“Seized of the Matter”: The UN and the Western Sahara Dispute
Mundy argues that the UN keeps failing in Western Sahara because every plan it offers still produces a winner and a loser.
Western Sahara, resources, and international accountability
Zunes argues that foreign companies and governments help Morocco illegally exploit Western Sahara’s resources, and that boycotts and divestment may be needed.
The taking of the Sahara: the role of natural resources in the continuing occupation of Western Sahara
Smith argues that the exploitation of Western Sahara’s phosphate and fisheries has sustained Morocco’s occupation and delayed Sahrawi self-determination.
The right to self-determination and the indigenous people of Western Sahara
Sidi M. Omar argues that only a UN-supervised referendum that includes independence can lawfully resolve the conflict over Western Sahara.
The resurgence of algeria’s foreign policy in the twenty-first century
Zoubir examines Algeria’s diplomatic revival under Bouteflika and its support for a self-determination referendum in Western Sahara.