Morocco’s experience with Islamists sets it apart from its neighbours. While Egypt and Tunisia have resorted to military and constitutional means to remove Islamists from power, Morocco’s moderate Islamist party, the PJD, were removed by the country’s citizens through the ballot box, without any direct intervention by the monarchy.
Many countries across the Middle East and North Africa, or MENA, region have faced critical challenges in ensuring the effective and equitable vaccination of their citizens against COVID-19. With a few exceptions, like Morocco, Israel and several Gulf states, countries in the region have faced difficulties in securing sufficient doses due to logistical constraints, poor planning and vaccine hesitancy.
The second phase of the Compensation Fund reform was held back due to the defects of the first phase, which included the liberalization of the fuel market
Faced with EU’s incentives and pressure, Morocco seeks to strike a balance between cooperation and resistance on migration management
Covid-19 in the Middle East: Regional Impact and Future Recovery
SANA Expert Briefing series—Webinar 4: Morocco's Foreign Policy
Vaccine diplomacy and the geopolitics of influence
The last 12 months of battling the coronavirus pandemic have highlighted significant gaps that must be addressed in the Moroccan, Jordanian, and Tunisian public health sectors.
These monarchies' unfulfilled unfulfilled promises of reform and development will catch up with them, and they will have to adapt the ways in which they interact with opposition actors and their wider populations, especially as further and greater contestation is imminent.
