Dwindling but surviving: South Sudan and external involvement in the current crisis

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Title:	Dwindling but surviving: South Sudan and external involvement in the current crisis
Author:	Ylönen, Aleksi
Year:	2014
Periodical:	Review of African Political Economy (ISSN 0305-6244)
Volume:	41
Issue:	141
Pages:	466-473
Language:	English
Geographic term:	South Sudan
Subjects:	civil wars political conditions international relations
External link:	https://doi.org/10.1080/03056244.2014.907780
Abstract:	In mid December 2013 South Sudan experienced an outbreak and escalation of armed violence which has produced a severe humanitarian crisis. While it has again raised questions about the viability of the South Sudanese state, the crisis has also resulted in a shake-up of the diplomatic landscape by changing and consolidating strategic relationships between South Sudan and its closest neighbours. This briefing argues that the newly reconfigured inter-state relations are a sign of South Sudan's continued dependence on outside actors, and shows how external alliances and invasive military involvement continue to contribute to the internal political and economic reality which allows the highly contested leadership to remain in power. Bibliogr., notes, ref. [ASC Leiden abstract]