Author: John Prendergast

Military enforcement of a stand alone no-fly zone is not a policy panacea for ending the death and destruction in Darfur, and would likely make matters worse. The focus instead must center on increasing pressure on all parties to move forward in the peace process and on the government, in particular, to facilitate the unconditional and rapid deployment of the hybrid force.<br /><br /> ...

For widely divergent reasons, the three countries with the most leverage in Sudan -- the United States, France, and China -- all have a vested interest in and desire to help bring peace and stability in Darfur. Perhaps the single most influential action that could be taken now to end the horrors in Darfur would be for those three countries to convene an informal “troika” similar to the “troika” that helped end the North-South war in Sudan ...

There is an unprecedented opportunity now to build on the positive momentum generated by the resumption of the Juba peace process and extension of the cessation of hostilities agreement. Urgent efforts are required by the Ugandan government and the international community to construct an overall peace strategy that has a chance to end this recurring nightmare once and for all ...

President Bush’s announcement today that his administration will begin implementing a set of punitive measures -- its oft-threatened “Plan B” -- against the Sudanese Government could have marked a real turning point in U.S. policy to end what the president calls genocide. Unfortunately, it doesn't ...

The U.S. has issued so many hollow threats over the past three years that senior National Congress Party, or NCP, officials will dismiss even a clear and direct warning from the President of the United States. President Bush must immediately end the dangerous state of impunity that fuels continued state sponsored violence in Darfur by punishing those same NCP officials.<br /> ...

The Government of Sudan has repeatedly ignored threats issued by the Bush administration and the United Nations Security Council. It is clear that the regime does not take these threats seriously, and will continue to flout international opinion until there are specific and escalating costs to its actions ...

Though it has garnered the concern and condemnation of governments worldwide and triggered unprecedented grassroots activism in the United States, the crisis in Darfur continues to intensify. In response to what both the legislative and executive branches of the U.S. government have repeatedly called genocide, the gulf between rhetoric and action on the part of the Bush administration is profound ...