EU Discovers Authoritarianism Useful, Again
The EU is reportedly cozying up to Egypt's President Sisi, a leader whose regime human rights organizations have repeatedly accused of widespread repression, torture, and unlawful killings. Deutsche Welle paints this as a pragmatic move—securing Egypt's cooperation on Gaza border control and stemming migration flows into Europe. This isn't the first time Western powers have embraced despots for
regional 'stability'; the US, for instance, provides billions in aid to Sisi's military, even after a 2013 coup installed him (Council on Foreign Relations, Aug 2023). It seems 'democracy' is a negotiable asset when 'containment' is on the agenda. So, the EU's sudden interest in Gaza's stability appears less about Palestinian lives and more about Europe's borders. Are we to believe a regime that
violently suppresses its own populace will be a humanitarian champion for Gaza? Or might their role be to simply keep suffering contained, away from European shores? It’s a grotesque irony: democracies outsourcing their humanitarian responsibilities to authoritarian states, then wondering why the global order feels so… unstable.