Global Security Watch—The Maghreb: Algeria, Libya, Morocco, and Tunisia

Yahia H. Zoubir · Louisa Dris-Aït-Hamadouche

Apr 2013 · ABC-CLIO

About this ebook

An unprecedented analysis of how the liberation from colonial rule has threatened the Maghreb region of Africa and created political and social challenges that puts global security at risk.

Northwestern Africa, known as the Maghreb, consists of Algeria, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Tunisia, and Western Sahara. Recent changes in the political climate—including the collapse of the Libyan regime in October 2011 and structural factors, such as the decolonization of the countries within the Maghreb—have escalated violence in the area, exposing global powers, including the United States, to terrorist attacks. This is the first book of its kind to focus on the strategic planning of the United States, as well as other world powers, in the stabilization of the region.

Global Security Watch—The Maghreb: Algeria, Libya, Morocco, and Tunisia examines domestic, regional, and international policies as they relate to the area's culture, geography, and history. Each of the book's seven chapters looks at the political and social stability of the land, and features a discussion on such topics as interstate relations, regional integration, conflict resolution, and the legislation governing security.

Includes biographies of key security leaders

Contains documents and excerpts from state constitutions and regional alliances, including those relating to the creation of Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQMI)

Features political maps of the core countries

Reveals anti-terrorist legislations adopted by the national governments

About the author

Yahia H. Zoubir, PhD, is professor of international relations and international management and director of research in geopolitics at Euromed Management, Marseille School of Management, France. His published works include Praeger's International Dimensions of the Western Sahara Conflict.

Louisa Dris-Aït-Hamadouche is senior lecturer at the University of Political Science and Information, Algiers, Algeria. She has published numerous articles in various international journals about the Maghreb and Western Mediterranean security.