The Maghreb
Strategic Interests
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23480403 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Yahia H Zoubir (0000-0003-4234-6862, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2011 |
| Pages | 105-132 |
| Publication date | 2011-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | CHAPTER |
| Venue | America's Challenges in the Greater Middle East (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Palgrave Macmillan US (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1057/9780230119598_7 |
| OpenAlex | W2484184293 |
| ISBN | 9780230119598 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 8 |
S ince the 1990s, numerous analysts in France and in the Maghreb have been concerned that the United States is showing too much interest in the Maghreb region. 1 There were suspicions that the United States, in fact, wished to displace French influence in this area. But what has really happened? What are the United States’ interests in the Maghreb? Is it true that the United States wishes to eliminate French and European influence in the Maghreb? Is it true that a conspicuous U.S. presence aims at countering the growing Chinese and Russian influence in the region? Is it also true that the United States—through various programs, such as the Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI) and the Millennium Challenge Account—seeks to undermine European initiatives, such as the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership (Barcelona Process), replaced by the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) in 2008? The main argument in this chapter is that U.S. interest in the Maghreb region has grown considerably and that, in terms of regional security, Washington has already downgraded Europe’s (mainly France’s) influence in what it now considers a strategic area for the United States following the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. These keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. This process is experimental and the keywords may be updated as the learning algorithm improves.
Argument (complex analysis) · Development economics · Economics · Economy · European union · General partnership · Geography · International trade · Middle East · Political economy · Political science · Security interest · Sociology · Strategic partnership · Terrorism · African Studies and Geopolitics · Global Peace and Security Dynamics · Law · Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East · Public Administration
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |