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From: S. maltophilia	9/22/2025 1:53:30 PM
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...The dilemma of deciding who should represent Sudan isn’t new; it highlights a core tension in international affairs. The world recognizes states — the unchanging, legal entity of a country. But it must deal with governments — the temporary political leaders who hold power. This becomes a crisis when a country has rival groups that each claim to be the legitimate government, especially when each controls swaths of territory. In the past, the international community has often defaulted to a blunt principle: recognize whoever is in charge. This unwritten rule, known as the doctrine of effective control, means that legitimacy is granted to anyone who successfully controls a country’s land and population, no matter how they got there. In cases such as Libya, where territorial control is split, rule over the capital city is often important both symbolically and practically. Those who control the capital are often recognized as the government of the day. This approach might be borne out of expediency, but it has also put dictators and unelected rulers on the same footing as leaders chosen by their own citizens. It has also created perverse incentives across Africa’s dictatorial.... nytimes.com archive.ph

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