The abstract below is from a recently published, peer-reviewed
article in International Area Studies Review. The article is based on
the output of the Monitoring South Sudan blog over the last year, and
takes an empirical look at how
South Sudan’s civil war has evolved
since the outbreak in December 2013. The article is written by:
Øystein H Rolandsen, Peace Research Institute Oslo, Norway
Helene Molteberg Glomnes, Peace Research Institute Oslo,Norway
Sebabatso Manoeli, University of Oxford, UK
Fanny Nicolaisen, Peace Research Institute Oslo, Norway
Abstract:
The new civil war in South Sudan began in December 2013. It soon
proved to be a disaster for the population, a threat to the integrity
of the world’s youngest state and an embarrassment and conundrum to
the international community. The article surveys the first year of
this war. It outlines the course of military engagements, the
consequences of the war for the people of South Sudan and the ways in
which a peaceful settlement has been sought. During 2014 external
initiatives and threats of sanctions were employed to prod the
warring parties into a productive process, but with only limited
success because each side entrenched itself while waiting for the
other to collapse. Developments in January 2015 indicate that the
time might be ripe for a negotiated settlement: the parties have
reached military stalemate and negotiations have sketched the
contours of a settlement. What remains is the haggling over the finer
points of a political compromise. However, mediators and the parties
must pick up the pace because yet another year of war will possibly
result in the disintegration of South Sudan as a polity
To read the full article, click the link below:
http://ias.sagepub.com/content/18/1/87.full.pdf+html