ABSTRACT
This chapter is an attempt to reflect on the lessons from that period for a foreign policy framework that serves Sudan’s national interests. It argues that the central point in the concept of national interest as prescribed by the NIF was the revival of Islam in the domestic and the international sphere through all the means available to the state. The chapter discusses lessons from the NSR period in power—that is, the perils of political ideology, the necessity of pragmatism and the need for institutions related to foreign policy. The chapter argues the outcome of the NSR’s radical policies was the isolation of Sudan at the regional and the international levels.
