Document Type

Thesis

Publication Date

2012

Disciplines

Political Science

Abstract

This thesis focuses on the recent secession of South Sudan. The primary research questions include an examination of whether or not South Sudan’s 2011 secession signaled a break from the O.A.U.’s traditional doctrines of African stability and noninterference. Additionally, this thesis asks: why did the United States and the international community at large confer recognition to South Sudan immediately upon its independence? Theoretical models are used to examine the independent variables of African stability, ethnic secessionism, and geopolitics on the dependent variables of international recognition and the Comprehensive Peace Agreement. The history of Sudan's peace process is explored, as well as the international forces that helped to bring about the Comprehensive Peace Agreement of 2005. The factors leading to this unique case of African secession are identified, as is the role that the international community played in establishing South Sudan as its newest state member.

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