Morocco’s experience in addressing the economic fallout from #COVID-19 illustrates many of the economic challenges that middle-income countries are facing and the fiscal limitations they confront.
Morocco is positioning itself as a reliable mediator in the Libya conflict to bolster its international image as a regional stability provider, to check rival Algeria’s aspiration to become a regional hegemon and to improve its bilateral relations with Libya
Heavy security presence on the streets, restricted transport movement, limited economic and social activities, internationally extremist narrative shifting to cyberspace and increasing media focus on health issues led to a decline in the dismantling of terrorist cells during the lockdown
Morocco's demarcation of its maritime borders is linked to legal, political and geostrategic considerations, mainly with regards to the precious resources at sea
Working Sessions: The King's Executive Presence
MENA: Women's Grassroots Mobilization
Morocco's diversified alliance base and its role as a key regional security player make it less likely to accept EU criticism of its domestic policies – although it will likely continue to heed recommendations on its economy for so long as it receives EU funding
While Morocco has made, over the past few years, notable progress in the World Bank’s Doing Business index. This, however, had almost no economic impact because the country did not make tangible progress in the fields of governance, economic freedom, property rights protection, and fight against corruption
Security Sector Reform in the Maghreb is dependent on the nature of each political system and post 2011 conflictual situation
As the COVID-19 pandemic spread across the Maghreb, the measures taken by governments will have far-reaching consequences on their already struggling economies and volatile political dynamics
