Today, we’re looking at how intelligence services plan and carry out operations to advance their countries’ national security interests. These efforts take time, expertise, funding and perseverance, along with political will and sustained support.
Morocco’s long-standing campaign to secure international support for its claim to sovereignty over Western Sahara offers a revealing case study. In recent years, Rabat has achieved significant diplomatic gains, including shifts in Spain’s and France’s positions towards support for its autonomy plan. Given both countries’ colonial histories in the region, these changes carry particular weight, with important implications for Sahrawi aspirations to independence.
The blog examines parts of this long-running effort, drawing on media reports and court proceedings to piece together how it has developed. Selected leaks provide additional insight, particularly into possible connections between its visible activities and the covert work that underpin them.
Nothing in this account is intended as an allegation of unlawful conduct. Supporting Rabat or Tindouf is a political choice, not a crime. References to individuals and organisations should not be read as accusations of wrongdoing, and no such implication is intended.
The aim is simply to illustrate how intelligence agencies work over time to help their countries achieve strategic objectives and advance what their governments regard as the national interest.
Short video-summary in English:
Video-summary in Spanish:
And the report:
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