Nobody Is Going to War Over Ceuta or Melilla
Four coercion crises since 2021, one use of force since 2002, zero wars. What changed is Rabat's diplomatic cover in Washington, not its appetite for a pointless and self-destructive fight.
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Fact-based reporting and analysis of French, European, and wider global politics led by political expert Julien Hoez.
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