Sudan – A Conversation with Former Special Envoy Princeton Lyman: Part 3

Sudan – A Conversation with Former Special Envoy Princeton Lyman: Part 3

Friday, May 2, 2014

By: Arif Omer

Ambassador Princeton N. Lyman served as U.S. special envoy for Sudan and South Sudan from March 2011 to March 2013 before joining the U.S. Institute of Peace as a senior adviser to the USIP president. Arif Omer, the first to hold a new four-month Sudanese youth leader residency at USIP, interviewed Lyman at length on the violence and political conflicts that have torn the African country for decades.  The edited interview is being presented on The Olive Branch this week in three parts -- efforts to encourage a national dialogue, Sudan’s relations with the West and what the future holds for the conflict-torn nation.

Type: Analysis

Sudan – A Conversation with Former Special Envoy Princeton Lyman: Part 2

Sudan – A Conversation with Former Special Envoy Princeton Lyman: Part 2

Wednesday, April 30, 2014

By: Arif Omer

Ambassador Princeton N. Lyman served as U.S. special envoy for Sudan and South Sudan from March 2011 to March 2013 before joining the U.S. Institute of Peace as a senior adviser to the USIP president. Arif Omer, the first to hold a new four-month Sudanese youth leader residency at USIP, interviewed Lyman at length on the violence and political conflicts that have torn the African country for decades.  The edited interview is being presented on The Olive Branch this week in three parts -- efforts to encourage a national dialogue, Sudan’s relations with the West and what the future holds for the conflict-riven nation.

Type: Analysis

Sudan – A Conversation with Former Special Envoy Princeton Lyman

Sudan – A Conversation with Former Special Envoy Princeton Lyman

Monday, April 28, 2014

By: Arif Omer

Ambassador Princeton N. Lyman served as U.S. special envoy for Sudan and South Sudan from March 2011 to March 2013 before joining the U.S. Institute of Peace as a senior advisor to the USIP president. Arif Omer, the first to hold a new four-month Sudanese youth leader residency at USIP, interviewed Lyman at length on the violence and political conflicts that have torn the African country for decades.  The edited interview is being presented on The Olive Branch this week in three parts -- efforts to encourage a national dialogue, Sudan’s relations with the West and what the future holds for the conflict-torn nation.

Type: Analysis

Mediation, Negotiation & Dialogue

Pathway to National Dialogue in Sudan

Pathway to National Dialogue in Sudan

Tuesday, August 13, 2013

By: Jon Temin;  Princeton Lyman

Sudan urgently needs to embark on a national dialogue and reform process that is led by Sudanese and supported by the international community.  Without such a process, Sudan has little chance of breaking its destructive cycle of instability. Authors Ambassador Princeton N. Lyman, a special advisor to the president of USIP and former special envoy for Sudan and South Sudan, and Jon Temin, director of USIP’s Horn of African program, examine the way forward.

Type: Peace Brief

Mediation, Negotiation & Dialogue

Terms of Endurance

Terms of Endurance

Friday, January 10, 2014

By: Jon Temin;  Susan Stigant

Only two and a half years removed from its birth, South Sudan is in crisis. A dispute between President Salva Kiir and Riek Machar, his former vice president, has quickly taken on ethnic overtones and escalated into widespread fighting, with dire consequences. Over 1,000 people have been killed -- perhaps many more -- with another 200,000 displaced. The national army has split in two and is essentially fighting itself. Forces loosely aligned with Machar control several key parts of the countr...

Type: Analysis