Algeria may lose out from US Maghreb policy

Significance

Biden looks set to renounce the previous administration's isolationism and confront global challenges, which in the North African context risk exacerbating long-standing problematic security trends.

Impacts

• De facto division of Libya into Turkish and Russian spheres will be another indication of waning US hegemony in the area.
• Rescinding Trump’s recognition of Morocco’s claim on Western Sahara would trigger the greatest crisis ever in US-Moroccan relations.
• Washington could face difficulties coordinating with Algiers on key counterterrorism issues.