Why the Phrase “Arab Spring” Should be Retired
It’s time to stop using a Western-based concept ten years on from the events that began the Arab Uprisings.
It’s time to stop using a Western-based concept ten years on from the events that began the Arab Uprisings.
The Urban-Rural Disconnect and how COVID-19 is influencing the Nexus of water, energy and food.
The interaction of food, energy, and water in North Africa is complex and building into a cascade of trouble. It is time to listen to the rural communities facing it on the frontline
Rather than making North Africa safer, securitizing borders has raised the risk of instability along the region’s frontiers, where communities depend on smuggling.
Although Morocco is aiming to diversify its trade relations into West Africa, political and social opposition within ECOWAS raises questions about its real intentions.
Can the Moroccan regime indefinitely maintain the vast distance between its democratic promises versus the authoritarian status quo?
Exploring human complexities in a multi-ethnic land
Recognizing the political shortcomings of marginalizing Salafists, Moroccan decision-makers are making efforts to reconcile Salafism with the Sufi character of religious institutions.