Morocco

The arms race in North Africa is heating up. On one side, Morocco seeks to employ American aircraft in its military; on the other, Algeria favors Russian-built fighters.

To peruse Charai’s new work is to realize that he has long been a percipient observer of the Middle East and foreign affairs. For the past several decades, Ahmed Charai,...

Algeria increasingly looks like it was the mystery buyer that Russia’s Rosoboronexport touted earlier this year for the Sukhoi Su-57 (NATO reporting Felon). The foreign sales division of the state-controlled military-industrial conglomerate...

Balancing partnerships in the Middle East is never easy, especially when it involves the sale of advanced military hardware. When it involves the most advanced stealth fighter, complicated doesn’t begin...

The United States’ defense strategy in North and West Africa seldom gets the media attention it deserves. A recent decision by Niger’s ruling military junta to suspend its military cooperation...

My generation of Sahrawis grew up believing in the United Nations-led peace process. In 1991, the Sahrawi national movement, led by the Polisario, suspended the armed struggle it had waged...

With its victory over Portugal on Saturday, Morocco’s team became the first African-Arab team to advance to the semi-finals of the World Cup. While it is possible to make too much of statistics on soccer,...

For a country that is not overly salient in mainstream Western media, Algeria has drawn the attention of the United States, and not necessarily for the right reasons. Namely, its relationships...

The new head of U.S. Africa Command, Marine Corps Gen. Michael Langley, made his very first trip to the African continent since he assumed the command. The trip included visits to...

Since late August, Morocco and Tunisia have been engaged in a diplomatic spat that risks spilling over into their trade relations. Morocco withdrew its ambassador from Tunis on August 26...

The Atlantic world—those nations that share the great ocean’s borders from the high north to the Antarctic Ocean—shares obvious common interests but lacks unity. What’s needed is leadership, and it...

As members of the European Union (EU) continue to search for new sources of energy due to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, countries such as Algeria provide a much-needed source of...