North Africa (Maghreb)
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Israel and North Africa: Out of Sight, Not Out of Mind
Daniel Zisenwine writes about the relations between Israel and North Africa states. This article is part of "The New Normal? Arab States and Normalization with Israel".
Takin’ it to the Streets in Algeria and Morocco
Bruce Maddy-Weitzman has published an article in "The American Interest", where he discusses new challenges to the Algerian and Moroccan regimes.
The UN Leadership Role in Solving the Western Sahara Conflict: Progress, or Delays for Peace?
Guest author Yasmine Hasnaoui analyzes the role that the United Nations has taken in solving the seemingly intractable Western Sahara conflict.
Is the ethnic genie out of the bottle? Berbers and the 'North African Spring' five years on
Senior Research Fellow Prof. Bruce Maddy-Weitzman has published a chapter in Volume II of Emerging Actors in Post-Revolutionary North Africa: Berber Movements: Identity, New Issues and New Challenges, which examines the interface between Berber identity and post-2011 events in North Africa.
Morocco: The return to the African Union and its continuing distancing from the Arab League (Hebrew)
Ayelet Levy analyzes the return of Morocco to the African Union as a full member, and the concomitant decision by Moroccan King Mohammad VI to not attend the 2017 Arab League Summit. In Hebrew.
Six years on
In his March 2017 "Mideast Monitor" column for the Jerusalem Post, Senior Research Fellow Prof. Bruce Maddy-Weitzman argues that "North Africa remains a region in flux suffering from the same problems that led to the Arab Spring in the first place."
The Western Sahara Crisis in the Tangle of Maghreb Regional Relations and the African Arena (Hebrew)
Ayelet Levi analyzes the ongoing dispute over the Western Sahara against the backdrop of regional and pan-continental relations. In Hebrew.