Since the outbreak of hostilities between Morocco and the Western Saharan nationalists of the Frente Popular de Liberaci\u00f3n de Sagu\u00eda el Hamra y R\u00edo de Oro (Polisario) in late 1975, Algeria has been one of the most important actors in that conflict. While Algeria maintains no territorial claim on Western Sahara, it has consistently supported Polisario’s drive for self-determination diplomatically, militarily, financially and morally. With only slight aberrations in its Western Sahara policy, Algeria’s position in the Western Sahara conflict, as Polisario’s most important backer, will likely hold the same general shape it has for over thirty years. There is no doubt, then, that understanding Algeria’s role in the Western Sahara conflict is necessary for a complete historical appreciation of this neglected international issue and is also key to unlocking the peace process, which has stagnated over the last ten years.<\/p>\n
in Maghreb Center Journal<\/em>, Number 1, Spring\/Summer 2010: 14p.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Since the outbreak of hostilities between Morocco and the Western Saharan nationalists of the Frente Popular de Liberaci\u00f3n de Sagu\u00eda el Hamra y R\u00edo de Oro (Polisario) in late 1975, Algeria has been one of the most important actors in that conflict. While Algeria maintains no territorial claim on Western Sahara, it has consistently supported Polisario’s drive for self-determination diplomatically, militarily, financially and morally. With only slight aberrations in its Western Sahara policy, Algeria’s position in the Western Sahara conflict, as Polisario’s most important backer, will likely hold the same general shape it has for over thirty years. There is no doubt, then, that understanding Algeria’s role in the Western Sahara conflict is necessary for a complete historical appreciation of this neglected international issue and is also key to unlocking the peace process, which has stagnated over the last ten years.<\/p>\n in Maghreb Center Journal<\/em>, Number 1, Spring\/Summer 2010: 14p.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[10,98],"class_list":["post-257","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-archive","tag-algeria","tag-polisario"],"yoast_head":"\n