Hager Ali

In Sudan’s protracted war, Mohammed Hamdan Dagalo’s Rapid Support Forces outmanoeuvred Abdelfattah Al-Burhan’s Armed Forces through sabotage, new weapons, and broader networks. But as regional actors and local militia hijack the war’s original power-struggle, frontlines and command chains shattered.

In this book chapter, Matthijs Bogaards (Central European University) and Hager Ali (GIGA) review the literature on factionalism and factions in political parties as well as other organizations.

Hager Ali explains how Sudan's interim government enabled the violent power struggle between the country’s largest armed forces and how past political systems can still undermine present peace efforts.

In this policy paper, GIGA researcher Hager Ali and SWP researcher Gerrit Kurtz, argue that civilian actors formed a broad anti-war coalition that should set the tone for peace talks from the very beginning.

DW spoke to Sudanese civilians under siege in El Fasher amid attacks by the Sudanese Rapid Support Forces. Is this a repeat of the "scorched earth" tactics used in the Darfur genocide?

Zivilisten werden getötet, Kinder gekidnappt, Frauen vergewaltigt: Der Krieg im Sudan ist die größte Vertreibungskrise der Welt. Doch nicht alle wollen ihre Heimat verlassen.

Democracy and Development: Global Dialogue on Autocratization and Re-Democratization, Central European University Democracy Institute, Budapest Organisers: Central European University Hager Ali (Invited Guest)

The CEU DI Annual Conference, under the theme “Democracy and Development: Global Dialogue on Autocracy and Re-Democratization", is dedicated to rethinking democracy in its political, social, and economic dimensions. This year’s conference will also mark the launch of the Global Forum on Democracy and Development, a project generously funded by the Open Society Foundation. This ambitious initiative aims to facilitate creative and critical cross-regional collaboration among scholars from the Global South and North.

Die MENA-Region im Fokus. Aktuelle Entwicklungen, regionale Zusammenhänge und Perspektiven, Akademie für Politische Bildung, Tutzing Organisers: Akademie für Politische Bildung Hager Ali (Consultant)

Im Nahen und Mittleren Osten finden derzeit bedeutende politische Verschiebungen statt, die von einem wachsenden Selbstbewusstsein einzelner staatlicher Akteure geprägt sind. China und Indien verstärken ihre Präsenz in der Region, was die geopolitische Landschaft weiter verändert. Auch die destabilisierenden Konflikte in der Sahelzone wirken sich zunehmend auf den Nahen und Mittleren Osten aus und stellen eine weitere Herausforderung dar. GIGA Wissenschaftlerin Hager Ali spricht über den Krieg im Sudan, und zeichnet nach, wie sich innenpolitische Konflikte in regionale Krisenherde ausweiten können.
Ein Event in Kooperation mit der Jungen Gesellschaft für Sicherheitspolitik (GSP) und Middle East Minds.

This seminar focuses on the nexus between authoritarian governance, conflicts and peace. It introduces core components of civilian and military-based authoritarian rule to outline how autocracies destabilize, break down completely or enable conflicts.

Guest Lecture by GIGA Researcher Hager Ali on 'Designing Social Inquiry' by King, Keohane, and Verba