South Sudan
By This week’s column at WPR falls safely within the genre Unwarranted Advice that South Sudan Should Probably Ignore: Military Organization Edition:
- Small and well-trained is better than big and clumsy.
- Make sure your army is part of regional and global exchange and training networks.
- Acknowledge that Sudan will be a bad neighbor, nothing more and nothing less.
- Don’t become obsessed with big, fancy weapons.
- Take advantage of the international community’s assistance.
- Be wary of tight alignment with the United States.