Security Regionalism and Flaws of Externally Forged Peace in Sudan: The IGAD Peace Process and its Aftermath

Abstract

This article examines the Inter-Governmental Authority for Development (IGAD) peace process in Sudan, which led to the signing of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) as well as the actors involved in the initiative. The author contends that although the process was portrayed as inherently sub-regional, it was actually dominated by external protagonists. He also suggests that the interests of Western actors, particularly the US, played a prominent role in the negotiated agreement.