More: Western Sahara
Western Sahara Needs a Settlement, Not a Great-Power Standoff
There is something deeply troubling about a peace process in which the very powers meant to keep negotiations moving become obstacles to progress. Morocco-Western...
Morocco’s Foreign Policy and Its Role in the Moroccan Sahara Dispute
The Moroccan Sahara dispute remains one of the most persistent territorial issues in postcolonial international politics. However, over the last twenty years, Morocco has...
Western Sahara: Three Wrong Turns the World Must Not Take
At the end of April the United Nations Security Council returns to a file it has been unable to close for more than three...
What the UN Resolution 2797 Means for Western Sahara
In October 2025, a group of powerful states attempted to do in a few days what fifty years of occupation, war and repression had...
Polisario: The Game Is Over
October 31, 2025, will undoubtedly be remembered as a historic rupture in the long and sterile confrontation surrounding the Moroccan Sahara. With the adoption of UN Security...
The Fall of the Polisario: Geopolitics and Shifting Allegiances
After over fifty years of dispute over the Moroccan Sahara, recent developments seem to be leading to a new season titled “The End of...
Hydrogen in Western Sahara: Greenwashing the Occupation, Fuelling Injustice
Morocco’s dash to rebrand itself as a green hydrogen powerhouse has pushed the energy transition straight into one of the world’s last unresolved colonial...
The UNSC and the Unspoken War of Resolutions: The Moroccan Sahara Example
As the Security Council prepares to deliberate on the Moroccan Sahara, it is increasingly evident that the issue transcends the mere mechanics of diplomacy....
The Chinese stance on the Moroccan Sahara shifts from neutrality to subtle backing of sovereignty
The Moroccan Sahara dispute is one of the most persistent and complex regional conflicts in North Africa, lasting over forty years. This ongoing disagreement...
Morocco and Autonomy: An Analysis of the Morocco-Sahara Dispute
The Moroccan Sahara conflict represents one of the oldest, most intricate, and confounding regional disputes on the African continent. Historically, following Spain's withdrawal from...