Publications​

Suilman BaldoSeptember 15, 2025Photo: Quad meeting (State Department) Two public statements made on Friday, September 12, read together, reveal a new US strategy on Sudan. The first, a statement of the Quad (the US, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on restoring peace and security, lays out a new framework for peace...

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Photo credit Ayin International and regional interventions in Sudan are not new; they are rooted in a complex web of historical relations ties and strategic interests linking Sudan with its neighbors. These relationships and interests change over time in response to shifting political dynamics and regimes across the region. Substantial evidence suggests that Eritrea, in...

By Mohamed Elshabik As the Sudan Quad, comprising the United States, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and Egypt prepares to meet in Washington on July 30, 2025, the Sudanese people watch with cautious hope and deep apprehension. The summit marks the first major diplomatic initiative under the new US administration aimed at stopping the...

Photo: Marco Rubio hosts the DRC and Rwanda to sign a peace deal STPT is publishing two opinion pieces yesterday and today on the prospects for success of the upcoming Washington, D.C., meeting of the Quad mechanism—comprising the US, UAE, Saudi Arabia, and Egypt—in achieving its stated goal of ending the war in Sudan. Today’s...

Can the US broker a deal? STPT is publishing two opinion pieces July 15 and 16 on the prospects for success of the upcoming Washington, D.C., meeting of the Quad mechanism—comprising the US, UAE, Saudi Arabia, and Egypt—in achieving its stated goal of ending the war in Sudan. The first piece, by Bakry Eljack Elmedni...

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An open letter from a concerned African, Abdul Mohammed My Sudanese brothers and sisters, Having just celebrated Africa Day, I write to you not as an outsider, but as a fellow African whose fate is bound to yours. I write with sorrow, urgency, deep respect—and also with fierce hope. For too long, you have been...

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By Abdul Mohammed, Former Senior Political Advisor and Head of Office, Sudan Mediation, United Nations  Sudan’s war has entered its third horrific year. Towns are in ruins. Millions are displaced. Famine looms. The very idea of a Sudanese state is unraveling. Yet amid this unfolding catastrophe, another, quieter collapse demands attention: the failure of mediation...