Policy papers, analytic articles, and strategic reports from CCSS.
A Reading of the Islamists' Crave to Sabotage the Quartet By Professor Mekki Medani El Shibly Executive Director, Cognisance Centre for Strategic Studies At this critical juncture of Sudan’s brutal war, the greatest danger does not lie in the complexity…
Cognisance Centre for Strategic Studies – London – Khartoum Sudan Between Structural Adjustment and Social Transformation A Political Economy Reading of Reform (1978–2025) Professor Mekki Medani El Shibly Executive Director, Cognisance Centre for Strategic Studies Research Paper…
Military–Security Stabilisation in Sudan: From Truce to Ceasefire A Policy Paper for the Quartet (1) By Professor Mekki El Shibly Executive Director, Cognisance Centre for Strategic Studies Executive Summary This policy paper outlines a sequenced pathway for stabilising Sudan’s…
Sudan and Egypt: A Strategic Vision for Resetting Bilateral Relations in a Time of Regional Turbulence By Professor Mekki El Shibly Executive Director, Cognisance Centre for Strategic Studies Sudan and Egypt share one of the most complex yet deeply rooted…
Leveraging Economic and Institutional Instruments to Enforce Truce and Ceasefire in Sudan by: Professor Mekki Medani El Shibly Executive Director, Cognizance Centre for Strategic Studies (CCSS) Date: November 2025 Executive Summary This Concept Note outlines a comprehensive…
From Structural Adjustment to Social Transformation: Lessons from Half a Century of Sudan’s Economic Experience By Professor Mekki Medani El Shibly Executive Director, Cognisance Centre for Strategic Studies Amid Sudan’s devastating war and the international community’s urgent…
Deciphering The Army’s Dual Stance on the Quartet: Embracing Peace While Mobilising for War By Professor Mekki Medani El Shibly Executive Director, Cognisance Centre for Strategic Studies (CCSS) The international and regional efforts to de-escalate the war in Sudan are…
Leveraging Economic Instruments to Enforce Sudan Truce and Ceasefire By Professor Mekki Medani El Shibly Executive Director, Cognisance Centre for Strategic Studies (CCSS) The escalating war in Sudan after the fall of El Fasher is no longer just a confrontation…
Quartet Guarantee Framework for Sudan’s Transitional Ceasefire and Integration Process Prepared for: The Quartet Secretariat (United States, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, and the United Arab Emirates) Submitted by: Professor Mekki Medani El Shibly Executive Director, Cognizance Centre…
Sequencing Peace in Sudan: A Blueprint for an Enforceable Quartet Ceasefire By Professor Mekki Medani El Shibly Executive Director, Cognizance Centre for Strategic Studies (CCSS) The war in Sudan has entered its most destructive phase. Cities lie in ruin, millions…
Civilian–Constitutional Transition: Building the Path to Legitimate Governance A Policy Paper to the Quartet (2) By Professor Mekki El Shibly Executive Director, Cognisance Centre for Strategic Studies I. Introduction and Context Sudan stands at a decisive crossroads. The…
Islamists in Sudan: From the Legitimacy Dilemma to the Existential Impasse By Professor Mekki El Shibly Executive Director, Cognisance Centre for Strategic Studies An Early Beginning and a Predictable End Few people know that my first encounter with Sudan’s Islamist…