Event
Book launch: Constructing Sudan — From the Legitimacy of the Coup to the Legitimacy of the Ballot
Public invitation to the launch of Prof. Mekki El Shibly's new book — Sunday 1 November 2026, 8:30 pm, Andalib Cultural Café, Giza.
Publications
Policy papers, concept notes, research papers and commentary from CCSS, in English.
Publications
Does Veto Absence Signal Truce Presence?
From the UN Security Council Resolution to the Political Economy of Lost Time in Sudan War Professor Mekki Medani El Shibly Founder and Executive Director, Cognisance Centre for Strategic Studies (CCSS)
The Dollar Is Not Defeating the Sudanese Pound — The War Economy Is Crushing It
Professor Mekki Medani El Shibly Founder and Executive Director, Cognisance Centre for Strategic Studies (CCSS)
Peace & Civilian Transition
Capsules for Decoding the War
Who Loses from the Dialogue Preparatory Committee — and Who Gains? The delay in achieving a ceasefire, caused by the Sudanese Dialogue Preparatory Committee’s consumption of time, is not neutral. Time spent on meetings and travel can itself become a resource that proponents of war exploit to prolong the conflict.
Commentary
A Reading of the Islamists' Bid to Sabotage the Quartet
At this critical juncture of Sudan’s brutal war, the greatest danger does not lie in the complexity of peace negotiations themselves, but in the deliberate and malicious manoeuvres undertaken by Islamists to hollow them out from within. This is precisely what Sudan is witnessing today as the…
Research paper
Sudan Between Structural Adjustment and Social Transformation: A Political Economy Reading of Reform, 1978–2025
Research Paper 1/2025.
Policy paper
Military–Security Stabilisation in Sudan: From Truce to Ceasefire
A Policy Paper to the Quartet (1).
Commentary
Sudan and Egypt: A Strategic Vision for Resetting Bilateral Relations
Sudan and Egypt share one of the most complex yet deeply rooted bilateral relationships in the Middle East and Africa. Geography, history, culture, and the Nile bind the two nations in ways that few regional pairings can match.
Concept note
Leveraging Economic and Institutional Instruments to Enforce a Truce and Ceasefire in Sudan
Concept note.
Commentary
Half a Century of Structural Adjustment: Why Sudan's Economic History Matters for Peace
Introduction to the full research paper “Sudan Between Structural Adjustment and Social Transformation: A Political Economy Reading of Reform, 1978–2025”.
Commentary
Deciphering the Army's Dual Stance on the Quartet: Embracing Peace While Mobilising for War
The international and regional efforts to de-escalate the war in Sudan are moving forward cautiously but deliberately. At the centre of this process lies the Quartet Roadmap, a framework jointly endorsed by the United States, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, and the United Arab Emirates, which lays out a…
Commentary
A Compliance Economy: Using Sudan's Resource Trade to Enforce the Ceasefire
Short version of the full paper “Leveraging Economic and Institutional Instruments to Enforce a Truce and Ceasefire in Sudan”.