What could be more challenging than negotiating peace between two distrustful competing warlords? Negotiating peace between three distrustful competing warlords. For the past year, a fierce battle between two Sudanese armed groups has ripped the country apart: the Sudanese Armed Forces led by Abdel Fattah Burhan and the Rapid Support Forces led by Mohamad Dagalo, also known as Hemedti.
The two sides have shown little interest in a peace agreement despite diplomatic initiatives. Failed talks have led to public calls for escalating sanctions to disrupt Sudan’s main armed groups, but that policy risks breaking up the two coalitions into aThe post How to Sanction Sudan Without Creating a Failed State appeared first on War on the Rocks.