{"id":4283,"date":"2020-11-22T19:40:17","date_gmt":"2020-11-22T19:40:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/middleeastandnorthafricablog\/?p=4283"},"modified":"2020-11-22T19:40:17","modified_gmt":"2020-11-22T19:40:17","slug":"the-failed-democracy-between-morocco-and-polisario","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/middleeastandnorthafricablog\/2020\/11\/22\/the-failed-democracy-between-morocco-and-polisario\/","title":{"rendered":"The Failed Democracy Between Morocco and Polisario"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Link to article: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2020\/11\/18\/the-failed-diplomacy-between-morocco-and-polisario\">https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2020\/11\/18\/the-failed-diplomacy-between-morocco-and-polisario<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There was violence in Western Sahara between Polisario (the militia fighting to end Moroccan presence in Western Sahara) and Morocco on Nov 13th. The recent attack marks the end of a 29-year ceasefire created with a 1991 agreement that included a UN-supported buffer area between the two warring groups.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Western Sahara is a disputed territory currently 80% occupied by Morocco and 20% occupied by the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic, represented by the Polisario militia group. Algeria has shown support for Polisario, but Morocco is spreading the idea that Polisario is a separatist movement puppeted by Algeria\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Morocco has recently allowed foreign embassies and consulates in the region as a show of political control and sovereignty of the territory. This has been extremely effective, and 44\/84 countries have rescinded their support for Polisario. The UN is also starting to lean in favor of Morocco.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It is possible that Polisario has been inciting violence as a way to draw international attention back to the conflict and get the UN more involved (and on their side). Polisario most likely wants another referendum, one that gives them more power and territory control.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On another level, Algeria\u2019s support for Polisario begs the question that this could be a proxy power play for regional control. If that is true, it will add another level of actors in the conflict, making it more difficult to broker a peace that leaves everyone involved satisfied.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From a realist point of view, Polisario is acting in its own self interest to stir up violence in an attempt to gain more control and influence over the territory because countries are selfish and always act in their own self interest. A realist would not be surprised that Polisario would risk violence and human lives in an attempt to gain influence rather than cooperate in peace talks or respect the ceasefire.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Link to article: https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2020\/11\/18\/the-failed-diplomacy-between-morocco-and-polisario There was violence in Western Sahara between Polisario (the militia fighting to end Moroccan presence in Western Sahara) and Morocco on Nov 13th. The recent attack marks the end of a 29-year ceasefire created with a 1991 agreement that included a UN-supported buffer area between the two warring groups.\u00a0 Western Sahara is a disputed territory currently&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/middleeastandnorthafricablog\/2020\/11\/22\/the-failed-democracy-between-morocco-and-polisario\/\">Read more &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":159,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4283","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-article"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/middleeastandnorthafricablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4283","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/middleeastandnorthafricablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/middleeastandnorthafricablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/middleeastandnorthafricablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/159"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/middleeastandnorthafricablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4283"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/middleeastandnorthafricablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4283\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4285,"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/middleeastandnorthafricablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4283\/revisions\/4285"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/middleeastandnorthafricablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4283"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/middleeastandnorthafricablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4283"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/middleeastandnorthafricablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4283"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}