@article{2017:davis:the_sahara,
title = {The Sahara as the “Cornerstone” of Eurafrica: European Integration and Technical Sovereignty seen from the Desert},
year = {2017},
note = {This article investigates the central role of the desert in European
Integration, by examining its position as the “cornerstone” of
Eurafrica. Rather than focusing narrowly on the extraction of oil, it
follows the territorial ambitions of the OCRS (Organisation commune
des régions sahariennes), which was created in order to administer
and develop the Sahara and operated across existing national
boundaries. Due to the conflicting claims to sovereignty in the
desert, the OCRS claimed to be a purely administrative body, devoid of
any political functions. A form of technical sovereignty, which was an
emerging grammar of governance, went onto be a hallmark of the EUs
strategy in Europe. This article thus attempts to resituate the
history of European integration in the marginal spaces of the Saharan
desert.},
journal = {JEIH Journal of European Integration History},
pages = {97--112},
author = {DAVIS, Muriam HALEH},
volume = {23},
number = {1}
}