macmillan.yale.edu/event/long-twe…