crisisgroup:For the U.S. and China, a Test of Diplomacy on South Sudan | Somini SenguptaUNITED NATIO
crisisgroup:For the U.S. and China, a Test of Diplomacy on South Sudan | Somini SenguptaUNITED NATIONS — The United States may have midwifed the birth of South Sudan, the world’s youngest nation. But China has quickly become among its most important patrons, building its roads and pumping its oil.Now, more than a year after South Sudan’s leaders plunged their country into a nasty civil war, the nation has become something of a test of diplomacy between the United States and China, raising the question: Can Washington and Beijing turn their mutual interests in South Sudan into a shared strategy to stop the bloodshed?To pressure the warring sides toward peace, the United States has circulated a draft Security Council resolution, dangling the threat of sanctions and setting up the possibility of an arms embargo somewhere down the road. The measure could come up for a vote as early as Tuesday.FULL ARTICLE (via the New York Times)Photo: UN Photo/Paul Banks -- source link