This article discusses the meaning of self-determination in its historical and contemporary
contexts and examines the different options available for the accommodation of contested …

The interpretation of self-determination as a vote for secession shaped the state that South
Sudan has become since the 2011 referendum. Self-determination, this paper argues, is a …

Efforts to bring about a lasting peace in the troubled South Sudan have expanded and
contracted over time as new promises for conflict resolution were being made and broken …

This article examines the ways in which oil resources affect the foreign relations of the
Kurdish Regional Government of Iraq (KRG). The KRG has large amounts of oil and gas …

Despite the end of the civil war in 2005, many people in South Sudan continued to
experience a deep sense of insecurity due to the many different types of violent conflict in …

South Sudan's secession was either an unavoidable outcome of a post-colonial betrayal of
political promises or a surprising result of muddled and contradictory developments during …

South Sudan is one of the world's most divided and unstable countries. Since achieving
statehood in 2011, the country has plunged into civil war (2013-15) and become the scene …

This article explores how the humanitarian presence and programs in the disputed border
area of Abyei between Sudan and South Sudan can be understood as a buffer between …

Many of us consider ethnographic and biographical films as fixed categories, serving
differentiated knowledge schemas. Yet, in the context of autobiographical filmmaking, the …

Post-cessation nationhood in South Sudan presented a paradoxical situation: a country
united during struggle is fragmented after independence. Among the triggers for this …