DW Asks if 'Foreign Powers' Can Stop Sudan War They Helped Fuel
DW, like many others, wonders if 'involved foreign powers' can stop the killing in Sudan. This is a subtle masterclass in misdirection. These aren't benevolent outsiders arriving to mediate; these are often the same states – like Egypt, the UAE, and Russia – who, according to the Council on Foreign Relations , have actively armed, funded, or geopolitically supported the very factions now tearing
Sudan apart. It's less a question of 'can they stop it?' and more 'will they stop what they started?' We are consistently told these wars are born of ancient tribal hatreds or internal chaos. What's omitted are the lucrative arms deals, the geopolitical chess for Red Sea ports, and the scramble for resources that turn internal disputes into prolonged humanitarian catastrophes. To ask if these
foreign 'powers' can stop the killing is to assume they haven't been profiting from it all along. One might wonder why the mainstream only asks this question after hundreds of thousands are dead or displaced.