ABSTRACT To date, two power-sharing agreements have been signed since civil war broke out in South Sudan in December 2013. The first agreement collapsed just after one year when renewed fighting broke out in July 2016. The second agreement signed in September 2018 continues to experience implementation challenges and ceasefire violations, while some of the parties declined to sign it. This article explores the role of distrust in stagnating the power-sharing agreements, and how trust building could be a game-changer. In a semi-structured in-depth interview, 29 key stakeholders were interviewed, including the conflict parties, mediators, eminent South Sudanese personalities, scholars and civil society leaders. Five major themes emerged: historical conflicts, estranged political relationships, power struggles, resource control and ethnic violence (not included in this article). The results suggest the conflict is sustained by a trust deficit among the parties arising from unresolved historical conflicts to estranged political relationships and power struggles. The article recommends transitional justice approaches for trust building and sustainable agreements.

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南苏丹权力共享协议 R-ARCSS：同样的事情期待不同的结果

摘要 迄今为止，自 2013 年 12 月南苏丹内战爆发以来，已经签署了两份权力分享协议。第一份协议在 2016 年 7 月爆发新的战斗一年后就破裂了。2018 年 9 月签署的第二份协议继续遇到执行挑战和违反停火的情况，而一些当事方拒绝签署。本文探讨了不信任在阻碍权力分享协议中的作用，以及信任建立如何改变游戏规则。在半结构化的深度访谈中，对 29 位主要利益相关者进行了访谈，包括冲突各方、调解人、南苏丹知名人士、学者和民间社会领袖。出现了五个主要主题：历史冲突、疏远的政治关系、权力斗争、资源控制和种族暴力（不包括在本文中）。结果表明，冲突是由未解决的历史冲突、疏远的政治关系和权力斗争引起的各方之间的信任赤字所维持的。本文推荐了用于建立信任和可持续协议的过渡司法方法。