By Daniel Large | Diplomacy and Strategy
In December, with a dispute over oil-transit fees between Sudan and South Sudan exacerbating already tense post-independence relations, China sent Special Envoy Liu Guijin for negotiations in Addis Ababa. A month later, the crisis between and within the two Sudans continues. But the episode raises the question of whether China’s Sudan policy reflects a broader evolution in its approach to diplomacy.
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By Nikolas Gvosdev | War and Conflict
Now that the Western powers have endorsed the Arab League’s call for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to step down, even if that formulation is ultimately edited out of any U.N. Security Council resolution, it is time to start making plans for the contingencies that may erupt on "the day after." This means moving beyond the optimistic scenarios most Western policymakers continue to cling to.
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