"When asked in 2016 if he would step down as President of South Sudan, Salva Kiir replied 'my exit could spark genocide.' Kiir's words exemplify how fear and the threat of mass violence have become central to the politics of South Sudan. As South Sudanese analyst Daniel Akech Th…
"When asked in 2016 if he would step down as President of South Sudan, Salva Kiir replied 'my exit could spark genocide.' Kiir's words exemplify how fear and the threat of mass violence have become central to the politics of South Sudan. As South Sudanese analyst Daniel Akech Th…
"This book engages comprehensively with the dynamics of the transitional justice process in Tunisia and its mechanisms, elaborating lessons for transitional justice practice globally. Grounded in new empirical material as well as a broader awareness of transitional justice, this…
"This book engages comprehensively with the dynamics of the transitional justice process in Tunisia and its mechanisms, elaborating lessons for transitional justice practice globally. Grounded in new empirical material as well as a broader awareness of transitional justice, this…
"This book engages comprehensively with the dynamics of the transitional justice process in Tunisia and its mechanisms, elaborating lessons for transitional justice practice globally. Grounded in new empirical material as well as a broader awareness of transitional justice, this…
This book engages comprehensively with the dynamics of the transitional justice process in Tunisia and its mechanisms, elaborating lessons for transitional justice practice globally. Grounded in new empirical material as well as a broader awareness of transitional justice, this …
Unpacking South Sudan's political violence : history, identity, and citizenship / by Amir Idris -- The curse of elitism : South Sudan's failure to transition to statehood and nationhood / by Peter Adwok Nyaba -- Oil, economic development and community in South Sudan / by Leben N…
South Sudan: Post-Independence Dilemmas is an interdisciplinary collection of essays which engages with the failure of the newest African State to transition itself successfully to a state and nation after its independence in July 2011. The contributors explore the prospects for…
"South Sudan: Post-Independence Dilemmas is an interdisciplinary collection of essays which engages with the failure of the newest African State to transition itself successfully to a state and nation after its independence in July 2011. The contributors explore the prospects fo…
In the wake of the Arab Spring, newly empowered factions in Tunisia and Egypt vowed to work together to establish democracy. In Tunisia, political elites passed a new constitution, held parliamentary elections, and demonstrated the strength of their democracy with a peaceful tra…
Introduction -- Prospects That North Korea Will Engage in Market Reform -- Conventional Deterrence on the Korean Peninsula: Two Scenarios for Analysis -- North Korea Nuclear Doctrine -- Conclusions. This report is a compilation of three papers designed to stimulate discussion a…
North Korean Decisionmaking: Economic Opening, Conventional Deterrence Breakdo…
by National Intelligence Council (U.S.), Harold, Scott, Grossman, Derek, Parachini, John, Gentile, Gian P., Kim, Leah Heejin, Ma, Logan, Mazarr, Michael J., Robinson, Linda, National Defense Research Institute (U.S.), Rand Corporation
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This report is a compilation of three papers designed to stimulate discussion among those who are focused on North Korean decisionmaking. The first paper describes the experiences of North Korea and three similar authoritarian regimes-China, Vietnam, and Cuba-and provides a fore…
The first book-length study of the causes, events and consequences of South Sudan's brutal civil war and the devastating effects of the US-led peace process. "A mere two years after achieving independence, South Sudan in 2013 descended into violent civil war, refuting US governm…
This book seeks to go beyond conventional literature on the North Korean nuclear issue by examining the chances of survival of the Kim Jong Un regime, both with and without the nuclear weapons program. It offers a detailed historical background of the dysfunctional North Korean …
For six weeks in the Spring of 2015, award-winning journalist Nick Turse traveled on foot as well as by car, SUV, and helicopter around war-torn South Sudan talking to military officers and child soldiers, United Nations officials and humanitarian workers, civil servants, civil …