MAROKO W UNII AFRYKAŃSKIEJ,CZ. III: W POSZUKIWANIU MIEJSCA

• Authors: Kosidło Adam

Title variants

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MAROCCO IN THE AFRICAN UNION, PART III: IN SEARCH OF A PLACE

• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

PL

Sukces przyjęcia do Unii Afrykańskiej spowodował, iż Maroko zaczęło być jeszcze bardziej aktywne na arenie międzynarodowej i postanowiło otworzyć się szerzej na Czarną Afrykę, a nawet przystąpić do Wspólnoty Gospodarczej Krajów Afryki Zachodniej (ECO-WAS), co zaskoczyło i zaniepokoiło czołowych liderów tego ugrupowania, którzy jednak ociągają się z podjęciem ostatecznej decyzji. Oczekiwanie trwa do dnia dzisiejszego i jest swoistą porażką – jak na razie – marokańskiej dyplomacji. A poza tym wydaje się, że obec-nie polityka międzynarodowa sprzyja Maroku. Wszyscy wielcy tego świata – USA, Chiny, Rosja, UE – wolą utrzymanie status quo w regionie Maghrebu i nie rozważają możliwości jakiegoś nowego otwarcia. Treści tego artykułu przekonują również, iż w omawianym przy-padku geopolityka i regionalne bezpieczeństwo wykazują swoją wyższość nad prawem międzynarodowym. A ponadto udowadniają, że sprawa Sahary Zachodniej jest najważniejszą kwestią politycz-ną dla dzisiejszego Maroka.

EN

The success of admission to the African Union meant that Morocco began to be even more active on the international stage and decided to open more widely to Black Afri-ca, and even join the Economic Community of West African Countries (ECOWAS), which surprised and alarmed the leading leaders of this groupings who are however reluctant to make a final decision. The wait continues to this day and is a kind of failure – so far – of Moroccan diplomacy. And besides, it seems that international politics currently favors Mo-rocco. All the greats of this world – the USA, China, Russia, the EU – prefer to maintain the status quo in the Maghreb region and do not consider the possibility of any new opening. The content of this article also argues that in this case geopolitics and regional security show their superiority over international law. In addition, they prove that the issue of Western Sahara is the most important political issue for today's Morocco.

Keywords

PL

Maroko; Algieria; ONZ; UA; Maghreb; Mohammed VI; Front POLISARIO; SADR

EN

Morocco; Western Sahara; Algeria; African Union; MINURSO; France; Maghreb

• Publisher: Akademia Marynarki Wojennej (Polish Naval Academy), Gdynia, Poland
• Journal: Colloquium Wydziału Nauk Humanistycznych i Społecznych AMW
• Year: 2019
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 61-88

Contributors

author

Kosidło Adam

• Akademia Marynarki Wojennej w Gdyni

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DOI

10.34813/04coll2019