№187: Morocco’s Religious Diplomacy Drives Its Expansion in Africa
№187: Morocco’s Religious Diplomacy Drives Its Expansion in Africa

Author(s): Jędrzej Czerep
Contributor(s): Sławomir Dębski (Editor), Patrycja Sasnal (Editor), Wojciech Lorenz (Editor)
Subject(s): Politics, Economic policy, International relations/trade, Sociology of Religion
Published by: PISM Polski Instytut Spraw Międzynarodowych
Keywords: Morocco; Africa; religion; diplomacy; foreign policy;
Summary/Abstract: Under Mohammed VI, Morocco has developed an original way of gaining influence in SubSaharan Africa: religious diplomacy. Led by the king personally, it exploits traditional and new channels of influence and has proved effective in re-establishing Morocco’s political role on regional and pan-African levels. It also strengthened the African vector of its economic expansion and may become an important part of the security equation in the Sahel.

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