Sudan vs. South Sudan: The Rising Risk of a New Confrontation

The escalating confrontation between Sudan and the new republic of South Sudan is not for lack of communication: Days of talks last month in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, saw negotiators from the shrunken, bitter rump Sudan and its youthfully overconfident breakaway neighbor huddled under the exasperated watch of former South African President Thabo Mbeki, to try to strike a deal on oil