• Two papers on ethical issues regarding research in Western Sahara, Joanna Allan & Sébastien Boulay
    13 July 2018 Comments Off on Two papers on ethical issues regarding research in Western Sahara, Joanna Allan & Sébastien Boulay

    Joanna ALLAN, 2017, "Activist Ethics: the Need for a Nuanced Approach to Resistance Studies Field Research", in Journal of Resistance Studies, Volume 3, Number 2 : 89-121 PDF : Allan_draft_version Journal of Resistance Studies 2017   Sébastien BOULAY, 2017, « Discomfort in Ethnography. Methodological questions, choices and tools in sensitive contexts », Prace Etnograficzne Ethnographic Works, 2017, 45...

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  • Call for Papers : colloque CAPOLCOT II, Granada, 22-23 November 2018
    11 July 2018 Comments Off on Call for Papers : colloque CAPOLCOT II, Granada, 22-23 November 2018

    Causes and consequences of mutation, progression or stagnation in processes of political change and territorial conflicts are main research objects for studies on comparative politics. These questions also constitute principal theoretical and analytical challenges for area studies focused in MENA countries. These topics are currently addressed by two research projects: “Persistence of authoritarianism and political...

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  • New parution : FRIDOLIN ZEHNDER l’AFRICAIN
    4 July 2018 Comments Off on New parution : FRIDOLIN ZEHNDER l’AFRICAIN

    Martinoli E., 2018, Fridolin Zehnde l'Africain, Les aventures d'un légionnaire suisse, déserteur et combattant au Maroc (1920-1934), Editions Alphil, Presses universitaires suisses « Je suis né le 28 août 1897, lors d’un tour en barque sur le Doubs, la rivière qui forme la frontière avec la France, près de La Chaux-de-Fonds. Né entre deux pays, sans...

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  • New publication : Algeria and the Sahelian Quandary: The Limits of Containment Security Policy – Yahia Zoubir
    19 June 2018 Comments Off on New publication : Algeria and the Sahelian Quandary: The Limits of Containment Security Policy – Yahia Zoubir

    ZOUBIR Yahia, Algeria and the Sahelian Quandary : The limits of containment security policy, The Sahel: Europe's african borders, European Institute of the Mediterranean, p.70-95, 2018 Publication institution of EuroMeSCo : https://www.euromesco.net/   Various analysts have provided different interpretations as to Algeria’s role in the Sahel. For instance, one researcher argues that “Algeria is reluctant or unable...

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  • New article : Diplomatic Practices of Contested States, Bouris & Fernández-Molina
    9 June 2018 Comments Off on New article : Diplomatic Practices of Contested States, Bouris & Fernández-Molina

    Bouris D. & Fernández-Molina I., "Contested States, Hybrid Diplomatic Practices, and the Everyday Quest for Recognition", International Political Sociology, vol.1, N°19, 2018 This article examines the diplomatic practices of contested states with the aim to challenge structural legal-institutional accounts of these actors’ international engagement, which are unsatisfactory in explaining change and acknowledging their agency. Considering...

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  • In the press: ”L’ONU presse pour un compromis dans les six prochains mois” (Le Monde)
    16 May 2018 Comments Off on In the press: ”L’ONU presse pour un compromis dans les six prochains mois” (Le Monde)

    The Minurso has been renewed for only six months in order to put maximum pressure on Morocco and the Polisario Front. Le Monde // 28.04.2018 To know more about: http://www.lemonde.fr/afrique/article/2018/04/28/sahara-occidental-l-onu-presse-pour-un-compromis-dans-les-six-prochains-mois_5292029_3212.html#QTRFPXWJRACqJ1HD.99 Photo credit : A member of the UN Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO)’s Military Liaison Office chats with a group of Western Saharans (UN...

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  • In the Media : Hunger strike of Claude Mangin-Asfari
    12 May 2018 Comments Off on In the Media : Hunger strike of Claude Mangin-Asfari

    Article from the newspaper l'Humanité: https://www.humanite.fr/sahara-occidental-claude-mangin-asfari-la-francaise-qui-defie-le-roi-du-maroc-654911 Since April 18, 2018, the French Claude Mangin-Asfari has started a hunger strike in order to obtain access to her husband Naâma Asfari, a political prisoner in Morocco. Her decision was taken after her fourth deportation by the Moroccan authorities. It has been two years since Claude Mangin unsuccessfully tried...

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  • Prize Jaime Brunet 2018 : “The processes of truth, justice and reparation for the victims of enforced disappearances in the Western Sahara conflict” – Maria Lopez Belloso
    26 April 2018 Comments Off on Prize Jaime Brunet 2018 : “The processes of truth, justice and reparation for the victims of enforced disappearances in the Western Sahara conflict” – Maria Lopez Belloso

    María López Belloso, research advisor at the University of Deusto and member of OUISO observatory, has been distinguished with the second Jaime Brunet Doctoral Thesis Prize for her work "The processes of truth, justice and reparation for the victims of enforced disappearance in the Western Sahara conflict". The prize, awarded by the Jaime Brunet Foundation...

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  • Conference – Analysis of the Moroccan Foreign Policy, Paris, June 4th, 6pm
    1 April 2018 Comments Off on Conference – Analysis of the Moroccan Foreign Policy, Paris, June 4th, 6pm

    CEPED and OUISO organize: Conference: Tribulation of a "territorial champion" and a "model pupil" of the European Union: Moroccan foreign policy with the prism of role theory Speaker: Irene Fernández-Molina, Lecturer at the University of Exeter Discussant: Marc-Antoine Perouse de Montclos, Research Director at the IRD (CEPED) Venue: R 229 Conference Room (Main Building, 2nd...

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