PUBLICATIONS, TESTIMONY, AND PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES RELATING TO SUDAN
RESEARCH AND ADVOCACY

[1] Published nationally through The Washington Post-Los Angeles Times
News Service:

"Unnoticed Genocide," The Washington Post, February 25, 2004

"The Terror in Sudan," The Washington Post, July 6, 2002

"Capital Crime in Sudan," The Washington Post, August 20, 2001

"A UN Seat for Genocide," The Washington Post, August 15, 2000

"Oil and Human Destruction in Sudan: The Case for Capital Market
Sanctions," The Los Angeles Times, June 4, 2001 [published as "Use Oil
as a Lever in Sudan"]

"The Last, Best Hope Sits on Its Hands; We have the economic power to
push for a just peace; millions of Sudanese are dying in the civil war,"
The Los Angeles Times, February 10, 2000

"Sudan's Genocidal Oil: It's Time to Divest," The Los Angeles Times,
August 30, 1999 [published as "As in South Africa, It's Time to Let Our
Wallets Do the Talking"]

"A 'War on Terrorism' and the Betrayal of Southern Sudan"
The Atlanta Journal & Constitution, September 26, 2001
The Hartford Courant (Sunday), September 30, 2001
The Montreal Gazette, September 29, 2001

[2] Other national publications:

"Without help, a million may die," The International Herald Tribune,
June 11, 2004

"A promise the U.S. must keep to Sudan," The International Herald
Tribune, October 28, 2003

"A brutal regime persists in a distracted world," The International
Herald Tribune, April 2, 2003 [analyzing the UN Human Rights Commission
vote on Sudan, Geneva (April 2003)]

"Khartoum Attacks the International Committee of the Red Cross," The
International Herald Tribune, January 23, 2001 [published as "Khartoum
Blasts Red Cross"]

"Rapacious Instincts in Sudan," The Nation, June 4, 2001

"Genocide in Darfur," cover story in In These Times (May 6, 2004)

"Slave 'Redemption' Won't Save Sudan," The Christian Science Monitor,
May 26, 1999

"Sudan: Humanitarian Crisis, Human Rights Abysm," Human Rights Review,
Volume 1, Number 3 [Spring, 2000]

Responding essay (on two articles treating Sudan crisis) for African
Studies Review, Number 42, Number 2 (September 1999)

"Allies in Oppression: Talisman Energy Inc. and the War in Sudan,"
Bulletin of The Association of Concerned Africa Scholars, No. 59 (March
2000)

"Consequences of Failure: The Face of Resumed War in Southern Sudan,"
Bulletin of The Association of Concerned Africa Scholars, Fall 2003

"No Further Evasion of the Essential Question: What Will We Do in
Darfur?" The Edge (newsletter of the Association of Concerned Africa
Scholars), April 6, 2004

"Oil Development in Sudan," backgrounder published The Association of
Concerned Africa Scholars, No. 60/61 (December 2001); reprinted in The
Review of African Political Economy

[3] International publications:

"Sudan's Invisible Holocaust," Amnesty International: Now," forthcoming
in Spring 2004 [essay on human rights catastrophe in Darfur]

"Sudan" Entry for Global Migration in the 20th Century: An Encyclopedia
(Oxford University Press), forthcoming

"The Meaning of the Naivasha (Kenya) Peace Agreement," Parliamentary
Brief (UK), Volume 10, Number 1 (Summer 2004); forthcoming

"Once more into the breach*but can Britain really hold the fort in
Sudan?" Parliamentary Brief (UK), Volume 9, Number 1 (Summer 2003)

"Prospects for Peace in Sudan: The Challenge of the Machakos Process,"
Global Dialogue (South Africa), Spring 2003

"Peace or War? The Moment of Truth for Sudan," Mediterranean Quarterly
(Duke University Press), Fall 2002.

"No Further Evasion of the Essential Question: What will we do in
Darfur?" Tinabantu: Journal of African National Affairs, Volume 2, No.
1, 2004

"The Shilluk Kingdom in Southern Sudan is Going up in Flames,"
Tinabantu: Journal of African National Affairs, Volume 2, No. 1, 2004

"Genocidal Oil," The Globe and Mail (Canada), May 4, 1999 [published as
"Don't let oil revenues in Sudan fuel genocide"]

"Sudan at the Crossroads: The Canadian Response," The Globe and Mail
(Canada), October 27, 1999 [published as "Sudan at War: Canada
Responds"]

"Only Canadian, US Partnership Can Bring Peace to Sudan," National Post
(Canada), November 29, 1999

"The Netherlands to Ship Genocidal Oil," Trouw (The Netherlands),
September 4, 1999 [published as "Nederland bijna medeplichtig aan
genocide Soedan"]

"The Foreign Minister of Sudan: Envoy of Hatred," from The Sunday
Independent (South Africa), July 29, 2001

"Swedish Corporate Complicity in the Oil-driven Destruction of Sudan,"
Internationalen (Sweden), March 15, 2001

"Mr. Axworthy and the Agony of Sudan: Consequences of Inaction" in The
Montreal Gazette, March 28, 2000 [published as "Inaction on Talisman:
Axworthy's refusal to act against company will lead to more suffering in
Sudan"]

"Sudan*No Longer Newsworthy?" The Montreal Gazette, August 8, 2000
[published as "In Sudan, no news is not good: Although media have turned
away from the country, atrocities continue"]

"An Ultimatum to Sudan on the Bombing of Civilian Hospitals," The Ottawa
Citizen, October 7, 1999

"A Day of Infamy for Canada," The Ottawa Citizen, June 25, 1999
[published as "Canada must end its bloody role in Sudan"]

"Ending Schoolyard Violence*In Sudan," The Catholic New Times (Toronto),
April 30, 2000.

"Oil Development and the Destruction of Sudan," The Catholic New Times
(Toronto), October, 1999 [published as "Investors Fuel Humanitarian
Crisis in Sudan")

"The Shilluk Kingdom in Southern Sudan is Going up in Flames,"
Tinabantu: Journal of African National Affairs (South Africa), May 2004

[4] Publications in major US metropolitan newspapers:

"A Slow-motion Genocide in Sudan," The Cleveland Plain Dealer, May 24,
2004

"[Darfur]: Another Chance to Combat Genocide [in Africa]" The Baltimore
Sun, April 1, 2004

"Turning a blind eye on Sudan." The Baltimore Sun, October 29, 2003

"Sudan: The Unsung Evils are Rewarded," The Philadelphia Inquirer, May
27, 2003

"Sudan's weapon kills slowly, horribly," The Cleveland Plain Dealer,
October 4, 2002

"Independent Sudan as brutal as African colonial times," The Baltimore
Sun, July 27, 2000

"Genocide and Oil Development in Sudan," The Cleveland Plain Dealer,
March 14, 2001 [published as "Oil is killing Sudan"]

"Presidential Leadership and the Agony of Sudan," The Cleveland Plain
Dealer, February 15, 2000

"China, Sudan, and the 'Politics' of Human Rights," The Philadelphia
Inquirer, May 11, 2000 (published as "Beijing's failure to promote peace
in Sudan is ground for rejection [of permanent trading relations]")

"A Parable for Sudan," Philadelphia Inquirer, March 27, 1999 [published
as "United States must stop ignoring the anguish and death in Sudan"]

"Silence on Sudan Horror," The Chicago Tribune, July 29, 1999

"Mr. Clinton's Broken Promise on African Genocide," The Sunday Chicago
Tribune, November 28, 1999; The Detroit Free Press, November 26, 1999
[published as "Where is help for Africa?"]

"Sudan and the Clinton 'Legacy,'" The San Francisco Chronicle, August
12, 1999 [published as "Human agony in Sudan can't be ignored"]

"Getting Tough With China*on Sudan," The Dallas Morning News, April 25,
2001

"The Politics of Genocide," The Hartford Courant, [Sunday] July 16, 2000
(published as "Avoiding Another Rwanda")

"Are the People of New Jersey Investing at Sudan's Expense?" The Newark
Star-Ledger, December 16, 1999.

"Goldman Sachs, China National Petroleum Corp, and the Destruction of
Sudan," The Newark Star-Ledger, April 27, 2000

[5] Publications in Sudan/Sudanese journals, newspapers

"Egypt and the Peace Process for Sudan: Unjustified Obstructionism,"
Sudan Democratic Gazette, January 2001.

"The Danforth Report: Realism or Expediency?" The Khartoum Monitor,
April 29, 2002.

"Defining the Next Step on the Path to Peace in Sudan," The Khartoum
Monitor, June 9, 2002.

"Peace for Sudan? A clash of hope and history," The Khartoum Monitor,
July 28, 2002.

"Where does the US stand on self-determination for southern Sudan?" The
Khartoum Monitor, August 1, 2002.

"Oil War Resumes, Despite Machakos Accord," The Khartoum Monitor, August
3, 2002

"Mubarak Makes Egypt's Position on Peace in Sudan Decisively Clear," The
Khartoum Monitor, August 27, 2002

"Resumption of the Machakos Talks*Responsibilities and Obligations," The
Khartoum Monitor, October 22, 2002

"Machakos in Suspension: Time for Some Tough-minded Thinking," The
Khartoum Monitor, November 25, 2002

"The Latest Round of Peace IGAD Peace Talks Breaks off with No
Progress," The Khartoum Monitor, April 17, 2003

"Colin Powell's Bumpy Ride to Naivasha (Kenya): What It May, and May
Not, Mean for the Sudan Peace Process," Sudan Tribune, October 24, 2003;
also published in South Sudan Review, Volume 1, Issue 6

"Consequences of Failure: The Face of Resumed War in Southern Sudan,"
South Sudan Post, August/September 2003.

"The Naivasha Agreement: A Milestone in Sudan's History," South Sudan
Post, October 2003.

"Enabling Peace in Sudan: The Task at Hand," The Sudan Tribune, November
6, 2003

"A United Nations Peace Support Operation for Sudan: Urgent Needs,
Lethargic Planning," South Sudan Post, November 15, 2003

"The Day After a Sudan Peace Agreement is Signed: Promises, Risks,
Consequences," The Sudan Tribune, December 6, 2003

"No Peace, No War*But Plenty of Oil Development," South Sudan Post,
November 2003.

"Khartoum and the Rebellion in Darfur," South Sudan Post, December 2003

"Wealth-sharing Deal Brings a Final Peace Accord Closer, But Can the
Khartoum Regime Accommodate the Realities of Peace?" The Sudan Tribune,
December 22, 2003

"The Beginning of the End for Sudan's Peace Process?" The Sudan Tribune,
January 22, 2004

"What Are the Prospects for a Just and Sustainable Peace in Sudan?" The
Sudan Tribune, February 18, 2004

"Khartoum's National Islamic Front: A Pattern of Evil," The Sudan
Tribune, February 25, 2004

"The Last and Defining Round of Peace Talks at Naivasha (Kenya)," South
Sudan Post, February 2004

"What is the Meaning of the Darfur Cease-fire Agreement?" The Sudan
Tribune, April 9, 2004

"UN Commission on Human Rights Fails Sudan," South Sudan Post, April
2004

[dozens of analyses published on Sudanese websites, including
Africafiles.org, Gurtong.net, Imatong.net, Southsudannation.com,
DarfurPeaceandDevelopment.org]

[6] Other publications:

"The Legacy of the Al Shifa Bombing," Intellectual Capital [August 26,
1999]

"Genocidal Ambition on the New York Stock Exchange," Intellectual
Capital, November 11, 1999

"Mr. Clinton's Lame-Duck Funk and a World of Suffering," Intellectual
Capital, January 20, 2000 [published as "A World of Suffering"]

"Enabling Genocide: and what we can do to stop it," The Harvard Current,
Volume 2, No. 1 (November 1999)

"Saving Sudan Through Divestment," The Los Angeles Sentinel, November
25, 1999 [page one news analysis of divestment campaign against
Talisman Energy]

"When is Genocide News?" The Daily Hampshire Gazette, January 20, 2000
[published as "Reaction to African genocide a disgrace"]

"I Remember Biafra," The Daily Hampshire Gazette, November 3, 1999

"Why Doctors Without Borders," The Daily Hampshire Gazette, July 22,
1999 [published as "Humanitarian groups still have a role"]

"Sudan, the Invisible Catastrophe," The Daily Hampshire Gazette, April
15, 1999 [published as "Beyond Headlines, Sudanese Still Suffer"]

"In Sudan, hunger becomes weapon," The Daily Hampshire Gazette, July 6,
2001.

"Wisconsin: Investing at Sudan's Expense?" The Times Review (Wisconsin),
May 11, 2000; Superior Catholic Herald, October 1, 2000

"Sudan and Genocide: Saying the Word," The Times Review (Wisconsin),
October 5, 2000

 

[7] Work in Progress:

"Sudan*Suffering a Long Way Off" (book in progress)

[8] Letters published:

The Washington Post, April 10, 1999
The Philadelphia Inquirer, June 13, 1999
USA Today, June 25, 1999
The New York Times, June 30, 1999
The New Republic, July 5, 1999
The New York Times Magazine, August 29, 1999
The Washington Post, October 7, 1999
The Globe and Mail, November 10, 1999
The New York Times, December 19, 1999
The Montreal Gazette, September 29, 2000
The Washington Post, May 26, 2001
The Los Angeles Times, December 7, 2001
The New York Times Magazine, February 10, 2002
The New York Review of Books, March 14, 2002
Middle East Online, October 23, 2003

[9] CONGRESSIONAL TESTIMONY:

House Committee on International Relations (Subcommittee on Africa)
Hearing topic: "Sudan: Peace Around the Corner?" [March 11, 2004,
Rayburn House Office Building, Washington, DC]

House Committee on International Relations (full committee) "Defining
the Next Step on the Path to Peace in Sudan" [June 5, 2002, Rayburn
House Office Building, Washington, DC]

House Committee on International Relations,
Subcommittee on Africa and Subcommittee on International Operations and
Human Rights; hearing topic: "America's Sudan Policy: A New Direction?"
[March 28, 2001, Rayburn House Office Building, Washington, DC]

Congressional Human Rights Caucus,
Members' Briefing on Sudan
[April 26, 2001, Rayburn Building, Washington, DC]

[10] PUBLIC TESTIMONY, POLICY BRIEFINGS:

April 15, 2003 Staff briefing for the House of Representatives
International Affairs Committee (Congressional Research Service, Madison
Building, Washington, DC)

February 15, 2000, Scheduled testimony before the US Commission on
International Religious Freedom concerning oil development and ongoing
civil war in Sudan (offices of the United States Senate, Washington, DC)

April 26, 2001, "Sudan, Oil Development, and the Case for Capital Market
Sanctions," presentation/roundtable discussion leadership at the Center
for Strategic and International Studies [CSIS, K Street, Washington, DC;
extensive memorandum prepared for the occasion]

February 7, 2001, Staff briefing for the Africa subcommittee of the
House of Representatives International Affairs Committee (Rayburn House
Office Building, Washington, DC)

May 4, 2002, "Civil War, Oil Development, and Medical Catastrophe in
Sudan," presentation to the International Congress, Physicians for
Social Responsibility (Washington, DC)

October 4, 1999, Scheduled testimony before the City Council of the City
of New York concerning divestment from Talisman Energy Inc. (City Hall,
New York, NY)

January 5, 2000, Prepared testimony for the Joint Legislative Audit
Committee of the California State Legislature concerning divestment from
Talisman Energy Inc. (Sacramento, CA)

May 31, 2000, presentation to the Institute on Religion and Public
Policy "Genocide in Sudan: American Capital, American Moral Resolve"
Russell Senate Office Building, Washington, DC

[11] INTERVIEW/PROFILE:

Faculty profile focusing on Sudan advocacy work, The Chronicle of Higher
Education, December 10, 1999

Op/ed profile of my work: "Taking Foreign Policy Private, Sebastian
Mallaby, The Washington Post, May 29, 2000.

[12] RADIO INTERVIEWS ON AIR:

Public Radio International, "The World," December 24, 1999

Public Radio International. "The World," January 28, 2000

Public Radio International, "The World," February 14, 2000

BBC, "World Update," September 21, 2000

Public Radio International, "The World," January 15 - 19 (five-part
Series)

Newsweek Magazine, "World News," March 31, 2001

Public Radio International, "The World," May 3, 2001

Public Radio International, "The World," September 26, 2001

Voice of America, Special Segment on US Sudan Policy, August 3, 2001

Public Radio International, "The World," July 23, 2002

Radio France International, segment on Egypt's role in the Sudan peace
process, August 27, 2002

Radio France International, segment on Khartoum's suspension of the
Sudan Machakos peace process, September 3, 2002

Radio France International, segment on Khartoum's demand for a
cease-fire as precondition for resumption of Machakos peace process,
September 20, 2002

Radio France International, segment on Machakos peace process, October
15, 2002

Radio France International, segment on Machakos peace process, October
23, 2002

Public Radio International, "The World," October 31, 2002; segment on
the withdrawal of Talisman Energy from Sudan

Radio France International, segment on Uganda, Sudan, and the Lord's
Resistance Army, November 19, 2002, 2002

Radio France International, segment on Uganda, Sudan, and the Lord's
Resistance Army, December 2, 2002

Radio France International, segment on defection of militia commander
Peter Gadet from the SPLA, December 10, 2002

Radio France International, segment on SPLM peace delegation in
Washington, DC, December 26, 2002

Radio France International, segment on renewed fighting in the oil
regions of Western Upper Nile, January 28, 2003

Radio France International, segment on humanitarian and human rights
crisis in Darfur, Sudan, February 27, 2003

BBC World Today, segment on Geneva meeting of UN Commission on Human
Rights, Sudan, April 2, 2003

Radio France International, segment on Presidential certification of
progress in Sudan peace talks, April 23, 2003

Radio France International, segment on growing Darfur rebellion in
western Sudan, April 25, 2003

Radio France International, segment on trip to Khartoum by Egyptian
President Hosni Mubarak, April 30, 2003

Radio France International, segment on visit by John Garang (Chairman of
the SPLM/A) to Washington, DC, May 29, 2003 Radio France International,
segment on Government of Sudan renewing aid to Lord's Resistance Army in
Northern Uganda/south Sudan, July 28, 2003

Radio France International, segment on final round of Machakos peace
talk, August 8, 2003

Radio France International, segment on progress in the Nanyuki phase of
the Machakos peace talk, August 11, 2003

Radio France International, segment on the breakdown of Machakos peace
talks at Nanyuki (Kenya), August 20, 2003

Radio France International, segment on the final round of Machakos peace
talks at Naivasha (Kenya), September 10, 2003

Radio France International, segment on security arrangements negotiated
in the Machakos peace talks at Naivasha (Kenya), September 15, 2003

Radio France International, segment on final stage of the Machakos peace
talks at Naivasha (Kenya), September 21, 2003

Radio France International, segment on interim agreement on security
arrangements at talks in Naivasha (Kenya), September 24, 2003

Radio France International, segment on interim agreement on final stage
of peace talks in Naivasha (Kenya), October 19, 2003

BBC World International News, Oil and the Peace Process, October 20,
2003

Radio France International, segment on the defection of Lam Akol from
the Khartoum government to the SPLM/A, November 1, 2003

Radio France International, segment on release of Hassan Turabi and
comments of democracy in Sudan, November 9, 2003

Radio France International, segment on crisis in Darfur, closing of
American Embassy in Khartoum because of terrorist threats, November 10,
2003

Radio France International, segment on crisis in Darfur, status of peace
talks, November 23, 2003

Radio France International, segment on SPLM visit to Khartoum and the
status of peace talks, December 5, 2003

Africa Today, extended interview on the Sudan peace process, December
11, 2003

Public Radio International, segment on Darfur crisis, "The World,"
December 18, 2003

Public Radio International, "The World," segment on wealth-sharing
agreement in Sudan, January 6, 2004

Public Radio International, "The World," segment on Darfur and the peace
process for Sudan, January 29, 2004

Radio France International, segment on role of Abyei in the peace talks,
March 10, 2004

Radio France International, segment on the Darfur conflict and
negotiations over the status of Abyei, March 22, 2004

Public Radio International, "The World," segment on Darfur and genocide,
April 7, 2004

National Public Radio, "Radio Times," April 13, 2004

Voice of America, segment on genocide in Darfur, April 27, 2004

Radio France International, segment on first meeting of leaders of Sudan
People's Liberation Movement and Sudan Liberation Movement (Darfur),
April 23, 2004

Radio France International, segment on "Forum for a Just Peace"
(Khartoum), April 29, 2004

Radio France International, segment on Darfur crisis, May22, 2004

Radio France International, segment on peace signing in Naivasha
(Kenya), May 27, 2004

Radio France International, segment on Darfur crisis, June 12, 2004

Radio France International, segment on humanitarian aid to Darfur, June
16, 2004

 

[dozens of radio interviews for less prominent outlets]

INTERVIEWS ON BACKGROUND:

I have been interviewed on various issues relating to Sudan by the BBC,
the CBC, Radio France International, The Washington Post, The New York
Times, The Christian Science Monitor, The Los Angeles Times, The New
Republic, The Wall Street Journal, The Boston Globe, Time Magazine,
Newsweek, US News and World Report, Forbes Magazine, The Financial Times
(London), UN Wire, The Globe and Mail, The National Post, The Ottawa
Citizen, Energy Intelligence, and Far East Economic Review, The
Associated Press, Reuters, Bloomberg News, Agence France-Presse, among
many others.

I have also served as a policy and advocacy advisor to a number of
nongovernmental organizations working on humanitarian and human rights
issues in Sudan.

[13] AFFILIATIONS:

I am on the Advisory Board of the US Committee for Refugees (Washington,
DC)

[14] ACADEMIC PRESENTATIONS:

March 12, 2004, "The Challenge of Sharing the Wealth"; paper presented
at
The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University: "Sudan at
the Crossroads: Transforming Generations of Civil War into Peace and
Development"

December 4, 2003, "Sudan and the Failures of the International
Community," lecture at Sarah Lawrence College (sponsored by the
Christian A. Johnson Chair in African Studies), December 4, 2003

February 14, 2003, "Sudan at the Cross-roads: Peace or Catastrophe,"
Five-College African Studies Seminar, Amherst, Massachusetts

November 6, 2002, "Oil, Terror, and the Prospects for Peace in Sudan,"
lecture to the Africa Studies Program, University of Wisconsin (Madison)

March 29, 2002, "Oil Development and the Continuing Destruction of
Southern Sudan," UCLA Globalization Research Center---Africa, Los
Angeles, CA ["The Global Challenge of the Tragedy of Sudan"]

October 25, 2001, "A War on Terrorism and the Betrayal of Southern
Sudan," Farleigh Dickinson University

October 30, 2001, "Terrorism and Sudan: Balancing Priorities,"
Five-College Peace and World Security Studies Program, Northampton, MA

April 10, 2000, "Talisman Energy: A Case Study of Corporate Complicity
in the Destruction of Sudan" (Fletcher School for Law and Diplomacy,
Tufts University)

April 29, 2000, "Talisman Energy: Oil Development in the Context of
Civil Conflict," at the Business and International Security Conference
(sponsored by the International Peace Forum and the New York University
Center for Law and Business, New York)

October 1, 1999: "Oil Development and the Agony of Sudan," to the
Five-College African Studies Council (Amherst, MA)

[15] OTHER PRESENTATIONS ON SUDAN:

November 9, 1999, "Sudan and Talisman Energy, Inc.: The Moral and
Economic Logic of Divestment," panel presentation at the National
Conference on Sudan (Hart Senate Office Building, Washington, DC)

October 30, 2000, "Sudan*Suffering a Long Way Off," a lecture under the
auspices of the Kahn Liberal Arts Institute, Smith College, Northampton,
MA

December 10, 2000, "Sudan: Human Rights, Humanitarian Imperatives," a
presentation to the Human Rights Coalition of Western Massachusetts,
Amherst College, Amherst, MA

January 21, 2001, "Sudan's Agony," Deerfield Academy, Deerfield , MA

Eric Reeves
Smith College


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