Introduction : perspectives on the Western Sahara : myths, nationalisms, and geopolitics /Anouar Boukhars and Jacques Roussellier -- A history of the conflict in Western Sahara / Osama Abi-Mershed and Adam Farrar -- The identity question : who are the Sahrawis and what is their 'home'? / Joshua Castellino and Elvira Domínguez-Redondo -- Moroccan Saharan policy / I. William Zartman -- The emergence and politics of the Polisario Front / Stephen J. King -- The Algerian foreign policy on Western Sahara / Laurence Aïda Ammour -- The evolving role of the United Nations : the impossible dual track? / Jacques Roussellier -- Diplomatic struggle in Africa and Europe over the Western Sahara conflict / Antonin Tisseron -- The evolution of US and Moroccan policy on Western Sahara : from conflict to cooperation / Ambassador Edward M. Gabriel and Robert M. Holley -- Dynamics of intergroup conflicts in the Western Sahara / Anouar Boukhars -- Self-determination for Western Sahara : the evolution of a concept / Samuel J. Spector -- The use and development of natural resources in non-self-governing territories / Glynn Torres-Spelliscy -- Refugees, humanitarian aid, and the displacement impasse in Sahrawi camps / Aomar Boum -- Western Sahara : a conflict on the fringes of new regional dynamics / Dr. Khadija Mohsen-Finan -- Conclusion : a realistic solution to the Western Sahara conflict / Dr. J. Peter Pham.