Front Polisario Archives - Robert Lansing Institute

Military developments in Algeria and Morocco likely to lead up to conflict in North Africa

Morocco is deploying significant resources to survey its maritime and land borders. Morocco will mobilize 50,000 troops to improve surveillance systems, Abdellatif Loudiyi, the delegate in charge of defence, says. This move anticipates thesteps by its neighbours and, given the…

November 18, 2022Algeria, Front Polisario, Iran, Morocco, Russia

Conflict Energy Geopolitics

Risks of war between Algeria and Morocco are low despite aggressive Algeria’s rhetorics.

Tensions between the Algeria and Morocco have been growing, and Algeria's rhetoric points towards an armed conflict. However there are doubts that an escalation is imminent. Both countries don't have any interest in waging a war on…

November 9, 2021Algeria, Front Polisario, Morocco, Western Sahara

Geopolitics Estimates

Lessons to be learned from the deadlock of decolonization of Western Sahara

The Western Sahara conflict arose as a legacy of colonialism. This territory was qualified as a non-self-governing territory by the United Nations in 1963 when Western Sahara was still a…

April 2, 2020Ali El Aallaoui, France, Front Polisario, Morocco, Spain, Western Sahara

Geopolitics Situation Reports

Morocco’s lawmakers created precedent in maritime law to reinforce control over waters

Lawmakers in Morocco integrated waters off the coast of Western Sahara into the country’s maritime territory, adopting two laws that extend its legal jurisdiction over the disputed former Spanish colony. The…

January 29, 2020China, Front Polisario, Morocco, Russia, Spain, Western Sahara

Front Polisario

Military developments in Algeria and Morocco likely to lead up to conflict in North Africa

Risks of war between Algeria and Morocco are low despite aggressive Algeria’s rhetorics.

Lessons to be learned from the deadlock of decolonization of Western Sahara

Morocco’s lawmakers created precedent in maritime law to reinforce control over waters

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