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No Pillar of Stability: Mauritania’s Trajectory and the Pitfalls of European Cooperation

Megatrends Policy Brief 38, 13.05.2025, 11 Pages

doi:10.18449/2025MTA-PB38

Mauritania’s importance as a partner for Europe is growing. Increased resources and foreign support could either help the ruling elite to consolidate power or worsen social fragilities. European migration and security policies risk adding to tensions.

Social fragility and a possible consolidation of power by the ruling elite will determine the future of Mauritania - including the future of this child riding a bicycle in Chinguetti, Mauritania, on February 4, 2025.

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