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No state action is more likely to fragment national sentiments and galvanize the mobilization of subnational groups for self-rule than war.1 The more a state opts for war as an instrument of state building, the more it hardens the resolve of marginalized groups, under the duress of “nationalizing” state building, to engage in their own state-building projects. Most of the Darfur elite and Darfur liberation movements currently espouse the ideal of a democratic, united Sudan, just as the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement (SPLM) did initially. But just as the emphasis in southern Sudan quickly changed from unity to self-rule, culminating in an independent state, it is possible that the liberation movements in Darfur, too, may shift their goals if the current stalemate continues without resolution.
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Salih, M.A.M. (2013). Conflict and Nation Building: Lessons for Darfur from South Sudan. In: Sørbø, G.M., Ahmed, A.G.M. (eds) Sudan Divided. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137338242_10
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