This article analyses the position of Algeria towards Al-Qa'ida in the Islamic Maghrib (AQIM) and the Algerian strategy towards the crisis in northern Mali. Indeed, this article shows that the strategy of Algeria during the crisis and its support for a so-called ‘political solution’, stemmed from the Algerian experience during the civil war in the 1990s. The Algeri...

This article analyses the position of Algeria towards Al-Qa'ida in the Islamic Maghrib (AQIM) and the Algerian strategy towards the crisis in northern Mali. Indeed, this article shows that the strategy of Algeria during the crisis and its support for a so-called ‘political solution’, stemmed from the Algerian experience during the civil war in the 1990s. The Algeri...