Last summer, after more than two years of terrible fighting, it looked as though the United States might finally have landed on a viable approach for ending the civil war in Sudan. Since the conflict began in April 2023, Sudan’s state has collapsed, and its people have suffered the world’s largest humanitarian crisis. The battle lines have moved back and forth across the country, devastating the capital, Khartoum, and a score of other cities. Today, Khartoum and places east of the river Nile