Document Type : بحث

Author

College op Political Sciences/ University of Mosul

Abstract

Since its independence in 1956 and up to now, Sudan has witnessed ups and downs between the control of the military establishment and civil forces seeking to stay in power. Throughout Sudan’s independence period, which extends to sixty-six years, the dominance of the military regimes in power continued for fifty-five years. This is to confirm that the growing role of the army with the help of civilian forces constitutes the chronic disease of Sudanese politics. Controversy also continued over the civilian relationship with the military in the post-victory phase of the 2019 revolution. The research sheds light on the limits of the role that the military institution must adhere to and what it considers about its mission and the limits of its responsibilities, amid the lack of agreement between the civil forces in building the state after Omar Al-Bashir’s rule. In light of the foregoing, the possible future scenarios of the political situation in Sudan will be linked to the level of political performance of the political elites and the Sudanese military institution. The research is divided into four subsections. The first and second ones covered the military-civilian relations and the dialectic of the relationship between them in relation to Sudan. The third subsection tackled the protest movements after 2018, and the fourth subsection discussed the second coup and the challenges of establishing a democratic system.

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