🇲🇦 Morocco

Coverage of Morocco’s political, economic and security landscape, and its role in Maghreb and Atlantic-facing strategic developments.

Morocco's new premier faces a tough house and tired public

May she pray beside the king? Govern without her party's old ally? Tame rising fuel prices? The questions facing Morocco's first woman premier.

By The Geopolitical Desk

/ 7 Oct 2026

Morocco's new premier faces a tough house and tired public

The promise of Europe or the stagnation of Morocco?

In trying to explain what happened on the borders of Ceuta and how, what is often overlooked is why thousands of Moroccans are so desperate to leave home.

By The Geopolitical Desk

/ 10 Aug 2026

The promise of Europe or the stagnation of Morocco?

How Rabat built a global case for Western Sahara

Resolution 2797 has been a crowning achievement for Morocco's diplomatic efforts to advocate for its control over the Western Sahara and could reshape North Africa's political dynamics.

By The Geopolitical Desk

/ 3 Dec 2025

How Rabat built a global case for Western Sahara

Morocco’s Gen Z rebellion

Struggling with failing services, corruption and high youth unemployment, Morocco is now finding itself caught in a global wave of Gen-Z anger.

By The Geopolitical Desk

/ 3 Oct 2025

Trump envoy to begin Maghreb tour as US pushes for diplomatic reset in North Africa

EXCLUSIVE – Massad Boulos, U.S. President Donald Trump’s Special Presidential Advisor on Arab and Middle Eastern Affairs, is preparing to embark on a tour of the Maghreb in the coming days.

By The Geopolitical Desk

/ 20 Jul 2025

Trump envoy to begin Maghreb tour as US pushes for diplomatic reset in North Africa