1. Objectives, actors and decision-making under Mohammed VI -- 2. The tribulations of a 'territorial champion' : the international management of a changing Western Sahara conflict -- 3 The sisyphean game of Maghrebi integration and normalisation with Algeria -- 4. A 'model student' in search of a differentiated relationship with the EU -- 5. Moments of truth and paybacks : from the advanced status to the Arab Spring -- 6. The unbalanced postcolonial triangle with France and Spain -- 7. An uneasy loyalty : remaining a 'good ally' of the United States in times of Middle East turmoil