The draft resolution in blue is already doing the rounds. In short, it's an honourable compromise and a wasted opportunity to achieve progress on Western Sahara.

“I think Trump’s team are overestimating their leverage,” @ricfabiani.bsky.social said. “They believe they can magically broker deals without really understanding the complexities of these conflicts and that they can just impose settlements. It’s a big illusion.” (£) www.thetimes.com/world/africa...

Our latest briefing on Western Sahara is out crisisgroup.org/middle-east-... A short thread:

NEW STATEMENT | The World’s Shame in Gaza Israel’s Gaza campaign has entered an even more nightmarish phase. The world must press Israel harder to stop the war, lest its offensive destroy Palestinian life in the strip beyond hope of recovery. www.crisisgroup.org/middle-east-...

After yesterday's shift on Western Sahara by Portugal, a helpful reminder to all diplomats and non-diplomats of what the various elements of language on this issue mean and their implications: (A thread)

𝐔𝐊 𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐨𝐧 𝐖𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧 𝐒𝐚𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐚 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 “𝐛𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐦𝐮𝐦” 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 @ricfabiani.bsky.social‬ talks to us in an exclusive interview on the UK's new deal with Morocco Read in our FREE magazine: maghrebi.org?sdm_process_... @martinrjay.bsky.social

Another fascinating historical parallel by my great friend and historian Adam Storring engelsbergideas.com/notebook/the...

NEW REPORT | Managing Tensions between Algeria and Morocco Since 2021, Algeria and Morocco have been embroiled in a diplomatic crisis, with incidents in Western Sahara and Rabat’s relations with Israel heightening the risk of confrontation. www.crisisgroup.org/middle-east-...