Getting to Normal with the Two Sudans

Kate Almquist Knopf

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February 28, 2013

Abstract

The time to normalize US diplomatic relations with the two Sudans is now. After more than a decade of US special envoys (Danforth, Zoellick, Natsios, Williamson, Gration, and Lyman) and the independence of South Sudan in July 2011, it is time for the United States to reevaluate what it is trying to achieve in its relations with the two Sudans and how best it can do that. In other words, does the United States still need a special envoy for Sudan and South Sudan and, if so, why? This paper argues that to achieve peace and stability within and between Sudan and South Sudan, the United States must now refocus its diplomatic engagement on the internal governance challenges in both states by moving to more normal diplomatic relations with each.

Topics

Fragile States

US Development Policy

CITATION

Almquist Knopf, Kate. 2013. Getting to Normal with the Two Sudans. Center for Global Development.

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