Blog Entries by John Prendergast from 10/2009

The War in Darfur Is Not Over

| Publication 10.07.2009

The reality of Darfur's continuing strife does a disservice to the ongoing efforts to keep this issue burning brightly for the policymakers and diplomats who have so far failed to help end the crisis.

Nobel Hope and Reality in Africa

| Publication 10.09.2009

Peace activists are hoping that President Obama, with the added luster of a Nobel Prize, will wade more deeply into resolving the conflicts in Sudan and the Congo, the deadliest in the world.

Sudan's State-Sponsored Pyromania

| Publication 10.19.2009

This op-ed appears today in the Los Angeles Times. The Khmer Rouge's Pol Pot had hundreds of thousands of people dig their own mass graves before t...

The Fierce Urgency of Implementation: Obama's New Sudan Policy

| Publication 10.19.2009

The U.S. must lead internationally in developing a coalition of countries that can help the people of Sudan find a just and sustainable peace, and the administration will be rightly evaluated by whether it meets its goals.

Will Obama Finally Pay Attention to Sudan?

| Publication 10.22.2009

Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, and Joe Biden talked tough when they were presidential candidates, but this administration's day-to-day diplomacy on Sudan has been troubling.