A recent report published on Modern Diplomacy emphasized that “the Trump administration should consider offering full support to Morocco’s multiform African policy premised on the firm conviction that a solid and mutually profitable partnership is required to give a new momentum to the set of collaborative frameworks in place, devoted to establishing a united front against the chaotic and deteriorating security environment in the Sahel region.”
Authored by Moroccan diplomat and Director of Cultural Affairs at the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, Lhoucine Rhazoui, the report, titled “Revisiting US-Morocco partnership: Security and development approach in the Sahel region,” argued that “bidding on a capable, trustworthy and entrepreneurial partner like Morocco seems to be the right investment to make in the midst of the deteriorating security situation across the continent and the outburst of tensions in the broader and turbulent MENA region.”
Against the backdrop of these challenges, the same source underscored that the Trump administration is strongly encouraged to support Morocco’s multiform diplomacy in Africa imbued with African-solidarity initiatives and pan-African driven projects much relevant and viable in such a complex geoeconomic context in the continent, particularly in the Sahel region.
To keep its national security interests intact in the Sahel, the report stated that “it is important for the US to remain engaged in finding sustainable solutions to issues inherent in the chronic security deficit in this volatile region.”
It mentioned that “Morocco and the US might also find it meaningful to focus more on the civilian aspects of the annual military exercise called the African Lion, in which Morocco plays a key role as a host country.”
The same source suggested that “more attention might be given to scaling up the capacities of African participating states in humanitarian disaster management and rescue operations, especially in cases of natural catastrophes resulting from the effects of climate change.”
It also emphasized “the dangerous trafficking of migrants across the Atlantic Ocean, which often lead to tragic losses in human lives or the displaced refugees fleeing tension zones sparked by insurgencies, mutinies or the disruptive maneuvers of separatist movements.”
To confront these daunting challenges, the report stressed that “Morocco’s deployment of its public diplomacy strategies, namely its economic and religious diplomacies could be perceived as a major component of the proactive approach towards African youth facing growing uncertainties in a continent still confronting serious trials of political instability and economic downturns.”
It stated that “the growing migrant flows crossing the sea to reach the European “Eldorado” is telling of how volatile the situation is in the migrants’ sending countries and perspectives that these desperate youth could join radical groups who would presumably provide them with some sort of financial stability and the hope for change.”
Keeping these youth home and changing their minds about how to lead change, said the same source, requires “genuine efforts of capacity building and income-generating strategies that could reestablish their trust in the possibility of having a future within their own communities.”
The report concluded that “the US should work with Morocco to facilitate accessibility to funding resources and useful synergies imbued in the AU 2063 Agenda, to promote economic integration across the continent and push forward the transatlantic vision seeking the emergence of like-minded and fully engaged allies sharing the same goal of making the Atlantic a viable space for collective security, global peace and shared affluence.”
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