Contact
Eileen White Read, 202.741.6376
[email protected]
STRATEGY PAPER: Chad’s Domestic Crisis Is the Achilles Heel For Peacemaking in Darfur
READ the strategy paper.
WASHINGTON, D.C. –While the international community remains seized with the crisis in Sudan, the inadequacies of conflict resolution efforts in Chad – host to 250,000 Darfuri refugees – continues to negatively impact peacekeeping efforts, says a strategy paper from the Enough Project at the Center for American Progress.
A comprehensive approach to peace in the region must deal aggressively with the persistent internal turmoil in Chad, where the United States is in a unique position to coordinate international pressure on the government to enact genuine political reforms, the strategy paper notes.
“If we want a lasting regional peace there has to be a strategy to deal with Chad's authoritarian governance and state weakness that have kept the country unstable,” says Enough Advisor Omer Ismail, who travels regularly to the region. “A durable regional peace is impossible without a radical change to a coercive Chadian political system that has long been dominated by the rule of the gun.”
Multiple attempts to mediate an end to the proxy war between Sudan and Chad have failed to address what Enough’s policy team identifies as the primary source of the crisis: the internal rot at the center of both Sudan and Chad. Says Enough Policy Advisor Colin Thomas-Jensen, “Diplomacy in Darfur will continue to bear rotten fruit until the international community adopts a regional approach that includes credible efforts to address the internal crises in Sudan and Chad. This requires strategic vision and leadership, which the United States can provide.”
READ the strategy paper.
LISTEN to a podcast by Policy Advisor Colin Thomas-Jensen.
####
For additional information:
VISIT the Enough Project’s blog, Enough Said, for updates on this issue.
FOLLOW the Enough Project on Twitter, http://twitter.com/enoughproject.
The Center for American Progress is a nonpartisan research and educational institute dedicated to promoting a strong, just and free America that ensures opportunity for all. We believe that Americans are bound together by a common commitment to these values and we aspire to ensure that our national policies reflect these values. Enough is a project of the Center for American Progress to end genocide and crimes against humanity. Founded in 2007, Enough focuses on crises in Sudan, Chad, eastern Congo, northern Uganda, Somalia, and Zimbabwe. Enough’s strategy papers and briefings provide sharp field analysis and targeted policy recommendations based on a “3P” crisis response strategy: promoting durable peace, providing civilian protection, and punishing perpetrators of atrocities. Enough works with concerned citizens, advocates, and policy makers to prevent, mitigate, and resolve these crises. For more information, contact Eileen White Read, 202.741.6376; [email protected].
If you would rather not receive future email messages from Center for American Progress, let us know by clicking here. Center for American Progress, 1333 H St. NW, Washington, D.C. 20005-4707 United States.