ABSTRACT
The Maghreb is one of the priority regions for Spanish foreign policy,
together with Europe and Latin America.1 Spain is the only European
country that has a territorial presence in North Africa, and thus land bor-
ders with one of its countries, Morocco. The Mediterranean is a compen-
dium of almost all the major issues with which the international community
is faced nowadays. Spain’s relations with the Maghrebi countries are a good
illustration of the number of issues involved. A broad range of concerns,
ranging from stability, development, and democratization to international migrations, terrorism, drug and human trafficking, and environmental pro-
tection affects relations between Spain and Maghrebi states. These relations
have changed over the past few decades with Spain’s contemporary role in
world politics and the emergence of new issues in the international agenda.
