The colonial policy of Morocco and Mauritania in Western Sahara: geopolitical and military aspects

• Main Authors: M. S. Novikov, S. V. Novikov
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Omsk State Technical University, Federal State Budgetary Educational Institution of Higher Education 2019-12-01
• Series: Омский научный вестник: Серия "Общество. История. Современность"
• Subjects: war in western sahara; polisario; phosphate mining; sahrawi tribes; sadr; neo-colonialism
• Online Access: https://www.omgtu.ru/general_information/media_omgtu/journal_of_omsk_research_journal/files/arhiv/2019/%D0%A2.%204,%20%E2%84%96%204%20(%D0%9E%D0%98%D0%A1)/35-44%20%D0%9D%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B2%20%D0%9C.%20%D0%A1.,%20%D0%9D%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B2%20%D0%A1.%20%D0%92..pdf
• ISSN: 2542-0488; 2541-7983

In the mass consciousness, the colonial policy is associated with the activities of Spain, England, Belgium, France and other European countries that had overseas possessions. But the collapse of the colonial system led to the emergence of not only neo-colonialism, but also the colonial aspirations of the colonial system of states restored or created during the collapse. There are several districts on the world map where the national elite, which has gained state sovereignty, pursues a colonial policy in territories inhabited by peoples who do not consider themselves to be citizens of the newly created state. One of such territories is Western Sahara, where the Sahrawi tribes, without recognizing themselves Moroccans or Mauritanians, declared their own state — the Sahara Arab Democratic Republic (SADR)