U.S. Diplomacy in Sudan: What's at Stake - The Huffington Post

The Obama administration will complete its Sudan policy review very soon and go public with its approach for addressing the multiple crises in Sudan, namely the rapidly deteriorating state of the North-South Comprehensive Peace Agreement and the unresolved conflict in Darfur. The Obama administration's internal policy review, which began in March, has dragged on for months.

Given the enormously high stakes in Sudan--a national election, largely funded by the U.S., slated for April next year that could dissolve into violence, and a referendum in 2011 that will give the South the chance to vote to become an independent country--it's critically important that the Obama administration strike the right tone and substance in its policy and diplomatic strategy toward Sudan, at a time when the country could easily slide back into a hot war within the next 18 months.

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