Morocco has been conspicuously absent from the list of Arab regimes threatened by popular protests during the last seven months. To be sure, there has been organized, sustained activity there, generated by a loose amalgamation...
Read MoreMembers of the February 20th Movement are today calling for a boycott of the constitutional referendum put forth by King Mohammed VI and peaceful protests, according to an article in the Agence France-Presse (AFP). “We...
Read MoreCNN is reporting that King Mohammed VI of Morocco announced in a televised address today many constitutional reforms that will move the North African country from a monarchy to a parliamentary democracy. The new constitution...
Read MoreThe Moroccan government has banned peaceful demonstrations and violently squelched attempted protest rallies following the April 29 terrorist attack in a Marrakesh cafe that left 16 people dead, according to the New York Times....
Read MoreFebruary 20, 2011 * Writing in the New York Times (Fears of Chaos Temper Call for Change in Morocco February 20, 2011, Steven Erlanger writes that demonstrations in Morocco have been muted by a fear of chaos, a prevalent...
Read MoreJanuary 31 – February 11, 2011 * In an article in World Defense Review (Moroccan Exceptionalism? February 10, 2011), J. Peter Pham, Senior Vice President of the American Committee on Foreign Policy and a professor at...
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