Arguments

A list of my op-eds, polemics, and political essays, since the beginning of 2011.

(You can find some of my pre-2011 writing on politics in the Essays and Arguments tabs on the Recent Publications page).

2011

3 September. Breaking the cycle of violence in Sudan. Guardian. Original text is here.

7 July. Creating Facts on the Ground: Conflict Dynamics in Abyei. Small Arms Survey. Working paper available here in English, and here in Arabic.

17 June. Khartoum a bloqué les accords de paix à Abyei. La Croix. The text is here.

8 April. Sudan’s proxy war. Guardian. Original is here. (with Nicky Woolf).

3 March. How we train our cops to fear Islam. Washington Monthly. (with Meg Stalcup). Original is here. Here is a page which fills you in on the acrimony, Senate inquiries, and the rest of the reaction that followed the story.

7 January. A divided Sudan will test tribal tensions. Guardian. Original is here. (with Nicky Woolf).