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Prospects for Diplomacy With North Korea - Center for America Progress
At the end of July 2021, South Korea announced that the two Koreas restored four communication lines that North Korea had cut off in June 2020 when North Korea severed all inter-Korean governmental communication. Days later, North Korea stopped answering routine South Korean calls in apparent protest of the joint U.S.-South Korea military exercises scheduled for August. In October, North Korea began answering military and liaison office communication lines again...
Three killed in protests against military coup in Sudan - risk of further violence in days ahead. - BBC
Three people killed as Sudan's security forces used live ammunition to suppress demonstrations against the military coup. Various groups have stopped sending aid to Sudan - but Joseph Tucker from the U.S. Institute of Peace says much greater pressure is needed from countries like the UAE, Saudi Arabia, and Egypt - and warns that there's a risk of further violence in days ahead...
The coup in Sudan, explained - Vox
Sudan’s move toward democracy is in peril, after the military seized control of the country’s transitional government in a coup. The country’s democratic project began just two years ago, after Sudan’s longtime dictator Omar al-Bashir was ousted amid mass protests in 2019. Civil society and protest leaders and the military ultimately reached a power-sharing arrangement that put both in charge of the country with the commitment of transitioning to full civilian rule, which would lead to a new constitution and elections in 2023...
Coup in Sudan - War on the Rocks
Sudan’s top generals seized power on Monday, plunging the country into chaos. The coup leaders arrested Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok and imposed a state of emergency. To discuss the latest in Khartoum, we’re joined today on the Warcast by Joseph Tucker. Joseph is a senior expert for the Greater Horn of Africa at the U.S. Institute of Peace...
Muqtada al-Sadr Is the United States’ Best Hope - Foreign Policy
In their national election earlier this month, Iraqis took the unprecedented step of rejecting an Iran-backed coalition of armed Shiite militias while showing a clear preference for Muqtada al-Sadr, a Shiite cleric who promotes a nationalist agenda. Fatah or Conquest Alliance, an umbrella organization of various militias or Popular Mobilization Forces (PMUs) that was led by Pro-Iran Hadi al-Amiri, fell from 48 parliamentary seats in 2018 to merely 15 seats this year. Sadr’s Sairoon coalition, meanwhile, emerged as the biggest winner, upping its tally from 54 seats to 73 seats. Sadr is now a kingmaker in the formation of Iraq’s next parliament...
Blinken Speaks With Sudan’s Deposed Prime Minister - Voice of America
After the military takeover of the Sudanese government, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken spoke with deposed Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok, who was released from custody Tuesday. The U.S. is calling for a return to the civilian-led transition to democracy, as VOA's Senior Diplomatic Correspondent Cindy Saine reports...
What the military coup in Sudan means for Washington - NPR All Things Considered
The U.S. has been trying to help Sudan emerge from decades of a brutal regime that was accused of genocide and terrorism. This week, the U.S. envoy for the region thought he was making progress in keeping a transitional government on track. But Sudanese generals had other ideas and launched a military coup just as he left...
Sudanese General Blew Off Final U.S. Effort to Avert Power Grab - Foreign Policy
Jeffrey Feltman’s plane took off in the early hours of Monday morning after a frantic weekend of high-stakes diplomatic meetings in Sudan. Feltman, U.S. President Joe Biden’s special envoy for the Horn of Africa, was in Khartoum meeting with top Sudanese power brokers to try to shore up the country’s shaky transitional government and try to salvage its uneven path to democracy...