Sudan

Sudan

Sudan is situated between Egypt and the Horn of Africa on the Red Sea. The country is predominately Muslim, with both historical and contemporary ties to the Arab world. Over the last few decades, the country has suffered civil war, genocide, and almost thirty years of repressive rule under former President Omar al-Bashir. Bashir’s forced exit in 2019 has reinvigorated the possibility of a political and economic opening.

IntelBrief: Sudanese Hub, Iranian Nexus

Dispatches
Feb 26, 2026

Lessons from Sudan for US economic engagement with Venezuela

By
Lesley Chavkin

Sudan offers important lessons for the United States as it looks to stabilize Venezuela and rebuild its economy following the capture of Nicolás Maduro.

Economy & Business
Financial Sanctions and Economic Coercion

IntelBrief: Sudanese Hub, Iranian Nexus

MENASource
Jan 26, 2026

Amid Arab competition, the war in Sudan requires a US balancing act

By
Giorgio Cafiero

For US policymakers, the path forward in achieving a resolution in Sudan demands more than reactive diplomacy.

Africa
Conflict

IntelBrief: Sudanese Hub, Iranian Nexus

AfricaSource
Nov 25, 2025

El Fasher is only the latest wake-up call to the genocide unfolding in Sudan

By
Rama Yade

Sudan’s civil war has become one of the world’s deadliest crises—and the massacre in El Fasher exposes a genocide unfolding in plain sight. As regional powers fuel the war, millions face famine, displacement, and systematic violence.

Conflict
Crisis Management

Content

External

Nov 1, 2012

IntelBrief: Sudanese Hub, Iranian Nexus

By J. Peter Pham

In the latest in the series of “IntelBriefs” on African security issues being produced by the Atlantic Council’s Michael S. Ansari Africa Center in partnership with the Soufan Group, an international strategic consultancy, Africa Center Director J. Peter Pham explores the background behind the destruction of an arms factory south of Khartoum last week—an attack […]

Sudan
US-Sudan Relations

Event Recap

Aug 1, 2012

US-Sudan Relations

The Atlantic Council’s Michael S. Ansari Africa Center hosted a major policy presentation on US-Sudan relations by Ambassador Princeton N. Lyman, United States special envoy for Sudan and South Sudan.

East Africa Sudan

External

Jul 11, 2012

IntelBrief: Perpetual Conflict in the Sudans

By Bronwyn Bruton

In the seventh in the series of “IntelBriefs” on African security issues being produced by the Atlantic Council’s Michael S. Ansari Africa Center in partnership with the Soufan Group, an international strategic consultancy, Ansari Center Deputy Director Bronwyn Bruton provides an update on the border dispute between Sudan and South Sudan.

East Africa Sudan

New Atlanticist

May 7, 2012

In Sudan, Give War a Chance

By Gerard Prunier

Less than a year after South Sudan declared its independence, it appears headed for war once again with its northern neighbor, Sudan. At the same time, marginalized northerners are rebelling against the government of Sudan’s president, Omar Hassan al-Bashir. The international community has called for a cease-fire and peace talks, but the return of violence […]

East Africa Sudan

New Atlanticist

Oct 14, 2009

Darfur: The World Averts Its Eyes

By Don Snow

One of the offshoots of the current fixation with Afghanistan is that it tends to redirect our attention away from other crises in the world that might otherwise attract our attention, and even possibly corrective action.

Sudan