ABSTRACT

The Kingdom of Morocco decisively increased trade and diplomatic interaction with countries of Western and Sub-Saharan Africa since the mid-2000s, supplementing Morocco’s long-standing foreign policy orientation toward the ‘West’. Under the guidance of King Mohammed VI, the country gradually sought regional political rapprochement after several decades of relative isolation. The push for regional integration is taking place across multiple policy fields and goes hand in hand with a more assertive demeanour on the stage of international diplomacy. Environmental sustainability – encompassing renewable energy production and environmental protection measures – is a policy sector on which the autocratic Moroccan regime places special emphasis. This paper traces Morocco’s ‘green turn’, the development of environmental sustainability policy under King Mohammed VI in context of Morocco’s general foreign policy realignment. It analyses Morocco’s environmental engagement at the foreign policy level in terms of soft power activity and gives tentative insight on Morocco’s path of becoming an influential regional player in Western and Sub-Saharan Africa.

摘要

自 2000 年代中期以来，摩洛哥王国果断地增加了与西部和撒哈拉以南非洲国家的贸易和外交互动，补充了摩洛哥长期以来对“西方”的外交政策导向。在穆罕默德六世国王的指导下，经过几十年的相对孤立，该国逐渐寻求区域政治和解。区域一体化的推进跨越多个政策领域，与国际外交舞台上更加自信的风度齐头并进。环境可持续性——包括可再生能源生产和环境保护措施——是摩洛哥专制政权特别重视的一个政策部门。本文追溯摩洛哥的“绿色转向”，在摩洛哥总体外交政策调整的背景下，穆罕默德六世国王制定环境可持续性政策。它从软实力活动的角度分析了摩洛哥在外交政策层面的环境参与，并对摩洛哥成为西部和撒哈拉以南非洲有影响力的区域参与者的路径提供了初步见解。