Despite its passage three years ago, former US President Donald Trump's recognition of Moroccan sovereignty over Western Sahara continues to elicit scrutiny from research centers in Spain. The latest critique emanates from the Higher Center for National Defense Studies, a prominent think tank under the purview of the Spanish Ministry of Defense.
Algeria has just decided to ban transshipment through Moroccan ports. A political measure which will directly benefit Spanish ports and will result in increased prices for Algerians.
At the beginning of 1937, France knew about German ambitions in Morocco, and moved diplomatically to prevent Berlin from sending 3,000 soldiers to Ceuta, and asked Britain to support it militarily, in the face of Germany, supported by Spain and Italy.