SUDAN INSIGHT ALERT: Radio Dabanga - Op-ed: Sudan’s revolution one year after fall of Al Bashir dictatorship
Cameron Hudson, a senior fellow at the Atlantic Council, argues that Sudan’s civilian leaders “stand as the embodiment of the revolution and the hope that Sudan will one day soon emerge from its military dominance and international isolation.”
However, Hudson argues that the economic crisis has deepened, noting that an ambitious reform plan to generate revenues to fund basic social services and revive “crumbling” government ministries has “gone unimplemented by the new crop of civilian technocrats who are now accused of lacking both the acumen to enlist broad political support for painful reforms and the courage to upset the military’s entrenched financial interests.”
Hudson also suggests that Himedti’s emerging role has had a dampening effect on US support to the new government - fearing that sanctions relief could deprive the US of “critical leverage down the road” should civilian efforts fail or the military retake absolute control.