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The Middle East’s Next Conflicts Won’t Be Between Arab States and Iran

For more than two decades, the United States has seen the politics of the Middle East as a tug of war between moderation and radicalism—Arabs against Iran. But for the four years of Donald Trump’s presidency, it was blind to different, more profound fissures growing among the region’s three non-Arab powers: Iran, Israel, and Turkey.

On Western Sahara, Bolton is wrong

John Bolton claims to know well the issue of Western Sahara. He was a close collaborator of James Baker, former Personal Envoy of the Secretary General of the United Nations. What always struck me in these two personalities, as well as in their fellow countryman Christopher Ross, former Personal Envoy of the Secretary General of the United Nations, is their ability to evade the fundamental role of Algeria in what is called the issue of Western Sahara.

Will the Covid-19 Pandemic Help to Resolve the Sahara Question?

It is estimated that the gross world product (GWP) will decline over 6% in 2020 from 2019, reducing growth by trillions of dollars, mainly due to the pandemic. This is going to have a devastating effect on countries with weak economies and low incomes, as well as those wholly dependent on oil revenue, two key categories which define Morocco on the one hand and Algeria on the other.

 

Is the Algerian regime Morocco’s enemy?

The context in which the Algerian presidency spokesman made hostile comments about the Moroccan diplomacy raises questions as to the real motives from such allegations at a time his country is facing one of the worst economic crises in its short history and braces for social upheaval due to inability to maintain spending on subsidies and social services.

 

The Spokesman for the Algerian Presidency has accused the Moroccan consul in Oran of being an agent of his country’s intelligence services without offering any kind of proof.

 

The African Union, four years after Morocco’s readmission

Since his accession to the throne on July 30, 1999, King Mohammed VI has placed Africa at the forefront. A commitment that secured Morocco's readmission to to the continental organization on July 17, 2016, marking a turning point in Morocco's foreign policy.

 

Four years ago, Morocco officially submitted a bid to join the African Union. On July 17, the request was at the heart of a letter sent by King Mohammed VI, delivered by the Speaker of the House of Representatives Rachid Talbi Alami and received by then-acting AU President Idriss Deby.