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Posted On: Sep 02, 2009

Posted By: Enough Communication

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http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2009/09/01/two_years_to_self_destruct_in_sudan?page=0,0

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Two Years to Self Destruct in Sudan

This post, by Enough Project Executive Director John Norris, originally appeared in ForeignPolicy.com's blog, "The Argument."

Imagine if we had enjoyed the luxury of knowing, two years before it happened, that Yugoslavia would disintegrate in 1991. Or just think if U.S. diplomats had been able to predict years earlier exactly when the Soviet Union was going to collapse. One certainly hopes the United States would have been better positioned to deal with these momentous events. But a current case gives one pause. Sudan might very well split in half in precisely two years, and policymakers have taken far too little notice.

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