New Policy Brief: “The Paper Tiger in South Sudan”
Today, the Enough Project released its latest policy brief by Founding Director John Prendergast, “The Paper Tiger in South Sudan: Threats without Consequences for Atrocities and Kleptocracy”. Based on Prendergast’s testimony before a hearing in Congress last month, the brief outlines how the primary root cause for the atrocities and instability that mark South Sudan’s short history is that its government quickly morphed into a violent kleptocracy ...
“The Paper Tiger in South Sudan”: Report Targets Violent Kleptocracy at Root of War, Atrocities
An Enough Project policy brief published today authored by John Prendergast, Founding Director of the Enough Project, presents the case for the U.S. and the broader international community to counter the violent kleptocracy -- rampant, high-level corruption linked to mass atrocities and armed conflict – in South Sudan. The brief argues that if this kleptocratic structure is left unaddressed, the fledgling peace effort stands little chance of success ...
The Paper Tiger in South Sudan: Threats without Consequences for Atrocities and Kleptocracy
This policy brief adapts and expands on congressional testimony I delivered on April 27, 2016 before the U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee’s Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights, and International Organizations in a hearing on “South Sudan’s Prospects for Peace and Security.” ...
The Hill Op-ed: Global Magnitsky’s Power to Protect
Like the endangered wildlife he helps protect, Congolese environmentalist Bantu Lukambo is being hunted. In the Democratic Republic of Congo, conservation is dangerous work because it threatens the interests of powerful groups. Several of Congo’s national parks – including Africa’s oldest, Virunga – are under siege. Armed groups and poachers have used these remote areas as sanctuaries and business headquarters, trafficking in ivory, minerals, and charcoal made from old-growth forest ...
The Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act Moves Forward in Congress
The Enough Project commends the House Foreign Affairs Committee for passing the Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act out of committee earlier today. This significant bi-partisan legislation passed the Senate in December, and now needs House leadership to swiftly bring it to the Floor for a vote ...
A New Approach to Sudan
Enough Project's program explores how deploying a series of modernized sanctions tools can create the leverage necessary to achieve the broader diplomatic goal of a successful and comprehensive peace process ...
South Sudan’s Prospects for Peace and Security
John Prendergast testifies before the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Subcommittee on Africa's hearing on “South Sudan’s Prospects for Peace and Security.” ...
Money, War and the Business of Power in the Horn of Africa: Obstacles for Lasting Peace
Enough's Brad Brooks-Rubin discusses factors undermining regional stability and sustainable peace across the Horn of Africa ...
Independent South Sudan: A Failure of Leadership
John Prendergast testifies before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee's hearing on “Independent South Sudan: A Failure of Leadership.” ...
Newsweek Op-ed: Countering the Wizards of a Dystopian Oz
The Panama Papers leak and the Global Anti-Corruption Summit convened in London last week by U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron have focused attention on corruption and tax evasion, highlighting the extraordinary wealth being hidden to evade international regulation ...
