Okay, here we go with Q#2. Again, feel free to bite off just one segment of it and/or comment on better ways to construct the question: A graph in Fighting for Darfur shows that between 2005-2008, Darfur – just one region of Sudan – received tenfold more funding from the U.S. Congress than the entirety […]
Archives for April 2011
Carnegie New Leaders (New York)
April 25, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Hosted by: Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs “Beyond Good Intentions: The promise and peril of citizen engagement in foreign policy” Starting in 2005, thousands of ordinary Americans made the plight of people in Darfur their cause and tried to build political will within the foreign policy system to respond to Darfur. Believing the […]
Nick Kristof
April 25, 2011 by Leave a Comment
NYT columnist, Nick Kristof, tweets: “Maybe the best & most readable book about Sudan is the new Fighting for Darfur by @bechamilton http://amzn.to/dR2yjK“
Seeking your input!
April 23, 2011 by 6 Comments
I’m in the process of drafting a teaching guide for lecturers who address human rights advocacy, citizens’ movements and foreign policy. The main part of the guide presents discussion questions I think Fighting for Darfur raises. Some are policy focused. Some are advocacy focused. Many intersect. Over the coming month I’m going to post a […]
Sanctions and U.S. corporations in South Sudan
April 12, 2011 by 1 Comment
Today, the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) issued a brief guidance note on the situation for U.S. people and corporations interested in operations in the new country of South Sudan, following its formal birth on July 9. In short, OFAC explains that the sanctions that currently prohibit U.S. entities conducting business in Sudan and […]
Blood and Milk
April 11, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Senior TED fellow, Alanna Shaikh, reviews Fighting for Darfur on her blog, Blood and Milk. “This is an important, useful, well-written book . . . [Hamilton] has talked to just about every major player on Darfur, from US State Department and USAID officials to Darfuri refugees, Sudanese government officials, and the leaders in the Darfur […]
UC-Berkeley
April 10, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Hosted by: Graduate School of Journalism and Human Rights Center
BBC Radio 4
April 7, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Jane Garvey interviews Rebecca Hamilton on her new book, Fighting for Darfur. Listen here (starts at 38 mins).
BBC/PRI’s “The World”
April 5, 2011 by Leave a Comment
INTERVIEWER, JEB SHARP: The pace of the Libya intervention has stunned the people of Darfur and the activists who worked so hard to protect them. Back in 2004, the assumption was that if you raised a loud enough outcry, governments would act to stop mass atrocities. In Libya the outcry had barely begun when governments […]
Our New Man in Sudan
April 4, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Barack Obama’s got a new point man in Sudan. On March 31 the U.S. president announcedthat Princeton Lyman, a retired ambassador with a diplomatic pedigree as distinguished as his name, will replace J. Scott Gration as his special envoy to the war-torn country. Lyman’s credentials are strong. He has been working the Sudan file since last […]
