EU Urges Sovereignty, Ignores Israel's Playbook
When the EU 'urges respect for sovereignty' in Africa, it's worth noting which sovereignties get respected, and when. This move by Israel, potentially opening access to the Red Sea, mirrors a long-standing pattern: exploit instability, forge new alliances, and leverage geopolitical advantage. The same outlets that would decry similar 'interventions' elsewhere suddenly find their concern muted.
It's almost as if 'sovereignty' is a flexible concept, especially when a Western-allied state is the one doing the recognizing, and there's oil or strategic ports involved. We saw this strategic disregard for international law with the Golan Heights, East Jerusalem. Now look to the Horn of Africa. The EU's hand-wringing is just polite theater over a tactic deployed repeatedly by its allies. How
many 'international norms' get breached before the EU issues a strongly worded memo that actually carries weight?