Experimental Analysis of The Formation and Transformation of The State of South Sudan

Abstract

The article seeks to give an overview of both the internal and external state building processes of South Sudan, not only looking at the newest state of the African continent since 2011, but also in a historic perspective with all the colonial legacy it inherited. It draws an analytical framework, which is capable of answering such questions as: What techniques have the internal and external actors used in the formation of the South Sudanese state? What results can we attach to these techniques in both the virtual and real political spaces? What are the connections of these techniques and their results to the outbreak and possible resolution of the ongoing civil war in the country?