United States’ foreign policy towards low interest regions on the example of selected North African countries in 1989–2001 Cover Image

Polityka zagraniczna Stanów Zjednoczonych wobec regionów o niskim stopniu zainteresowania na przykładzie wybranych krajów Afryki Północnej w latach 1989-2001
United States’ foreign policy towards low interest regions on the example of selected North African countries in 1989–2001

Author(s): Rafał Wordliczek
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Politics, International relations/trade
Published by: Uniwersytet Adama Mickiewicza
Keywords: Morocco; Algeria; Maghreb; Mauretania; United States

Summary/Abstract: During the Cold War and in the 1990s, Maghreb states, with the exception of Egypt, were treated marginally by successive US administrations. The situation changed after the terrorist attacks took place in New York and Washington D.C. in September 2001. The paper presents the main political problems in relations between the United States and Maghreb states in the 1990s. These main problems were: the political crisis in Algeria, and the political and military conflict between Morocco and Algeria over Western Sahara. From the US point of view the most important were the implications of these events for the international relations.

  • Issue Year: 2015
  • Issue No: 4
  • Page Range: 79-91
  • Page Count: 13
  • Language: Polish