What are the Atlantic Dialogues ? "Abdelhak Bassou"

November 21, 2019

The 8th edition of the Atlantic Dialogues conference is on its way ! From 12 to 14 December 2019, Marrakesh will host leaders from the Atlantic Bassin to connect, debate and inspire on building new mental maps around the Southern Atlantic, on sharing ideas and on boosting the Atlantic relations. This impactful event will cover a range of important issues in global governance, education’s gap between Northern and Southern Atlantic, technology’s welfare and inequality, refugees’ protection and integration, meeting the 2020 energy transition goals, and more. To learn more about the conference, click on the following link : https://www.policycenter.ma/AtlanticD... The conference will be livestreamed, stay tuned.

Speakers
Abdelhak Bassou
Senior Fellow
Abdelhak Bassou is a Senior Fellow at the Policy Center for the New South and a non-resident senior fellow at the Atlantic Council’s Africa Center. He is also an Affiliate Professor at Mohammed VI Polytechnic University. Bassou has had an extensive career in Moroccan National Security, where he served in various capacities including as head of the border division from 1978 to 1993. He was the former director of the Royal Institute of Police in 1998 and served as Head of Regional Security (Errachidia 1999-2003, Sidi Kacem 2003-2005) and as Central Director of General Intelligence from 2006 to 2009.   He holds a master's degree in political science and international studies from the Faculty of Law, Economics, and Social Sciences in Rabat. His academic research delves into inte ...

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