Gabriel Fridegotto
Professor Shirk
International Organization
(State and Sovereignty)
Paper Proposal
Paper Proposal
The choice I have made for
my paper topic will be the emergence of the new nation of South Sudan
which used to be one nation but has split into two halves. My
question will be how does these turn of events affect other nations
in Africa that are in civil wars and trying to form complete
sovereign states? An example being Somalia, and former colonies that
are still trying to develop proper states. My argument is that many
more countries will emerge because of cultural and political
differences in former African colonies who's borders were
artificially drawn.
I will be looking at
evidence of what the Sudanese war was and why it led to the
separation into two sovereign nations, that are both recognized by
the international community and the United Nations.
The examples of other
nations that are struggling in Africa to find independence where the
struggles of civil wars have crippled the economic and political
institutions that make states completely sovereign.
These are the sources I will
be using:
Mayotte,
Judy. "Civil War in Sudan: The Paradox of Human Rights and
National Sovereignty."Journal
Of International Affairs47,
no. 2 (Winter94 1994): 497. Academic
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EBSCOhost
(accessed
October 29, 2013).
Okojie,
Obehi S. "Between Secession and Federalism: The Independence of
South Sudan and the Need for a Reconsidered Nigeria." Pacific
Mcgeorge Global Business & Development Law Journal 26,
no. 2 (July 2013): 415-474. Academic
Search Premier,
EBSCOhost
(accessed
October 29, 2013).
Sudan:
A Nation in Turbulent Search of Itself Francis
M. Deng, Annals
of the American Academy of Political and Social Science,
Vol. 603, Law, Society, and Democracy: Comparative Perspectives
(Jan., 2006), pp. 155-162
Religion
and Civil War in Southern Sudan, Religion
and Conflict in Sudan: Papers from an International Conference at
Yale, May 1999by
Yusuf Fadl Hasan; Richard Gray
Review
by: Endre Stiansen
The
Journal of African History,
Vol. 45, No. 2 (2004), pp. 350-351
Daly,
M. W., and Ahmad Alawad Sikainga. 1993. Civil
war in the Sudan.
London: British Academic Press.
It would be interesting to include the challenges that come with creating a new state/separating from the old one, let alone a stable one as well as what it takes to be recognized by both the international community and the United Nations. That being said, whether or not other states would follow suit in such a manner remains to be seen. It's much more complicated than just cultural and political differences. Consider whether or not it would be beneficial for a state to separate and create two new smaller states.
ReplyDeleteAnyway, nice choice. Peace.