Russia's War on Ukraine: North African Nations' Positions

Russia's War on Ukraine: North African Nations' Positions

Author: Arezki Daoud October 23, 2022 Duration: 28:23

The Maghreb’s biggest nations and regional rivals, Algeria, and Morocco,  so far have refrained from choosing a side in the Russian-Ukrainian  conflict. For its part, Tunisia has had ambivalent positions due to a  number of factors, which we will cover in a moment. In general, though,  these nations have had no intention on openly support one or the other  party in the conflict and have assumed some neutrality based on multiple  geopolitical factors. Broadly speaking and setting aside Ukraine as a  sovereign nation, North African states see this conflict as one that  opposes Russia, an extension of what used to be the Soviet Union,  against the West, a group of nations that encompasses Western Europe and  the United States. In some way, they see the conflict as the  continuation of the cold war that pitted the USSR to the USA. Other  major factors, such as North Africa’s proximity to and neighborhood with  western Europe, the developing gas market, Russia’s military weight and  its growing economic influence on the region are among the many factors  that have been weighing on decision makers in North Africa on how to  deal with this thorny conflict.


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