This individual is a guest contributor. MEI is not able to assist with contact requests.
Akram Kharief is an Algerian political journalist who focuses on defence ad security issues in the North African region. He owns the online media outlet MENADEFENSE, which covers conflicts and defense aquisitions in the region.
Algeria today possesses a number of assets that endow it with the potential to be a regional power and to serve as an anchor of stability. After Algerian security forces succeeded in crushing the decade-long Islamist insurgency and in the context of rising regional instability, American and European officials came to regard Algeria as being a potentially valuable security partner in the Maghreb and the Sahel. However, as this essay shows, Algeria’s military doctrine must be updated for this partnership to truly flourish — and for Algeria itself to thrive.
