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SUMMARY:Sudan’s Crisis: Origins\, Triggers & Prospects - Mai Hassan (MIT
 )\, Harry Verhoeven (SIPA\, Columbia University)\, Biruk Terrefe (Universi
 ty of Oxford)\, Sharath Srinivasan (Cambridge)
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DESCRIPTION:Sudan is on the brink of a full-blown civil war\, with two riv
 al armies driving the conflict. The Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF)\, led by A
 bdel Fattah al-Burhan\, and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF)\, a paramilitar
 y force led by Mohamed "Hemedti" Hamdan Dagalo\, are fighting in cities an
 d towns across the country\, especially in the capital Khartoum. The battl
 es have killed hundreds of civilians and left millions more facing shortag
 es of basic necessities. The tensions between the army and the RSF have be
 en escalating since Sudan's 2019 ousting of longtime leader Omar Al Bashir
  and particularly since the 2021 coup when Burhan and Hemedti took full co
 ntrol of the state from civilians. The dispute over how to integrate the R
 SF into regular army ranks has been the most proximate trigger of the figh
 ting\, but a range of economic\, historical\, and ideological disputes und
 erlie this conflict. What are these broader economic and political factors
  (e.g. energy)? How has Hemedti emerged as an influential power broker? Ho
 w does this conflict play out regionally with Egypt\, Libya\, Chad\, Ethio
 pia\, and Gulf countries having clear interests? What political questions 
 need to be resolved for peace to be feasible?  And where does the deterior
 ation in security leave the broader question of a civilian transition and 
 political legitimacy in post-Bashir Sudan?\n\nMai Hassan is an Associate P
 rofessor of Political Science at MIT. She is broadly interested in authori
 tarian regimes\, bureaucracy and public administration\, and contentious p
 olitics. \n\nSharath Srinivasan is the David and Elaine Potter Associate P
 rofessor in the Department of Politics and International Studies and a Fel
 low of King's College\, Cambridge. He is an interdisciplinary and applied 
 researcher currently working on issues at the intersection of digital tech
 nology and politics in Africa.\n\nHarry Verhoeven is a Senior Research Sch
 olar at the Center on Global Energy Policy\, focusing on the political eco
 nomy of climate change\, international relations and the linkages between 
 water\, energy and food security. His regional focus is on Africa\, the Mi
 ddle East and the Western Indian Ocean.\nSpeakers:\nMai Hassan (MIT)\, Har
 ry Verhoeven (SIPA\, Columbia University)\, Biruk Terrefe (University of O
 xford)\, Sharath Srinivasan (Cambridge)
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