“The current situation in Morocco should be understood as an outcome of not only recent political and institutional dynamics, but also the result of a long process that involves a host of factors and encompasses many aspects of the nation’s life – a prime representative of which is the built environment.”

Publication: “Averting a Moroccan Revolution: The Monarchy’s Preemptive Spatial Tactics and the Quest for Stability,” SWP Comments, German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP), Berlin, Germany (September 2012).

Keywords: policy, contemporary, space, architecture, buildings, infrastructure, tradition, modernization, development, social movement, revolution, dissent, government, state, monarchy, politics, Makhzen, Casablanca, Rabat, Morocco, North Africa, Arab world, Germany, European Union

Image: Amin Alsaden