Darfur Conflict
Stability in any parts of the world is a matter of core interest to the US.
I. The most important and immediate benefit the US can get from a once more peaceful Sudan is the overall regional stability it would bring. Geopolitical stability in every parts of the world is warranted for continuous prosperity of US economy. It may be argued that the US has no substantial investment in Sudan to be seriously affected, but the same can’t be said in other parts of the continent. A destabilized Sudan may lead to a domino effect bringing instability to the neighbouring countries of Chad, Egypt, Ethiopia, Libya and others. As Sudan and its neighbours are close to water, a destabilized region may affect the free and safe navigation of products that is extremely detrimental to global …show more content…
Direct interference would help re-establish our position in the international community as the hegemon. We were the hegemon after WWII till the 1990s and the main sponsor of new economic zones, navigating the seas through our countless naval bases all over the world, but recently, with the rising of the BRIC countries and overall general improvement of world economy, our superior position and unilateral control is in peril. Delivering solutions to the Darfur conflict will help reassert our authority. Also, if the US solved the problem in Darfur, we will have the credibility to form a government that is more democratic than its predecessor, build institutions that could foster social mobilization which has stronger enforcement that can make its government accountable and prevent another Darfur incident to occur.
The opposition may still argue that Sudan, economically speaking is insignificant and will still pose no serious problem to the US, but it should be remembered that the 1997 Asian financial could’ve been prevented by major economic powers but ignored because the contagion began in Thailand which was deemed economically insignificant. The aftermath was anything but
I. The most important and immediate benefit the US can get from a once more peaceful Sudan is the overall regional stability it would bring. Geopolitical stability in every parts of the world is warranted for continuous prosperity of US economy. It may be argued that the US has no substantial investment in Sudan to be seriously affected, but the same can’t be said in other parts of the continent. A destabilized Sudan may lead to a domino effect bringing instability to the neighbouring countries of Chad, Egypt, Ethiopia, Libya and others. As Sudan and its neighbours are close to water, a destabilized region may affect the free and safe navigation of products that is extremely detrimental to global …show more content…
Direct interference would help re-establish our position in the international community as the hegemon. We were the hegemon after WWII till the 1990s and the main sponsor of new economic zones, navigating the seas through our countless naval bases all over the world, but recently, with the rising of the BRIC countries and overall general improvement of world economy, our superior position and unilateral control is in peril. Delivering solutions to the Darfur conflict will help reassert our authority. Also, if the US solved the problem in Darfur, we will have the credibility to form a government that is more democratic than its predecessor, build institutions that could foster social mobilization which has stronger enforcement that can make its government accountable and prevent another Darfur incident to occur.
The opposition may still argue that Sudan, economically speaking is insignificant and will still pose no serious problem to the US, but it should be remembered that the 1997 Asian financial could’ve been prevented by major economic powers but ignored because the contagion began in Thailand which was deemed economically insignificant. The aftermath was anything but