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Lotfi Sour is a full Professor of Political Science at Mustapha Stambouli university of Mascara. His articles have appeared in numerous journals. His research is at the intersection of radicalism and politics, with a focus on the Algerian Politics. His research interests include Euromed, gender, race and ethnicity. His current research examines how are minorities, specifically women, democratically represented and where do inequalities in political engagement persist
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January 2010 - February 2017
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Terrorism is not new to Algeria, it had a long history, which dating back to the early 80'. In fact, Islamic extremism in Algeria have indeed existed before the cancellation of the electoral process at the beginning of 1992. Following a series of deadly domestic terrorist attacks in 1990s, the Algerian government started developing robust counterte...
This article explores the origins of the Western Sahara conflict, and the contrasting interpretations of the factors which have kept it as an unresolved conflict after Spanish forces withdrew in 1975. This article shows how Algeria and Morocco continue to disagree on even the most basic facts of the dispute's history, and suggests that the continua...
Berber question is a substantial component of an enduring identity
crisis, in which Algerian authorities had been found entrapped since the very beginning of independence. This article examines the extent to which the escalation of this identity crisis may be explained either in colonial legacy terms, or as a result of Algerian authorities’ mismana...
The relationship between Algeria and Russia is stronger than at any other time in history. While this may be true in most regards, the historical narratives help to decipher how the Algerian-Russian relationship has evolved to its current state. The problems of modern relations between Algeria and Russia are revealed. The relevance of the topic is...
Over the past few years, there has been a notable rise in French military involvement in Africa. Despite attempts to establish a more balanced post-colonial relationship and a significant reduction in its permanent military presence, France continues to be a highly sought-after participant in resolving security challenges in Africa. Despite French...
The EU's Sahel strategy was formulated in accordance with the EU's holistic approach, emphasizing the interconnectivity of security, development, and governance. This paper seeks to evaluate the effectiveness of the EU's Sahel strategy and its alignment with established goals. Thus, the initial Sahel strategy was introduced by the EU in 2011, subse...
This paper investigates the Algerian role in the Sahel region. Traditionally , Algeria has always been a key broker of stability in the African Sahel, which continues to face crucial challenges and significant threats. As a regional power, Algeria has interests in the Sahel owing to geographical contiguity, strategic depth and historical ties. Cons...
This paper aims to highlight the contents of the Algerian approach to resolving the current Libyan crisis, which is basically consistent with the principles of its foreign policy, by focusing on the principle of dialogue and emphasizing peaceful solutions, and rejecting all forms of foreign intervention. In this context, the Algerian diplomacy stri...
This study examines Algeria’s military doctrines and its evolution after the last constitution amendments of 2020. Algerian military doctrines and organization have until recently remained largely focused on large-scale conventional operations. On the one hand, the continuous doctrinal transformation aims at seeking a more synchronized modernizatio...
This paper seeks to analyse the effectiveness of the role of the African Union Peace and Security Council (AUPSC) in conflict prevention, management and resolution in Africa. Firstly, the paper analyses the PSCAU's composition and its main organs and the supporting structures falling under the council; namely, the panel of the wise and the African...
Algeria and Morocco have for centuries kept an uneasy relationship of conflict and doubt which shaped the Maghreb region history. In fact, both states shared the same borders but never shared same policies. This caused the relational gap at both governmental level and social grounds. As a result, the hostility and continuing tension has remained at...
Turkey-Iran policies have gone through an unprecedented period of rapprochement. Ideological and security issues that dominated the relations between the two neighbours have been gradually replaced by pragmatic considerations on each side. A number of developments both at the state level and regional level have promoted pragmatism. The ensuing impr...
As part of the ongoing multidimensional foreign policy changes in recent years there has been since 1998 a revival in Turkey's relations with Africa. Turkey has tried to increase the volume of its diplomatic, political, economic and cultural interactions with African countries. This paper examines the reasons behind the return of Turkish interest t...
This paper aims to clarify the Algerian approach towards the Sahel region, and figure out the strategy that is mobilized by the Algerian government to counter all of those problems that are facing the country and to protect its national security. The Sahel security issues in Africa and the Malian crisis in particular have brought the region to the...
This article is exploratory in nature, it attempts to explain the so-called resurgence of political Islam in Algeria after it independence, as well as the possible contributions of the Islamists towards the promotion of the extension of the geopolitics of Islamism. It will focus also on the nature of the fundamentalist challenge in Algeria and what...
The EU has played a pivotal role in the Mediterranean region so it has developed different approaches to regional integration. The EU sought to develop institutional integration through the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership (EMP), the European Neighborhood Policy (ENP), and the subsequent Union for the Mediterranean (UFM), however the Arab Spring has...
This article examines the Algerian regional policy in the Sahel, in the light of the instability and new regional geostrategic challenges in the Sahel, including the presence of terrorist organizations in the region, which is an undeniable threat to the security of the region, especially in the context of the Arab uprisings. The Copenhagen School a...
This paper addresses the issue of the political Islam which has a long history in Algeria, since the link between Islam and politics is not a new phenomenon in contemporary Algeria. The various resistance movements against the French Colonization gained justification not only in the name of Algeria but also of Islam. Thus, Algeria's specific histor...
The following paper discusses the current securitization process of the Sahel regions, in the light of the instability in the Sahel which is an undeniable threat for the security of the region. As the Sahel-Sahara region has witnessed a steady build-up of foreign military and intelligence forces over the last decade in line with US and European att...
Algeria has seen the evolution of terrorism since becoming a state
independent of France in the 1960’s. While terrorism has been around since
Algeria’s post-occupation inception, it was in the 1990’s when the terrorist
groups within Algeria affiliated with the main body of al-Qaeda and as a
result stepped up their game resulting in more dynamic and...
