Kleptocracy behind Sudan's Military Coup

 The Sentry published in November 2021 a paper titled "A Strategy for Revitalizing Sudan's Democratic Transition" by Suliman Baldo and J.R. Mailey.  

The military coup in Sudan brings the security services' warped incentive structures into public view.  Confronting this problem head-on is essential for addressing Sudan's political crisis and revitalizing the transition to civilian rule.  Sudan's security services are hijacking the state and preserving the kleptocratic system with their commercial holdings such as the Defense Industrial System.  

Sudan Struggles to Control Its Parastatals

 The Sentry published in May 2021 a report titled "Sudan Struggles to Control Its Parastatals" by Suliman Baldo.  

The author investigates the corruption found in Sudan's public companies and corporations owned by various state institutions, especially those registered with the Sudan Armed Forces and the General Intelligence Services.

Can Bashir Survive Continuing Protests?

World Politics Review published on 15 January 2019 a commentary titled "Can Bashir, a Brutal Survivor, ride Out the Growing Wave of Protests in Sudan?" by Richard Downie, Center for Strategic and International Studies.

The author concludes that street protests alone are unlikely to topple the regime of Omar al-Bashir. But if the protests continue, military figures close to Bashir might conclude he has become a liability and act to remove him before it becomes too late to save themselves.

China's Response to Terrorism

The U.S. Center for Naval Analysis published in June 2016 a 186 page report titled "China's Response to Terrorism" by Murray Scot Tanner and James Bellacqua.

While there are only about a dozen references to Africa, this is an excellent compilation of the terrorist threat faced by China and its response both domestically and internationally. It contains the following chapters:

--An Overview of China and Terrorism

--Beijing's Perceptions of an Evolving Terrorist Threat

--China's Policies toward Counterterrorism

--China's Counterterrorism Bureaucracy

--International Cooperation

--U.S.-China Counterterrorism Cooperation