AGP Executive Report
Last update: 9 hours agoWestern Sahara Strategy: A new policy paper argues Morocco has shifted its Western Sahara approach over two decades from mainly historical and diplomatic claims toward a broader “strategic statecraft” mix—diplomacy, economic development, governance, security cooperation, and coalition-building—aimed at moving global debate toward autonomy, regional stability, and pragmatic geopolitics. Franco-Moroccan Reset: Morocco and France are finalising a new Friendship Treaty to replace the 1955 La Celle-Saint-Cloud framework, positioning the relationship as more “peer-to-peer” and explicitly tying the roadmap to investment, security industry cooperation, Francophonie, and support for Morocco’s Western Sahara plan. Defense Spending Watch: A SIPRI-based roundup says Africa’s military spending rose to $58.2B in 2025, with Algeria leading a top “militarised economies” list by military burden (8.8% of GDP), highlighting how defense priorities concentrate in a few states. UN Peacekeeping Spotlight: A peacekeeping feature points to UN missions as cost-efficient stability tools, citing a Central African Republic case where Minusca helped broker a local peace deal and enabled most displaced families to return.
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