PrintJonathan Temin
Senior Program Officer (Sudan), Center for Mediation and Conflict Resolution, Center for Post-Conflict Peace and Stability Operations
Contact
Phone: (202) 429-4726
E-mail: jtemin@usip.org
Countries: Sudan
Jon Temin is a Senior Program Officer in the Center for Mediation and Conflict Resolution, where he focuses on Sudan and leads the Institute’s Sudan team. Prior to joining the Institute he spent five years with the non-governmental organization CHF International designing development and peacebuilding programs throughout Africa and elsewhere. He has working experience in more than a dozen countries across Africa, Latin America and Eastern Europe. He is the author of more than a dozen publications focusing on Africa, conflict, governance and media in respected journals, edited volumes and newspapers. Mr. Temin is an adjunct professor at Webster University teaching graduate-level courses on Africa and humanitarianism. He holds a B.A. from Swarthmore College and an M.A. in International Relations from The Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies. He is a former Fulbright Fellow in Ghana.
Resources & Tools
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The seven-year conflict in Darfur, Sudan has claimed the lives of hundreds of thousands of Darfuris and left millions homeless, amid clashes among various rebel groups, government forces and allied militias. In what could be a step towards ending that conflict, the Sudanese government and the Darfuri rebel group, Justice and Equality Movement (JEM), signed a cease-fire agreement on February 23, 2010. Countries: Sudan
| Issue Areas: Governance, Negotiation and Diplomacy, Peacebuilding, Peacekeeping, Security and Strategy, Terrorism and Political Extremism
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With less than a year from Sudan’s key referendum on whether the South should secede, USIP considers how the international community can best manage the post-referendum process. |
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Most international attention devoted to Sudan has focused on the nationwide elections and the 2011 referendum on the status of southern Sudan. Yet, there are other aspects of the north-south dynamic deserving of discussion and strategic thinking that don't receive their due. In a new Peace Brief, USIP's Jon Temin examines six important issues and questions that require more consideration as the decisive events in Sudan’s political history approach. Countries: Africa, Sudan
| Issue Areas: Conflict Analysis, Mediation and Facilitation, Weapons & Arms Control
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Stemming from a survey of more than 1,400 ex-combatants in Liberia's 14-year civil war, this report explores the reasons behind renewed fighting, including poverty, unemployment, peer and family pressure, gender and tribal tensions. |
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Across the globe, media have been used as tools to inflame grievances and accelerate the escalation towards violent conflict. In Rwanda, radio was used to lay the groundwork for genocide. Issue Areas: Civil Society, Communications and Media
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Events
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July 9, 2010
This event analyzed the state of education in Southern Sudan and the lessons learned about developing an education system in a place devastated by war and with a history of limited formal education experience. |
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April 15, 2010
In partnership with The Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting and American University, USIP is sponsoring the Washington, D.C. premiere of "Rebuilding Hope," a film following three of Sudan's "Lost Boys" on a journey back home to find surviving family members, and rediscover and contribute to their homeland. The film also sheds light on what the future holds for southern Sudan in its precarious struggle for peace, development and stability. Countries: Africa, Sudan
| Issue Areas: Civil Society, Economics and Development, Education, Health, Human Rights, Peacebuilding, Post-Conflict Activities, Youth
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April 2, 2010
This April Sudan is scheduled to hold long-anticipated elections for almost every level of government. USIP is holding a public event to examine some of the uncertainties around the upcoming elections and to place the elections into Sudan's larger political context. Countries: Africa, Sudan
| Issue Areas: Conflict Analysis, Early Warning & Conflict Prevention, Governance, Peacebuilding, Post-Conflict Activities, Training
| Programs: Education and Training Center/International
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October 20, 2009
The upcoming 2010 elections and 2011 referendum in Sudan are the culminating events of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) between the National Congress Party and the Sudanese People's Liberation Movement. However, looking at 2011 and beyond, there is increasing concern that Sudan may revert to violence rather than move forward towards the sustainable peace envisioned by the CPA. |
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October 2, 2009
Born out of the 2005 Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA), the government of Southern Sudan (GoSS) has established itself as a functioning entity but also faces significant difficulties. Countries: Sudan
| Issue Areas: Conflict Analysis, Economics and Development, Environment and Natural Resources, Governance, Post-Conflict Activities
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April 6, 2009
This event featured Jan Eliasson, former United Nations Secretary-General's Special Envoy for Darfur and President of the United Nations General Assembly and current Senior Visiting Scholar at USIP. Ambassador Eliasson discussed his experience as Special Envoy, lessons learned and prospects for peace in Sudan, with a focus on Darfur. Countries: Sudan
| Issue Areas: Peacebuilding
| Programs: Additional Fellowship Opportunities, Grants & Fellowships
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March 18, 2009
This event featured two recent recipients of the Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Award, one based in Sudan and one in Chad, who shared their firsthand views on how a regional approach can help address the region's problems. Countries: Central African Republic, Chad, Sudan
| Issue Areas: Conflict Management and Resolution, Post-Conflict Activities
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Additional Selected Works
- "Why Sudan Matters," Huffington Post (November 2009)
- "Avoiding Political Violence Through 2011?" Making Sense of Darfur, SSRC Blogs (October 2009)
- "Notes from Sudan," USIP In the Field (August 2009)
- "Sudan: Court Ruling Will Test Peace Prospects," AllAfrica, (20 July 2009).
- "Would You Fight Again?: Understanding Liberian Ex-Combatant Reintegration," USIP Special Report, (September 2008) (with Richard Hill and Gwendolyn Taylor)
- “Liberia’s Renewal: Maintaining Momentum, Expanding Opportunity,” The Africa Journal (Spring 2007) (with W. Phelps)
- “Building Security Where There is No Security,” Journal of Peacebuilding and Development (Jan. 2007) (with R. Hill and L. Pacholek)
- “A Workshop on Community-Driven Development and Conflict Management,” Journal of Peacebuilding and Development (Jan. 2005) (with R. Hill)
- “Building and Sustaining Stability in Lofa County, Liberia,” Review of African Political Economy (Dec. 2004)
- “Sources of Conflict in West Africa” in Exploring Subregional Conflict: Seeking New Paths for Conflict Prevention (Boulder: Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2004) (with C. Ero)
- “Considering the Role of the BBC in African Conflict,” Review of African Political Economy (Dec. 2003)
- "Use and abuse of media in vulnerable societies," USIP Special Report, (October 2003) (with Mark Frohardt)
- “Media Matters: Evaluating the Role of the Media in Ghana’s 2000 Elections,” African Affairs (Nov./Dec. 2002) (with D. Smith)
- “The Media and Ghana’s 2000 Elections” in Deepening Democracy in Ghana: Politics of the 2000 Elections (Accra: Freedom Publications, 2001) (with D. Smith)
- “A Compelling National Election Drama in Ghana,” The Boston Globe, (24 Dec, 2000)