[This is one of seven pieces in Jadaliyya`s electronic roundtable on the Western Sahara. Moderated by Samia Errazzouki and Allison L. McManus, it features contributions from
Stephen Zunes
Stephen Zunes is a professor of Politics and chair of Middle Eastern Studies at the University of San Francisco and co-author (with Jacob Mundy) of Western Sahara: War, Nationalism, and Conflict Irresolution (Syracuse University Press, 2010.)