Joshua Craze

Inside Sudan's perpetual war As rival forces fight for control of Sudan, its people sink further into crisis

I have an essay on the war in #Sudan in the new issue of
@newstatesman1913.bsky.social www.newstatesman.com/internationa...

South Sudan’s Democratic Mirage | Joshua Craze The billions of dollars that the West has poured into the country have not made it richer or more peaceful, but they have enabled a dictatorship.

I have an essay on the situation in #SouthSudan in the new edition of The New York Review of Books

www.nybooks.com/articles/202...

Junk Empire | Triple Canopy Like all great found objects, the butt plug invites questions.” On American waste in Afghanistan....

Over the last two years, I’ve been working with Aziz Hazara on an essay for Triple Canopy about ‘Coming Home,’ his extraordinary art project, which has been transforming the trash the Americans left behind at Bagram, Afghanistan. ‘Junk Empire’ is now out! canopycanopycanopy.com/contents/jun...

Some Things We Don't Do Anymore - This American Life Trump froze U.S. foreign aid and dismantled USAID. We examine the agency’s impact and hear from people trying to navigate this chaotic moment.

I went on @ThisAmerLife to talk about my NYRB article about the demise of #USAID:

www.thisamericanlife.org/862/some-thi...

Fogbow operations in South Sudan and beyond raise red flags for faltering aid system The for-profit US firm is coordinating air drops that critics say transgress humanitarian principles.

With the inestimable @joe_falzetta, I just published a new investigation in @newhumanitarian, looking at Fogbow, a US company that has been involved in humanitarian operations in #Gaza, #Sudan, and #SouthSudan. We had a look at how they are getting on: www.thenewhumanitarian.org/investigatio...

Radio War Nerd EP #528 — Sudan & South Sudan Wars, feat. Joshua Craze | Radio War Nerd Get more from Radio War Nerd on Patreon

www.patreon.com/posts/radio-... I'm on @RadioWarNerd talking about the conflicts in #Sudan and #South Sudan:

American Prestige | E213 - South Sudan’s Failed Peace Deal w/ Joshua Craze

I went on @AmPrestigePod to talk about the situation in #SouthSudan americanprestige.supportingcast.fm/listen/ameri...

Territorial Pissing | Joshua Craze Trump’s decision to revoke South Sudanese visas is only one small part of a much larger destruction of the U.S. immigration regime currently underway.

Some on the left might argue that Trump’s immigration regime differs from his predecessors in matters of style but not substance. @joshuacraze.bsky.social isn’t fully convinced. Trump’s escalations go far beyond rhetoric.

Territorial Pissing | Joshua Craze Trump’s decision to revoke South Sudanese visas is only one small part of a much larger destruction of the U.S. immigration regime currently underway.

For @thebaffler.com I wrote about the #SouthSudan visa imbroglio and the Trump administration's war on migrants: thebaffler.com/latest/terri...

Joshua Craze, Sudan’s World War — Sidecar Two years of conflict.

I have an essay up at New Left Review's Sidecar looking at the first two years of war in #Sudan
newleftreview.org/sidecar/post...

What is Likely to Happen Next in South Sudan? | African Arguments What is Likely to Happen Next in South Sudan?

African Arguments has also published the third--and final!--part of my essay on #SouthSudan's current predicament, which looks at what is likely to happen next, and possible responses from the UN and that motley crew, 'the international community.'

africanarguments.org/2025/03/what...

Is this the End of the Peace Process? | African Arguments Is this the end of peace in South Sudan?

African Arguments have published the second part of my essay on the situation in South Sudan, which looks at the fate of the peace agreement, the vexed question of Kiir's succession, and Ugandan and Sudanese involvement in the current strife:

africanarguments.org/2025/03/is-t...

On The Brink: The Politics of Violence in South Sudan South Sudan is once again on the brink of war. The regime of South Sudanese President Salva Kiir is bombing civilians and detaining the opposition, while foreign embassies close and evacuate staff. Th...

I have a new report out with Small Arms Survey on the politics of violence in South Sudan.

www.smallarmssurvey.org/resource/bri...

What Is Happening in South Sudan? | African Arguments What is happening in South Sudan?

At African Arguments, I have published part one of a three part series looking at the current situation in #SouthSudan. The first piece looks at the dynamics of the current conflict in the country:

africanarguments.org/2025/03/what...

USAID: Goodbye to All That?  | Joshua Craze In South Africa and Kenya, HIV clinics have shuttered, depriving people of life-saving medication. In Uganda, where treatment has also halted, aid workers

Up at the The New York Review of Books I have a piece on the USAID imbroglio and what it means for the future of humanitarianism:

www.nybooks.com/online/2025/...

The Republic of Kadamol: A Portrait of the Rapid Support Forces at War After almost two years of war, Sudan is in the grip of a humanitarian and political catastrophe. A conflict between the Sudanese army and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) continues to devastate the coun...

I had the honour of writing a report on the Rapid Support Forces (#RSF) in #Sudan with Audre Lord for Small Arms Survey.

The report is a comprehensive look at the RSF during the Sudanese civil war: from its political economy to its recruitment strategy.

www.smallarmssurvey.org/resource/rep...

Last January, the German image-maker Wolf Böwig asked me if he could send me four images, to accompany an upcoming trip. There was no brief. Just a voyage and four images, which I kept like icons. A year later, my reflection on these four images is out: mouse-magazine.com/issue-6/in-o...

Given the extraordinary claims made about Taleb Al Abdulmohsen, I’m reposting this essay I wrote for Cabinet about the Islamophobic right-wing history of using “taqiyya” as a structuring notion within its conspiracy theories.

www.cabinetmagazine.org/kiosk/craze_...

I contributed a short video on #redaction to @museumofmodernart R&D Salon 51: www.youtube.com/live/pWHaRx-... [My video starts at 39:35, but watch the whole event!]

My video is a short reflection on this essay, published in October: www.joshuacraze.com/s/Redaction-...

I have a new piece out with Small Arms Survey on the situation in Eastern Equatoria, #SouthSudan

It's about gold, power, and cattle raids!

www.smallarmssurvey.org/highlight/ne...

I have a short dispatch up at the @nybooks.com on likely US policy on Africa under the reign of the orange man.

www.nybooks.com/online/2024/...

I have an essay out in
@haujournal
on witchcraft, anthropology, and the state.

It's about what you can say with witches, and the violence of the silences that surround them.

It contains some sentences I am very proud to have written:

www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/full/10....