ABSTRACT
The chapter examines the Sudanese National Salvation Revolution (NSR) regime foreign policy decision making in the initial years. It provides an overview of formal and informal policy structures that carried out the NIF external agenda, and the way state institutions were undermined in their pursuit to formulate or contribute in foreign policy direction. It offers insight into Dr Hassan Al-Turabi’s dominant role and influence in policymaking as the eminence grise of the NIF in power. It discusses that the divergence over decision making generated subtle but powerful tension and confusion within the regime. The chapter deliberates the implications of the form and shape of policymaking set up that led to the fragmentation of the NIF and the ejection of Al-Turabi from the regime power formula.
