SUDAN INSIGHT ALERT: Washington Post - Will Sudan's military crush hope for democracy

5/6/19: Washington Post – Will Sudan’s military crush hope for democracy?, by Ishaan Tharoor

 Ishaan Tharoor’s feature piece examines the possibility of the Sudanese military crushing the pro-democracy movement.

 Rosalind Marsden, a Sudan expert at Chatham House, is quoted to highlight concerns that that the TMC will use the elections due in 9 months to bring the old regime elements back into power.

 Timothy Kaldas, a political analyst at the Tahrir Institute, argues that the TMC are emboldened by backing from Saudi Arabia and the Egypt, who have “escaped any consequences for violently repressing opponents.”

 Although Kaldas argues that Sudan “lacks the comparable strategic value” that Egypt or Saudi Arabia have for many Western governments, but Tharoor notes that analysts suggest that the US will not much other than scold the TMC, quoting Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik writing that “the international community [which] left Sudan hobbled by years of [sanctions and isolation]…will only issue the usual boilerplate condemnations of violence.”