How the western sahara s history and future is tangled up with moroccanalgerian rivalry. Additional gift options are available when buying one ebook at a time. Middle east policy and the roots of terrorism common courage press, 2003 and coauthor with jacob mundy of western sahara. He is coauthor with stephen zunes of western sahara.
In the autumn of 2010, several thousand western saharans known as saharawis set up an. Their war lasted until 1991, when minurso arrived to organize a referendum on independence. The western sahara conflict has eluded resolution for so long that the principles underlying united nationsled efforts to seek an enduring outcome have become muddied almost to the point of. His current research in libya, sudan, and algeria focuses on the relationship between the international response to mass. War, nationalism and conflict irresolution find, read and cite all the research you need on researchgate. Pdf on may 1, 2014, hugh roberts and others published stephen zunes and jacob mundy, western sahara. Jacob mundy is an assistant professor of peace and conflict studies at colgate university. War, nationalism and conflict irresolution syracuse, n. Global, regional and local dimensions of western saharas protracted decolonization. Drawing from ethnographic fieldwork done mainly in the saharawi refugee camps and the development of portraits of saharawi music 202014, a collaborative music archiving and research project in partnership with the british library and the saharawi ministry of culture, this article analyses issues in the political realities for saharawi refugees from the perspective of the musicians. Pdf western sahara download ebook full pdf download. The fourapproach dilemma of the western sahara conflict mohammed cherkaoui 74,000 sahrawis who were listed on the spanish census of 1974, and insisted on adding up to 120,000 moroccans to the list.
War, nationalism, and conflict irresolution syracuse studies on. The conflict in western sahara how does law protect in war. The western sahara dispute, now in its fourth decade, appears to be a forgotten and frozen conflict. All journal articles featured in mediterranean politics vol 17 issue 2. War, nationalism and conflict irresolution 2010, but point out how scarcely populated the area is est.
Global, regional and local dimensions of western saharas. The western sahara conflict also resonated at the international level. In times of economic crisis and rising unemployment in north africa, western saharas natural resources have become fiercely contested treasures. More than 30 years after the war began, the displacement of large numbers of people and a ceasefire in 1991 that froze military positions, its end remains remote. Imagined territories and histories in conflict during the. Moroccan domestic situation and its irredentist claim over western sahara, and polisarios aim to. The geopolitical functions of the western sahara conflict. At the regional level, the western sahara dispute then became one side of an interlocking conflict between morocco and algeria, which had origins in a brief border war in 1963. War, nationalism, and conflict irresolution syracuse studies on peace and conflict resolution kindle edition by zunes, stephen, mundy, jacob. Request pdf on jul 1, 2012, yahia zoubir and others published western sahara. The armed conflict in the western sahara caused the displacement of tens of thousands of sahrawis to the eastern border of the territory. Within moroccan discourse, we see that it is an article of faith, a cornerstone of the nationalist canon, that western sahara is part of the real i.
War, nationalism, and conflict irresolution syracuse studies on peace. Mar 03, 2017 morocco has announced the withdrawal of its forces from a u. The disputed territory a mostly desert region roughly the size of the united kingdom and with a population of only several hundred thousand was a spanish colony until the mid1970s, when spain ceded sovereignty to morocco and mauritania. Today the conflict is dominated by unarmed civil campaigns of the polisario front and their self. The western sahara conflict has outlasted the 197591 war between morocco and the western saharan independence movement, led by the frente polisario. He is the principal editor of nonviolent social movements blackwell publishers, 1999, the author of tinderbox.
Investigation and critique, and the forthcoming imaginative geographies. The western sahara conflict has eluded resolution for so long that the principles underlying united nationsled efforts to seek an enduring outcome have become muddied almost to the point of cancelling each other out. The cost of the conflict executive summary the western sahara conflict is both one of the worlds oldest and one of its most neglected. Pdf western sahara download ebook full pdf download get. Military dimension of the western sahara conflict the military dimension of the western sahara contlict must be analysed in the context of the aim and objectives of the disputingwarring parties. War, nationalism, and conflict irresolution largely succeed in giving the reader a comprehensive tour dhorizon of the dispute anthony pazzanita, author of the historical dictionary of western sahara, third edition from international journal of african historical studies. Although the war in the western sahara recently entered its 16th year, until now very few scholarly works have dealt with the regional and international dimensions of the conflict. The conflict in the western sahara is one of the oldest and most neglected.
The conflict originated from an insurgency by the polisario front against spanish colonial forces from 1973 to 1975 and the subsequent western sahara war against morocco between 1975 and 1991. The western sahara conflict has proven to be one of the most protracted and intractable. International dimensions of the western sahara conflict. War, nationalism, and conflict irresolution, the postconflict environment. Yet an examination of the war for western saharaits origins, its evolution, and its nonconclusionis an important first step toward an understanding of the broader conflict. The war has caused thousands of lives, big numbers of prisoners of war on both sides and has led to morocco constructing a huge fortified wall in.
In 1975, morocco took over western sahara, which had been a spanish colony. Starting with the nomad sons of the clouds in the first millennium b. Feb 08, 2018 western sahara is in a complicated situation. War, nationalism and conflict irresolution syracuse university press, 2010. The new balance of power resulting from recent political developments in the region could lead to a renegotiation of the conflict. The united states and the 1975 moroccan takeover of the spanish sahara, 11 journal of north african studies, 2006. The evolution of the usabacked baker plan to settle the dispute.
The natural resources at stake rich fishing grounds, phosphates, and the prospect of oil. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading western sahara. Morocco has announced the withdrawal of its forces from a u. War, nationalism, and conflict irresolution author stephen zunes enjoy the best books from our electronic library free of charge. Security council has only contributed to the irresolution of the con ict26.
From geography, european colonialism, and the polisario front, this video takes an indepth look at how exactly modern western sahara came to be. Guerra del sahara occidental was an armed struggle opposing the sahrawi indigenous polisario front to morocco between 1975 and 1991 and mauritania from 1975 to 1979, being the most significant phase of the western sahara conflict. Zunes and mundy have written the definitive book on the western. Moroccan domestic situation and its irredentist claim over western sahara, and polisarios aim to achieve.
Western sahara is a former spanish colony that has been largely under moroccan occupation since the conclusion of a 19751991 war between morocco and the proindependence polisario front. Argues that alternative geographical imaginations are an essential part of the western sahara conflict. A british journalist and scholar with deep roots in africa, hodges has produced an epic history of the western saharan region and the evolution of the current conflict. Shows how a second spanish colonial occupation had to. War, nationalism and conflict irresolution syracuse university press 2010 and coeditor with daniel monk of the postconflict environment.
Jensen explores the longstanding conflict over the sovereignty of western saharafrom its colonial roots to its present manifestation as a political stalemate. War, nationalism, and conflict irresolution, 2010, p19. Get your kindle here, or download a free kindle reading app. A history of the western sahara conflict pambazuka news. War, nationalism, and conflict irresolution largely succeed in giving the reader a comprehensive tour dhorizon of the dispute, one that begins with the 197591 war between morocco and polisario and continues with chapters describing the political rivalries in north africa. In reality, the conflict and its perpetual irresolution are central to the ways in which usa hegemony was reconstituted in the late cold war and the processes through which washington has been able to reproduce its global dominance since then. War, nationalism, and conflict irresolution syracuse university press, which went into its second printing in 2011. War, nationalism, and conflict irresolution book written by stephen zunes is also available for download to any device in pdf or epub format and can be read online. Hic letter from western sahara, a land under occupation. His doctoral dissertation examines the politics of naming algerian violence.
The western sahara conflict is both one of the worlds oldest and one of its most neglected. Some argue little attention is given due to the peaceful. Fortyone years since its inception, diplomatic language rather than arms has become the medium for the continuation of the dispute. The western sahara conflict entered its thirtieth year last november. The western sahara conflict is an ongoing conflict between the polisario front and the kingdom of morocco. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Military equipment captured by the sadr in the western sahara war. War, nationalism, and conflict irresolution largely succeed in giving the reader a comprehensive tour dhorizon of the dispute, one that begins with the 197591 war between morocco and polisario and continues with chapters describing the political rivalries in north africa, which strongly affected the conflict. The polisario front, representing western saharas nascent nationalism, contested rabats claim, receiving support from moroccos regional adversary, algeria. Demonstrates that different interpretations of history served to claim the integration of the territory within competing nations. In particular, no significant works have been published over the past three years, even though there have been a number of key developments during this period. The fourapproach dilemma of the western sahara conflict.
Shows how a second spanish colonial occupation had to be justified in the language of nationalism. The last remaining colonial conflict drags on in western sahara, on africas northeastern coast. The western sahara conflict has proven to be one of the most protracted and intractable struggles facing the international community. The conflict in western sahara was a dispute between western sahara frente polisario and morocco which constitutes a big threat to regional stability after decolonization in 1975 by spanish powers.
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