Perspectives from Morocco

Atlantic Perspectives Interview Report, nº. 6

This paper presents Moroccan perspectives and perceptions of the construction of a pan-Atlantic space. Findings are based on 20 interviews covering 4 thematic areas: economy and finance, security, people and institutions, resources and environment. They show the multileveled complexity of the issues at hand and the near absence of a vision of the Atlantic. Nevertheless, emergent initiatives are not counteracting an Atlantic will. Moroccans are not anywhere near an Atlantic project aimed at integrating economies and people; domestic issues and new African perspective seem to take precedence over an immediate pan-Atlantic configuration.