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Latest Publications
Tubu Trouble: State and Statelessness in the Chad–Sudan–Libya Triangle
Working Paper 43, June 2017
Spreading fallout: The collapse of the ARCSS and new conflict along the Equatorias-DRC border
Issue Brief 28, May 2017
Remote-control breakdown: Sudanese paramilitary forces and pro-government militias
Issue Brief 27, April 2017
Policing in South Sudan: Transformation Challenges and Priorities
Issue Brief 26, March 2017
A State of Disunity: Conflict Dynamics in Unity State, 2013-15
Working Paper 42, December 2016
Legitimacy, Exclusion, and Power: Taban Deng Gai and the future of the South Sudan peace process
Issue Brief 25, December 2016
Broken Promises: The arms embargo on Darfur since 2012
Issue Brief 24, July 2016
(in Arabic)
Popular Struggles and Elite Co-optation: The Nuer White Army in South Sudan's Civil War
Working Paper 41, July 2016
(in Arabic)
Fields of Control: Oil and (In)secutity in Sudan and South Sudan
Working Paper 40, November 2015
(in Arabic)
A Fractious Rebellion: Inside the SPLM-IO
Working Paper 39, September 2015
(in Arabic)
Two Fronts, One War: Evolution of the Two Areas Conflict, 2014–15
Working Paper 38, August 2015
(in Arabic)
Working Papers
- Number 43, July 2017
Tubu Trouble: State and Statelessness in the Chad–Sudan–Libya Triangle
by Jérôme Tubiana and Claudio Gramizzi - Number 42, December 2016
A State of Disunity: Conflict Dynamics in Unity State, 2013–15
by Joshua Craze and Jérôme Tubiana with Claudio Gramizzi (in Arabic) - Number 41, July 2016
Popular Struggles and Elite Co-optation: The Nuer White Army in South Sudan's Civil War
by John Young (in Arabic) - Number 40, November 2015
Fields of Control: Oil and (In)security in Sudan and South Sudan
by Laura. M. James (in Arabic) - Number 39, September 2015
A Fractious Rebellion: Inside the SPLM-IO
by John Young (in Arabic) - Number 38, August 2015
Two Fronts, One War: Evolution of the Two Areas Conflict, 2014–15
by Benedetta De Alessi (in Arabic) - Number 37, July 2015
Under Attack and Above Scrutiny? Arms and Ammunition Diversion from Peacekeepers in Sudan and South Sudan, 2002-14
by Eric Berman and Mihaela Racovita (in Arabic) - Number 36, May 2015
Development Deferred: Eastern Sudan after the ESPA
by the Small Arms Survey (in Arabic) - Number 35, March 2015
Real but Fragile: The Greater Pibor Administrative Area
by Claudio Todisco (in Arabic) - Number 34, November 2014
Contested Borders: Continuing Tensions over the Sudan-South Sudan Border
by Joshua Craze (in Arabic) - Number 33, October 2014
The Sudan Revolutionary Front: Its Formation and Development
by Andrew McCutchen (in Arabic) - Number 32, May 2014
Following the Thread: Arms and Ammunition Tracing in Sudan and South Sudan
by Jonah Leff and Emile LeBrun (in Arabic) - Number 31, December 2013
At an Impasse: The Conflict in Blue Nile
by Claudio Gramizzi (in Arabic) - Number 30, July 2013
Dividing Lines: Grazing and Conflict along the Sudan-South Sudan Border
by Joshua Craze
(in Arabic) - Number 29, April 2013
New War, Old Enemies: Conflict Dynamics in South Kordofan
by Claudio Gramizzi and Jérôme Tubiana
(in Arabic) - Number 28, July 2012
Forgotten Darfur: Old Tactics and New Players
by Claudio Gramizzi and Jérôme Tubiana
(in Arabic) - Number 27, June 2012
Work in Progress: Security Force Development in South Sudan through February 2012,
by John A. Snowden
(in Arabic) - Number 26, June 2011
Creating Facts on the Ground: Conflict Dynamics in Abyei,
by Joshua Craze
(in Arabic) - Number 25, March 2011
Renouncing the Rebels: Local and Regional Dimensions of Chad–Sudan Rapprochement,
by Jérôme Tubiana
(in Arabic, in French) - Number 24, February 2011
DDR in Sudan: Too Little, Too Late?,
by Ryan Nichols
(in Arabic) - Number 23, November 2010
In Need of Review: SPLA Transformation in 2006–10 and Beyond,
by Richard Rands
(in Arabic) - Number 22, October 2010
The Other War: Inter-Arab Conflict in Darfur,
by Julie Flint
(in Arabic) - Number 21, June 2010
Unrealistic Expectations: Current Challenges to Reintegration in South Sudan,
by Julie Brethfeld
(in Arabic) - Number 20, April 2010
Uncertain Future: Armed Violence in South Sudan,
by Claire Mc Evoy and Emile LeBrun
(in Arabic) - Number 19, January 2010
Rhetoric and Reality: The Failure to Resolve the Darfur Conflict,
by Julie Flint
(in Arabic) - Number 18, September 2009
Skirting the Law: Post-CPA Arms Flows to Sudan,
by Mike Lewis
(in Arabic) - Number 17, June 2009
Beyond 'Janjaweed': Understanding the Militias of Darfur,
by Julie Flint
(in Arabic) - Number 16, January 2009
Shots in the Dark: The 2008 South Sudan Civilian Disarmament Campaign,
by Adam O'Brien
(in Arabic) - Number 15, September 2008
Conflict, Arms, and Militarization: The Dynamics of Darfur's IDP Camps,
by Clea Kahn
(in Arabic) - Number 14, July 2008
Gauging Fear and Insecurity: Perspectives on Armed Violence in Eastern Equatoria and Turkana North,
by Claire Mc Evoy and Ryan Murray
(in Arabic) - Number 13, June 2008
Violent Legacies: Insecurity in Sudan’s Central and Eastern Equatoria,
by Mareike Schomerus
(in Arabic) - Number 12, April 2008
The Chad-Sudan Proxy War and the 'Darfurization' of Chad: Myths and Reality,
by Jérôme Tubiana
(in Arabic; in French) - Number 11, December 2007
Violence and Victimization after Civilian Disarmament: The Case of Jonglei,
by Richard Garfield
(in Arabic) - Number 10, December 2007
A Paramilitary Revolution: The Popular Defence Forces,
by Jago Salmon
(in Arabic) - Number 9, November 2007
Armed Groups Along Sudan’s Eastern Frontier: An Overview and Analysis,
by John Young
(in Arabic) - Number 8, September 2007
The Lord’s Resistance Army in Sudan: A History and Overview,
by Mareike Schomerus
(in Arabic) - Number 7, July 2007
Emerging North–South Tensions and Prospects for a Return to War,
by John Young
(in Arabic) - Number 6, July 2007
Divided They Fall: The Fragmentation of Darfur’s Rebel Groups,
by Victor Tanner and Jérôme Tubiana
(in Arabic) - Number 5, June 2007
The White Army: An Introduction and Overview,
by John Young
(in Arabic) - Number 4, May 2007
Border in Name Only: Arms Trafficking and Armed Groups at the DRC-Sudan Border,
by Joshua Marks
(in Arabic) - Number 3, May 2007
The Eastern Front and the Struggle against Marginalization,
by John Young
(in Arabic) - Number 2, February 2007
Violence and Victimization in South Sudan: Lakes State in the Post-CPA Period,
by Richard Garfield
(in Arabic) - Number 1, November 2006
The South Sudan Defence Forces in the Wake of the Juba Declaration,
by John Young
(in Arabic)