Dan Sullivan is the director for Africa, Asia, and the Middle East at Refugees International. Dan focuses on Myanmar, Sudan, South Sudan, and other areas affected by mass displacement. Prior to joining Refugees International, Dan worked for five years with United to End Genocide (formerly Save Darfur), first as a senior policy analyst then as director of policy and government relations, leading strategic planning, report writing, and development of policy recommendations on Myanmar, South Sudan, Sudan, Syria, and prevention of genocide and mass atrocities.
He has more than 15 years of human rights and foreign policy experience having worked for the Brookings Institution, Human Rights First, and the Albright Stonebridge Group, where he assisted former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright in her role as co-chair of the Genocide Prevention Task Force. Dan has been a featured speaker at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, the U.S. Institute of Peace, and the London School of Economics and has provided expert testimony before the U.S. Congress. He has been featured on several media outlets including MSNBC, CBS News, NPR, Al Jazeera, and Voice of America TV. His work has been published in the Journal of Modern African Studies, the Journal of Peace Research, The Nation, U.S. News and World Report, and USA Today. Dan has a Master’s degree in International Conflict Management from the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) and a Bachelor’s degree in International Relations from Harvard University.
This Op-Ed was originally published in Newsweek, on September 10, 2024 Sudan’s crisis is spiraling. Hunger has given way to famine. The capital, Khartoum, has been destroyed. Ethnically targeted killings in...
September 10, 2024
Daniel Sullivan joined CNN International to call for a greater surge of diplomatic efforts and support to save lives in Sudan.
August 28, 2024
Rohingya refugees want to return to their homes in safety and dignity. But it remains far from safe to do so.
August 24, 2024
The Nuba mountains are one of the few places in Sudan where a robust aid response could be scaled up. It is an opportunity that cannot be missed.
August 22, 2024
Sudan’s Nuba mountains region provides a window into the country’s wider conflict.
August 2, 2024
Urgent action is needed to prevent mass starvation in Sudan.
August 1, 2024
Twenty years on from the Darfur genocide, mass atrocities are once again underway in Darfur. As a larger war continues to ravage the country of Sudan, a disturbing new wave...
February 1, 2024
Regional countries must work together to provide search and rescue, safe disembarkation, and access to paths toward asylum for Rohingya refugees.
January 8, 2024
State Department finally calls out war crimes, crimes against humanity and ethnic cleansing in Sudan. But stopping genocide in Darfur demands more than words.
December 7, 2023
As India hosts the world’s most powerful leaders for this year’s G20 Summit, those leaders should ask what India has done to address a genocide in its own neighborhood.
September 8, 2023
