Professor Noah L. Nathan's book The Scarce State: Inequality and Political Power in the Hinterland is co-winner of the 2024 American Political Science Association William Riker Award for Best Book in Political Economy! polisci.mit.edu/news/2024/prof…… Noah Nathan MIT School of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences MIT Center for International Studies

The war in Sudan has received a fraction of the attention given to Gaza and Ukraine. Yet it threatens to be deadlier than either conflict. It is possible to save millions of lives, if the world acts now econ.st/3AFKbcJ

It has every superlative and is entirely accurate

I can’t get over the 10m deaths figure

Khartoum is unrecognizable

And what of Sudan? It can just burn? nytimes.com/2024/09/21/wor…

Washington's diplomacy on Sudan this week makes it "party to a grotesque charade" by the U.A.E. and "come across as a terrible betrayal, and a willingness to join a wealthy Gulf state in gaslighting the rest of the world". No punches pulled by Michelle Gavin in this analysis for

Heartbreaking report from Mohanad Hashim open.spotify.com/episode/3pfqSc…

So painful and moving to see Mohanad Hashim return to his home in Omdurman. Thank you for sharing this moment with us. Not easy. bbc.co.uk/news/videos/cl…