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‘Democracies make elections, elections don’t make democracies.’ This applies particularly to Afghanistan that has been trying to be a democracy since the Bonn Agreement that created the country’s post-Taliban government in 2001. Even more desperate than this attempt are the never-tiring efforts of the West, especially the United States, [...]

In Sudan, warlordism makes for uniquely legitimate military infrastructure. The Islamist government in Khartoum is headed by one General Omar al-Bashir, Sudan’s chief warlord, who, in spite of an arrest warrant issued against him by the International Criminal Court in The Hague for genocide, crimes against humanity, and war crimes, continues to ignore [...]