A Skeptical View

Middle East Institute: Perspective

Middle East Institute scholar Jacques Roussellier casts a skeptical eye on the recent release of Moroccan prisoners of war by the Polisario Front, and argues that it does nothing to resolve the underlying conflict between Morocco and Algeria or the probability of unrest in the Western Sahara. Roussellier scrupulously avoids characterizing either of the major regimes in the conflict and offers no comment on the merits of their competing claims.