Civil Wars & Ethnic Conflict

The crisis of apartheid that began in 1984 provoked international outrage on an unprecedented scale and this volume documents the attempt by the British Government to formulate a response...

This book explores the tumultuous relations between Morocco and Western Sahara, from the lack of a promised referendum to the exploitation of non-renewable resources. It was published as a special issue of Global Change, Peace and Security...

As the Spanish left colonized Western Sahara in 1975, Morocco invaded, sparking a war with the Western Saharan Polisario Front. Morocco now controls roughly 70% of the territory, occupying it with roughly 140,000 soldiers. In 1991, Morocco and the Polisario Front agreed to a truce ahead of a referen..