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Lawyers, Guns, and Money | October 14, 2009

Shining Celebrity Light on Darfur | September 23, 2009

Building a Stronger Africa | September 21, 2009

Two Years to Self Destruct in Sudan | September 3, 2009

Ask the Expert: Getting Our Sudan Policy Right | September 3, 2009

The United States and Egypt: A Common Cause in Sudan | August 18, 2009

The Violence Behind Congo’s Mineral Trade | August 14, 2009

Hillary Clinton Misses the Maghreb | August 12, 2009

Crisis in the Democratic Republic of Congo | August 11, 2009

Somalia: Too Big a Problem to Fail? | August 7, 2009

Ask the Expert: Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Visits the Democratic Republic of the Congo | August 7, 2009

Electronics Companies and Consumers can Help Stop Congolese Bloodshed | July 29, 2009

UN Plaza: Conflict Minerals | July 6, 2009

Give Reality a Chance | June 26, 2009

The World's New Threat: Conflict Fatigue | June 11, 2009

Congo's Electronic Blood Diamonds | May 8, 2009

Activism and Darfur | April 28, 2009

Obama Can Make a Difference in Darfur | April 12, 2009

Obama Can End "Reign of Terror" | April 9, 2009

Obama Must Halt Starvation in Darfur | March 22, 2009

Time to Forcefully Oust Mugabe | January 15, 2009

Cell Phones and Congo's War Against Women | January 7, 2009

Beyond Crisis Management in Eastern Congo | December 11, 2008

Obama's Africa Opportunity | December 8, 2008

Letter to President-Elect Barack Obama | November 6, 2008

China's Deadly Investments | September 30, 2008

Sudan: Opportunity in the Midst of Crisis | September 23, 2008

Mbeki Out in South Africa | September 22, 2008

Somalia | September 3, 2008

Blowback | August 11, 2008

Breaking “The Greatest Silence” | August 11, 2008

Irresolution: The U.N. Security Council on Darfur | July 24, 2008

Seeking Justice for Zimbabwe | July 21, 2008

The Merits of Justice | July 14, 2008

Getting to a Post-Mugabe Zimbabwe | June 23, 2008

Past Due | June 4, 2008

Abyei Aflame | May 30, 2008

Creating a Peace to Keep in Darfur | May 14, 2008

Mugabe's Revenge: Halting the Violence in Zimbabwe | May 13, 2008

A New Peace Strategy for Northern Uganda and the LRA | May 8, 2008

Fifteen Years After Black Hawk Down: Somalia's Chance? | April 24, 2008

Nasty Neighbors: Resolving the Chad-Sudan Proxy War | April 22, 2008

Sounding the Alarm on Abyei: An ENOUGH Report | April 17, 2008

Human Rights in the Congo: Testimony of ENOUGH's Colin Thomas-Jensen | March 6, 2008

Kenya: Containing a Rebounding Crisis | February 28, 2008

ENOUGH Policy Standard: Northern Uganda | February 25, 2008

Sudan Peace and Democracy Watch | February 21, 2008

Is Anyone Serious About Ending the Political Crisis in Chad? | February 19, 2008

Abeyi: Sudan's "Kashmir" | January 29, 2008

A Diplomatic Surge for Northern Uganda | December 12, 2007

Don't Quit Now | December 3, 2007

A Strategy for Success in Sirte | November 19, 2007

An All-Sudan Solution: Linking Darfur and the South | November 14, 2007

A Race Against Time in Eastern Chad | November 7, 2007

What to Do About Joseph Kony | October 29, 2007

Exploring the U.S. Role in Consolidating Peace and Security in the Great Lakes Region | October 24, 2007

Genocide and the Rule of Law | October 23, 2007

How to Get the UN/AU Hybrid Force Deployed to Darfur | October 4, 2007

Needed: More Pressure, More Diplomacy | October 2, 2007

Averting the Nightmare Scenario in Eastern Congo | September 12, 2007

Echoes of Genocide in Darfur and Eastern Chad | September 6, 2007

Farm Bill Robs Poor to Pay Rich | August 16, 2007

The Fidelity Fallacy: The Link between HIV Infection and Marriage | August 9, 2007

Let's Make a Deal | August 9, 2007

How to Protect Civilians in Eastern Chad | August 6, 2007

Elements of Successful Peacekeeping | August 1, 2007

Khartoum Bombs and the World Debates | July 26, 2007

How High Oil Prices Are Affecting Africa | July 17, 2007

Africa’s Energy Crisis Worsens: Viable Clean Energy Alternatives Are Imperative | July 17, 2007

Peacekeeping in Darfur | June 27, 2007

An Axis of Peace for Darfur: The United States, France, and China | June 18, 2007

A Path to a Stable North Africa: Preventing Another Terror Haven | June 12, 2007

Ending Uganda's Long War | June 7, 2007

The Way Forward in Uganda | June 7, 2007

Shooting Blanks at Sudan | May 29, 2007

Morocco’s Proposal for Western Sahara | May 17, 2007

A Plan B with Teeth for Darfur | May 10, 2007

Acting to End Genocide in Darfur | April 19, 2007

To Save Darfur, We’ll Need a Plan“B” With Muscle | April 10, 2007

The Answer to Darfur | March 27, 2007

Enough is Enough | March 6, 2007

The Answer to Darfur | February 5, 2007

Darfur Needs U.S. Leadership Now | December 21, 2006

Africa's Kyoto Stakes: Continent Needs Carbon Emissions Trading | November 13, 2006

A Call for United States Action in Darfur | September 25, 2006

Darfur Needs the United States | September 20, 2006

Africa's Oil Emergency | June 5, 2006

Memo to the Community on Darfur | July 19, 2005

The Bush Administration on Darfur - Less than Meets the Eye | April 5, 2005

Sudan, By the Numbers | February 8, 2005

What the World is Saying | February 3, 2005

Dealing With Darfur: John D. Podesta Delivers the Yale Harper Fowler Lecture at Yale Law School | December 6, 2004

Sudan: Eyewitness to Crisis | October 1, 2004

Sudan: Eyewitness to Crisis | September 28, 2004

Sudan: Eyewitness to Crisis | September 23, 2004

Sudan: Eyewitness to Crisis | September 22, 2004

Sudan: Eyewitness to Crisis | September 21, 2004

Time to Intervene in Sudan | August 10, 2004

U.S. Must Do More to Stop Genocide in Sudan | June 30, 2004

America is Asking... | June 21, 2004

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