AFTER THE WASHINGTON SUMMIT: - NATO AND THE SOUTHERN NEIGHBORHOOD - POLICY BRIEF

The list is long: the Suez crisis of 1956, the Arab-Israeli wars of 1967 and 1973, the Iran-Iraq War, two Gulf wars, the Balkan conflicts, 9/11 and two decades in Afghanistan, intervention in Libya, repeated conflicts in Lebanon, civil war in Syria, insurgencies and terrorism in the Sahel, and ongoing conflicts in Gaza and with Iran. [...] Although the core of NATO’s rivalry with Russia is in the East and the North—focused on the Baltic, the Polish border, and the defense of Ukraine—other regions are part of this competition. [...] The relevant area spans West Africa and the southern Atlantic to the Eastern Mediterranean, and onward to the Indian Ocean via the Suez Canal and the Red Sea. [...] In the wake of the Washington summit and in anticipation of the June 2025 summit in The Hague, policies related to Ukraine and the East remain at the forefront of NATO’s agenda. [...] ABOUT THE POLICY CENTER FOR THE NEW SOUTH The Policy Center for the New South (PCNS) is a Moroccan think tank aiming to contribute to the improvement of economic and social public policies that challenge Morocco and the rest of Africa as integral parts of the global South.