Competing International Interests Will Complicate Sudan’s Post-Coup Crisis

To put Sudan’s democratic shift back on track, Western governments and institutions will pressure the military, led by General Abdel-Fattah Burhan, to relinquish control to another civilian transitional government. But Burhan’s support from Arab Gulf states will complicate the West’s efforts and delay the resolution of the coup. Following the Oct. 25 military coup, Western powers and international institutions responded with strong condemnation and fiscal consequences, while Sudan’s regional neighbors and Arab Gulf states answered with modest calls for de-escalation....