Presented By: International Institute
South Sudan: Nationhood and the Challenges Ahead
A roundtable discussion with Susan D. Page, U.S. Ambassador to South Sudan
ABOUT THE ROUNDTABLE
On July 9, 2011, Sudan, Africa’s largest country, split into two nations. The secession is a result of the longest civil war in world history between the north and the south that dates back to the country’s independence in 1956. More than two million people died in the struggle and millions more were uprooted. In 2005, the international community headed by the United States helped put an end to the war through a peace deal between the two warring parties known as the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA). The CPA set forth a transitional constitution, which called for a general election in April 2010 followed by a January 2011 referendum during which southern Sudanese could vote for unity or secession. The vote in favor of secession was overwhelming.
Susan D. Page is the U.S. Ambassador to the newly established nation of South Sudan. She and a panel of U-M faculty will explore the following questions: What are the challenges facing South Sudan? What is American policy toward South Sudan? What are the challenges of a new country entering the world system?
Panelists: John Ciorciari, Assistant Professor of Public Policy; Amal Hassan Fadlalla, Associate Professor of Afroamerican and African Studies, Women's Studies, and Anthropology; Anne Pitcher, Professor of Afroamerican and African Studies and Political Science
Webcast: Watch via webcast at 1:00. Visit http://bit.ly/zwv55e.
Sponsors: African Studies Center, Department of Afroamerican and African Studies, Ford School of Public Policy, International Institute, International Policy Center, and the Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies
On July 9, 2011, Sudan, Africa’s largest country, split into two nations. The secession is a result of the longest civil war in world history between the north and the south that dates back to the country’s independence in 1956. More than two million people died in the struggle and millions more were uprooted. In 2005, the international community headed by the United States helped put an end to the war through a peace deal between the two warring parties known as the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA). The CPA set forth a transitional constitution, which called for a general election in April 2010 followed by a January 2011 referendum during which southern Sudanese could vote for unity or secession. The vote in favor of secession was overwhelming.
Susan D. Page is the U.S. Ambassador to the newly established nation of South Sudan. She and a panel of U-M faculty will explore the following questions: What are the challenges facing South Sudan? What is American policy toward South Sudan? What are the challenges of a new country entering the world system?
Panelists: John Ciorciari, Assistant Professor of Public Policy; Amal Hassan Fadlalla, Associate Professor of Afroamerican and African Studies, Women's Studies, and Anthropology; Anne Pitcher, Professor of Afroamerican and African Studies and Political Science
Webcast: Watch via webcast at 1:00. Visit http://bit.ly/zwv55e.
Sponsors: African Studies Center, Department of Afroamerican and African Studies, Ford School of Public Policy, International Institute, International Policy Center, and the Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies
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