Advertisements Israel has offered to mediate the conflict raging in Sudan. This piece at Mondoweiss explains its interest, why Sudan finally and fully joining the Abraham Accords is so important to Israel, and how this whole episode is about sidelining the will of the Sudanese people, both in their fight for democracyContinue Reading
Advertisements With the headlines currently abuzz about popping balloons, it’s worth looking at what the Biden administration means when it talks about diplomacy. It was on display this week in Israel and the West Bank, and it was just as ugly, racist, and counter-productive as we’ve come to expect fromContinue Reading
Advertisements On Monday, Donald Trump announced that he was accepting a $335 million payoff from the government of Sudan in a successful extortion scheme where Trump would not remove Sudan from the state sponsors of terrorism list kept by the State Department. That’s not the way it’s been reported, ofContinue Reading
The regime was pretty weak in a lot of ways due to its manifold failures at governing. Combined with the nonviolent discipline of protesters and the leading role of women, this resulted in a weak sense of loyalty from much of the rank-and-file police and soldiers. But the victory of the pro-democracy forces was more about skills than conditions. They were successful because they were united, courageous, and very smart strategically.Continue Reading
