Abstract
As one of the last unresolved self-determination cases originating during decolonization, Western Sahara has been on the international agenda for decades. Yet, despite over forty years of international pressure, mediation, peacekeeping, and attempts to conduct a referendum, the issue remains unresolved. Does the approach detailed in chapter 2 apply to the international community’s engagement in Western Sahara? This chapter explains the international response to the Western Sahara case in the post—Cold War period in part as a function of the democratic capacity of the Sahrawis, or native Western Saharans. Despite obvious great power material interests in supporting Morocco, the international community has responded to the Sahrawis’ efforts at democratic rule with varying levels of empowerment, applying international pressure on Morocco for better treatment of the Sahrawi people while encouraging the Sahrawis’ functioning democratic processes.
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