ABSTRACT
This chapter discusses three vital issues to Sudan’s foreign policy in the future. This part explores identity and foreign policy, relations with South Sudan and Egypt which are constant subjects of debate among the Sudanese elite. The secession of Southern Sudan in July 2011 instigated a debate on Sudan identity and foreign policy with advocates of Arabism vs. Africanism lies at the heart of it. The chapter argues that multiculturalism continues to be the bedrock of north Sudanese society after the south’s separation. It looks at Sudan’s relations with the newly independent state of South Sudan, one of the most important neighbouring states for Sudan. It investigates Sudan’s relation with South Sudan in the context of the daunting array of security and political challenges. It also debates Sudan’s relations with Egypt, which continues to infiltrate Sudanese politics for maintaining its strategic interests. It exploited the internal divisions of the domestic political process.
