Stopping the War in Sudan: civilian actors, not just the parties to the conflict, should lead the peace negotiations

Autor: Ali, Hager, Kurtz, Gerrit
Přispěvatelé: Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik -SWP- Deutsches Institut für Internationale Politik und Sicherheit
Rok vydání: 2023
Předmět:
Politikwissenschaft
Political science
Innenpolitischer Konflikt
Konfliktverlauf
Streitkräfte/militärische Verbände
Sicherheitsorgane
Nichtstaatliche bewaffnete Gruppe
Bemühungen um Konfliktbeilegung
Internationale Vermittlung und Schlichtung
Entwicklungsperspektive und -tendenz
Ägypten
Saudi-Arabien
Vereinigte Staaten
Vereinigte Arabische Emirate
Verhältnis Militär - Gesellschaft
Golfstaaten
Bundesrepublik Deutschland
Europäische Union
Intergovernmental Authority on Development
Friedens- und Konfliktforschung
Sicherheitspolitik

Peace and Conflict Research
International Conflicts
Security Policy

Sudan
Bürgerkrieg
Konfliktregelung
Friedensverhandlung
Mediation
Zivilgesellschaft
politische Partizipation
arabische Länder
Afrika
civil war
conflict management
peace negotiation
mediation
civil society
political participation
Arab countries
Africa
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Zdroj: 28/2023, SWP Comment, 6
Druh dokumentu: Stellungnahme<br />comment
ISSN: 2747-5107
DOI: 10.18449/2023C28
Popis: Sudan's two main security forces are fighting each other. A swift military outcome is not to be expected in view of the relatively balanced power between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF). This strategic stalemate means that the chances for successful mediation are not hopeless. For this to happen, however, Sudan's international partners would have to abandon the approach that dominated negotiations for decades, namely giving violent actors a leading role in negotiations. Civilian actors formed a broad anti-war coalition that should set the tone for peace talks from the very beginning. This could well be in the interest of the parties to the conflict, as they will need a third actor to arbitrate their relationship in the future. The German government should strive for stronger coordination of the international mediation approaches under civilian leadership from Sudan, while the European Union (EU) should initiate constrains on the financial leeway of Sudan’s violent actors. (author's abstract)
Databáze: SSOAR – Social Science Open Access Repository