Abdelwahab El-Affendi, University of Westminster, USAAtta El-Battahani, University of Khartoum, SudanEinas Ahmed, Centre d'Études et de Documentation Économiques, Juridiques, et Sociales (CEDEJ), SudanPeter Woodward, University of Reading, UKAlsir Sidahmed, freelance journalist and media consultantJérôme Tubiana, freelance consultantMunzoul Assal, University of Khartoum, SudanGuma Kunda Komey, University of Bahri, SudanElhadi Ibrahim Osman, University of Khartoum, SudanMusa Adam Abdul-Jalil, University of Khartoum, SudanM. A. Mohamed Salih, University of Leiden, The Netherlands

to come

• 1. Sudan's Durable Disorder; Gunnar M. Sørbø and Abdel Ghaffar M. Ahmed 2. The Post-Secession State in Sudan: Building Coalitions or Deepening Conflicts?; Atta El-Battahani 3. Islamism and the Sudanese State after Darfur: Soft State, Failed State, or 'Black Hole State'?; Abdelwahab El-Affendi 4. The National Congress Party and the 'Second Republic': Internal Dynamics and Political Hegemony; Einas Ahmed 5. Sudan after the South's Secession: Issues of Identity; Peter Woodward 6. Oil and Politics in Sudan; Alsir Sidahmed 7. Changing Dynamics in the Borderlands: Emergence of a Third Sudan?; Abdel Ghaffar M. Ahmed 8. Six Years after the Eastern Sudan Peace Agreement: An Assessment; Munzoul Assal 9. Darfur after Doha; Jérôme Tubiana 10. Conflict and Nation Building: Lessons for Darfur from South Sudan; M. A. Mohamed Salih 11. Back to War in Sudan: Flawed Peace Agreement, Failed Political Will; Guma Kunda Komey 12. Shifting Loyalties and Ethnic Violence: The Case of the Fulbe in Southern Blue Nile; Elhadi Ibrahim Osman