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“I think people felt like they did everything they had been told they should do to fix the problem, and it still wasn't fixed. Then you have these other parts of Sudan, [which] in actual fact have been left on the back burner for way too long, so there was this scramble, probably a year ago now, to focus on the fact that this peace agreement was basically falling apart.”

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Rebecca Hamilton

Rebecca Hamilton (born January 8, 1948) is an American scholar, author, and public intellectual known for her work in human rights, international law, and Middle Eastern politics. She taught at Harvard University and served as a consultant for various international organizations. Her book 'Fighting for Palestine: International Law and Human Rights Perspectives' is widely cited, exploring legal and moral issues in conflict zones. Hamilton advocates for peace and justice through academic research and public engagement, influencing policy and public awareness. more

“There's a bigger question again about how to do prevention. It's not simply about putting out the early warning. The early warning was put out on Abyei; everybody knew that this was coming. This was intentional, and still it happened. So this idea that we fail to stop these things because there's not awareness about them, or that we need better early warning information, I'm increasingly skeptical of. I think it's about how you move that information into the policy process.”

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Author:Rebecca Hamilton

“Something I've learned over time, and trying to remind myself this week as I am back in New York and feeling pretty anxious, is that things always seem less dire when you're in the country than when you're outside. I don't exactly know why it is, except that people just have to get on with their life, so they do. And you don't have time to do anything other than keep going.”

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Author:Rebecca Hamilton

“I try not to cover Sudan from afar. I feel really uncomfortable writing about Sudan when I'm not there. It always looks different. When you're outside Sudan it's easy to lose sight of how much of what happens is driven by local politics. And when you're in America in particular, there's this sense that what D.C. has to say is the only thing that counts. Unsurprisingly people in Sudan don't feel the same way.”