Morocco's Africa Policy

Morocco's Africa Policy

Role Identity and Power Projection

Abourabi, Yousra

Brill

05/2024

334

Mole

9789004546615

15 a 20 dias

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Foreword

Abbreviations



Introduction

?1?'Morocco takes the South': Apollonian or Dionysian impulse?

?2?The Arab and African Worlds in the Study of International Relations

?3?A Constructivist Approach to Identity

?4?The Challenge of Multi-disciplinarity in the Study of Moroccan Foreign Policy

?5?Book Structure and Objectives



1 The Genesis of an Africa Policy in Morocco: The Kingdom in Search of International Recognition

?1?Introduction

?2?Measuring Morocco's Emergence in the Light of the New World Order: Africa's Emergence in a 'Multiplex' World

?3?From the Ambition of Emergence to the Ambition of Power: The Development of the Kingdom's International Relations

?4?The Discursive Construction of Morocco's International Role Identity around the Concept of the 'Golden Mean'

?5?Africa as the 'New Frontier'



2 The Historical Determinants of Morocco's Diplomatic Interest in Africa

?1?Introduction

?2?History as an Objective Determinant of the Geopolitical Order: Allal al-Fassi's 'Greater Morocco' Project

?3?First Steps towards Building African Multilateralism

?4?From the Sand War to the Betrayal of the OAU: The Moroccan Western Sahara, an African Problem

?5?The Search for Leadership in a Regional Union with Libya: A Failed Alternative

?6?The Cold War Kingdom versus French Power in Africa

?7?'Renewed Partnership' and a New Policy in Africa at the End of the Cold War

?8?Ceasefire and Peace Plan in the Aftermath of the Cold War: The Birth of Voice Diplomacy



3 The Making of the Africa Policy: Royal Pre-eminence and Diplomatic Mobilisation

?1?Introduction

?2?The King's Style in Foreign Policy: A Two-Tiered Role

?3?Foreign Affairs: A 'Ministry of Sovereignty'

?4?Modernisation and Professionalisation of the Diplomatic Apparatus at the Service of an African strategy

?5?The Specialisation of Diplomacy in the Service of a Golden-Mean Role Identity: Promoting Interculturalism and Trilateralism



4 A Framework for Representing Regional Integration

?1?Introduction

?2?The Defence of Territorial Integrity: A Political Framework for Defining the Entourage

?3?Algeria and the Polisario Front: Public Historical hostis

?4?South Africa and Nigeria: Geopolitical Adversaries or Future Continental Allies?

?5?Shared Perceptions of an Algiers-Abuja-Pretoria anti-Moroccan Axis

?6?The Representation of a 'Natural Extension' Based On the 'Historical Constants' of the Kingdom

?7?The French Character of the Kingdom's Africa Policy: The Erroneous Hypothesis of a 'pre carre gigogne'

?8?The Moroccan Character of the Kingdom's Africa Policy: 'Mohammed VI the African', a Manifestation of the Royal Style in Africa



5 A Legitimising Framework for Regional Integration

?1?Introduction

?2?The Kingdom Is African: The Inscription of Africanness in the Diplomatic Framework

?3?The Kingdom's Solidarity: Integrating the Normative Framework of South-South Cooperation and Global Security

?4?The Kingdom Is Moderate: The Valorisation of a Political-Religious Legacy through the Definition of a Golden-Mean Islam



6 Africa as a Field of Expression for an Indirect Strategy

?1?Introduction

?2?Fifteen Years of Offensive Bilateralism in the Service of a Sectorisation of Cooperation

?3?The Acquisition of Material Resources through Trilateral Cooperation

?4?Circumventing the Absence from the AU through Parallel Multilateral Diplomacy

?5?Morocco's Return to the AU: The End of the Indirect Strategy?



7 Constructing Diplomatic Levers of Action to Promote a Role Identity

?1?The Subordination of the Economic Tool to Political Imperatives

?2?Sectoral Investment Policies under the Banner of South-South Cooperation

?3?Promoting State Identity through Nation Branding and Intangible Capital

?4?Accelerating Trade to Achieve Regional Integration: The Race to Maritime Transport

?5?Influence Diplomacy: The Role of Cultural and Religious Levers

?6?The Institutionalisation of Exchanges with trans-Saharan Sufi Confraternity Networks

?7?The Spreading of a Golden-Mean Islam in Africa through Religious Training



8 The Consequences of Morocco's Africa Policy: Between Relative Gains and Geopolitical Transformations

?1?Introduction

?2?The Effects of Cultural and Religious Diplomacy in the Development of Migration to Morocco

?3?Towards a Mix of Foreign and Domestic Policies: The Example of Climate and Environmental Policy

?4?Enshrining the End of a MENA/sub-Saharan Africa Divide: A Socially Constructed Regionalist Project



Conclusion-Morocco: A Median Power



Appendix 1: State Visits of Mohammed VI Abroad, 2000-2016

Appendix 2: The King's Speeches, 1999-2015: Statistics

Appendix 3: FDI to Morocco (1) and (2)

Appendix 4: Map of 'Greater Morocco'

Appendix 5: Countries that Have Withdrawn Their Recognition of the RASD

Appendix 6: Map of Diplomatic Postures Regarding the Status of Moroccan Western Sahara

Appendix 7: Export of French War Material to Morocco (2008-2014)

Appendix 8: Moroccan FDI in Africa (1)

Appendix 9: Legitimisation Framework for the Africa Policy: Example of a Document on South-South Cooperation

Appendix 10: The Road Linking Morocco to West Africa

Appendix 11: Moroccan FDI in Africa (2)

Appendix 13: AU Motion of 28 States for the Suspension of the RASD

Appendix 13: Trade with Africa

Appendix 14: Transport Networks in Africa

Appendix 15: Shipping Lines, Morocco-Africa

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