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South Sudan

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Publications

Peer-reviewed Journal Article

Biong Deng Kuol, Luka (2020) When Ethnic Diversity Becomes a Curse in Africa: The Tale of Two Sudans, Journal of Diplomacy and International Relations 21(1): 15–35.

Kindersley, Nicki & Øystein H. Rolandsen (2019) Who are the civilians in the wars of South Sudan?, Security Dialogue 50(5): 383–397.

Biong Deng Kuol, Luka (2019) South Sudan: The Elusive Quest for a Resilient Social Contract?, Journal of Intervention and Statebuilding. DOI: 10.1080/17502977.2019.1627692.

Rolandsen, Øystein H. (2019) Trade, peace-building and hybrid governance in the Sudan-South Sudan borderlands, Conflict, Security & Development 19(1): 79–97.

Rolandsen, Øystein H. & Nicki Kindersley (2019) The Nasty War: Organised Violence During the Anya-Nya Insurgency in South Sudan, 1963–72, The Journal of African History 60(1).

Rolandsen, Øystein H. (2015) Small and Far Between: Peacekeeping Economies in South Sudan, Journal of Intervention and Statebuilding 9(3): 353–371.

Rolandsen, Øystein H.; Helene Molteberg Glomnes; Sebabatso Manoeli & Fanny Nicolaisen (2015) A year of South Sudan’s third civil war, International Area Studies Review 18(1): 87–104.

Rolandsen, Øystein H. (2015) Another civil war in South Sudan: the failure of Guerrilla Government?, Journal of Eastern African Studies 9(1): 163–174.

Breidlid, Ingrid Marie & Michael J. Arensen (2014) Demystifying the White Army: Nuer Armed Civilians' Involvement in the South Sudanese Crisis, Conflict Trends(3): 32–39.

Rolandsen, Øystein H. & Ingrid Marie Breidlid (2012) A Critical Analysis of Cultural Explanations for the Violence in Jonglei State, South Sudan, Conflict Trends(1): 49–56.

Rolandsen, Øystein H. (2011) A False Start: Between War and Peace in the Southern Sudan, 1956–62, Journal of African History 52(1): 105–23.

Jumbert, Maria Gabrielsen (2007) La Sécurité humaine et l’internationalisation des conflits intra-étatiques : le cas du conflit au Sud-Soudan [Human security and the internationalization of intra-state conflicts: the case of the conflict in South Sudan], Human Security Journal 3(2).

Reinton, Per Olav (1971) Imperialism and the Southern Sudan, Journal of Peace Research 8: 239–247.

Book Chapter

Sande Lie, Jon Harald & Ingrid Marie Breidlid (2012) A Cacophony of Ideas and Practices: UNMIS and the Protection of Civilians in Jonglei State, South Sudan, in The Protection of Civilians In UN Peacekeeping: Concept, Implementation and Practice. Baden-Baden: Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft (143–162).

Merheb, Nada (1995) Sudan, in Peter Baehr, ed., Human Rights in Developing Countries. The Hague: Kluwer Law International (325–366).

Edited Volume

Biong Deng Kuol, Luka; & Sarah Logan, eds, (2019) The Struggle for South Sudan: Challenges of Security and State Formation. New York: I.B. Tauris.

Non-refereed Journal Article

Jumbert, Maria Gabrielsen (2007) Mobilisations pour le Sud-Soudan et le Darfour : Émergence d’un mouvement transnational [Mobilizations for South Sudan and Darfur: an emerging transnational movement], Outre Terre 3(20): 391–403.

Conference Paper

Rolandsen, Øystein H. & Nicki Kindersley (2016) They are not forbidden from using violence: State Responses to the Anyanya Insurgency in Torit, 1955–1972, presented at 35th Sudan Studies Association Conference , Long Island University, Brooklyn, New York, 28 May 2016.

PRIO Policy Brief

Hauenstein, Matthew; Madhav Joshi & Jason Quinn (2019) The Status of South Sudan’s 2018 Peace Agreement, Conflict Trends, 1. Oslo: PRIO.

Johnson, Hilde Frafjord (2019) Prospects for a Transformed Sudan: Five Post-Revolution Scenarios, PRIO Policy Brief, 16. Oslo: PRIO.

PRIO Paper

Breidlid, Ingrid Marie & Michael J. Arensen (2014) "Anyone who can carry a gun can go": The role of the White Army in the current conflict in South Sudan, PRIO Paper. Oslo: PRIO.

Rolandsen, Øystein H. & Ingrid Marie Breidlid (2013) What is Youth Violence in Jonglei?, PRIO Paper. Oslo: PRIO.

Høigilt, Jacob; Åshild Falch & Øystein H. Rolandsen (2010) The Sudan Referendum and Neighbouring Countries: Egypt and Uganda, PRIO Paper. Oslo: PRIO.

Report - Other

Baldo, Suliman; Maria Gabrielsen Jumbert; Fabienne Hara; Damian Helly; Fouad Hikmat; Michael Kevane; Roland Marchal; Tim Murithi; Luke Patey; & Damian Helly (2009) Post-2011 scenarios in Sudan: What role for the EU?6. Paris: ISS-EU.

Report - External Series

Lucey, Amanda; & Liezelle Kumalo (2018) Practical pathways to peace: lessons from Liberia and South Sudan, ISS Africa Report, 10. Pretoria: Institute for Security Studies (ISS).

Kumalo, Liezelle; & Amanda Lucey (2017) How the AU can promote transitional justice in South Sudan, ISS East Africa Report, 14. Pretoria: Institute for Security Studies.

Rolandsen, Øystein H.; Ingrid Marie Breidlid; & Maria Gabrielsen Jumbert (2012) Negotiations between Sudan and South Sudan: a two-track process could facilitate agreements on outstanding issues., Noref Article. Oslo: Noref.

Lorentzen, Jenny & Julie Marie Hansen (2016) Integrating Gender into Foreign Policy, PRIO Gender, Peace and Security Update, 2016: PRIO.

News

Successful Spring Seminar Series on the Psychology of Political Struggle - 26 May 2017
PRIO Gender, Peace and Security Update (Issue 3-2016) - 06 Oct 2016

Past Events

Mon, 13 Jan 2020 12:00-13:30 - Implementation of Peace Agreements: Easier Said than Done.
Thu, 02 November 2017 - How Can South Sudan Emerge from Crisis?
Thu, 06 Apr 2017 09:00-11:00 - The Conflict in South-Sudan: A Closer Look at Social Identities and Psychological Fieldwork
Wed, 30 Nov 2016 11:15-13:00 - From Slavery to Independence
Mon, 15 Sep 2014 17:00-19:00 - Book Launch: The Long Road to Peace
09 - 11 May 2013 - Struggles over Emerging States in Africa

Blog Posts

Unlikely Partners: The EU-Horn of Africa Migration Route Initiative

Posted by Cindy Horst & Maimuna Mohamud on Wednesday, 22 April 2015

Should the EU cooperate with regional states to manage and control migration from the Horn of Africa? Proponents of greater migration control within the EU increasingly favor the use of political and economic incentives as an approach to prevent migration from the Horn of Africa and elsewhere, effectively through increasingly ... Read more »

No Prospects of Cooling Down: why the Crisis in South Sudan must be Solved Immediately

Posted by Øystein Rolandsen & Maral Mirshahi on Sunday, 22 December 2013

The South Sudan crisis becomes more difficult to solve by the hour. The window of opportunity to avoid a full scale civil war is rapidly closing. But, finding a viable solution is dependent on a precise diagnosis of core issues involved. Read more at the blog of the Norwegian Centre ... Read more »