Bound by Conflict: Dilemmas of the Two Sudans (Paperback)
Since its independence on January 1, 1956, Sudan has been at war with itself. Through the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) of 2005, the North-South dimension of the conflict was seemingly resolved by the independence of the South on July 9, 2011. However, as a result of issues that were not resolved by the CPA, conflicts within the two countries have reignited conflict between them because of allegations of support for each other's rebels.
In Bound by Conflict: Dilemmas of the Two Sudans, Francis M. Deng and Daniel J. Deng critique the tendency to see these conflicts as separate and to seek isolated solutions for them, when, in fact, they are closely intertwined. The policy implication is that resolving conflicts within the two Sudans is critical to the prospects of achieving peace, security, and stability between them, with the potential of moving them to some form of meaningful association.
Francis M. Deng is the first Permanent Representative of South Sudan to the United Nations. Before assuming this position, he was the Special Adviser of the UN Secretary-General on the Prevention of Genocide. He has also served as Representative of the Secretary-General on Internally Displaced Persons; as Sudan's ambassador to the Nordic Countries, Canada, and the United States; and as Minister of State for Foreign Affairs of Sudan. Daniel J . Deng is a Senior Adviser to the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) inSouth Sudan. He has also served as adviser to local and national government authorities in SouthSudan. He has worked for international NGOs, UN agencies, intergovernmental organizations, and the private sector in various countries across Africa. Kevin M. Cahill, M.D., is university professor and Director of Fordham University's Institute of International Humanitarian Affairs (IIHA) and President of the Center for International Humanitarian Cooperation (CIHC).