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Given its colonial history, Algeria does not want foreign powers involving themselves in internal affairs. Likewise, Algiers refrains from military intervention outside its borders. Non-interventionism has even been written into the country's constitution. However, given how serious the region's situation has become, marked by the rise of different jihadist groups, this principle could be reconsidered.

STRUCTURE OF THE ARTICLE

- Algeria’s adherence to non-interventionism

- The advantages of maintaining a clear policy

- The disadvantages of a rigid policy stance

- New threats pose news tests for Algeria’s non-interventionist stance

- Algeria unfazed

                                                      - Signs of softening?

                                                      - Two ticking clocks

Article published in Politique étrangère, vol. 80, n°3, Autumn 2015.