Since the end of the Cold War, US unipolarity gave Washington considerable influence over Sudan’s political trajectory. That relationship has changed. As the world moves towards a more multipolar order, US leverage over Sudan has sharply declined, while Sudan’s military leaders and influential regional states have gained greater latitude to pursue their own interests. The result, this Briefing Paper argues, made ending Sudan’s civil war difficult.

Situation Update: the Caribbean and Latin America

Newly acquired data on firearms seizures at US ports of exit shows that trafficking dynamics vary significantly between the Caribbean and Latin America, and even within these regions. These differences include the number of seizures, the types of seized weapons, the illegal shipments’ modes of transport, and the seizure locations. Some of these differences are consistent with previous studies, while others are surprising.