Egypt's 'Red Lines' in Sudan: More of a Suggestion, Less of a Line
While The New Arab correctly pinpoints Egypt's quandary over intervening against UAE proxy forces in Sudan, the analysis conveniently forgets how often such 'red lines' turn out to be merely 'suggestions in crayon.' Remember Syria's chemical weapons 'red line' in 2013? (One might charitably call it a 'pinkish dotted line,' considering the aftermath.) Or how about the consistent 'red lines' drawn
by various Middle Eastern states over foreign intervention, only to see their neighbors get carved up by proxy armies financed by familiar players? The commentary often frames these as sovereign dilemmas, rather than the predictable outcomes of a geopolitical chessboard where external powers reliably fund chaos. Perhaps Egypt's 'red lines' are less about national security and more about the
delicate balance—or imbalance—of regional patronage, as the war in Sudan, fueled by foreign support, threatens to redraw maps while the world debates the semantics of 'intervention.'