Mediterranean region/Middle East

Research team

Carole André-Dessornes
Associate fellow
  
Samir Battiss
Associate fellow
  
Abdennour Benantar
Associate fellow
 
Pierre Boussel
Associate fellow
  
Jean-François Daguzan
Associate fellow
  
Laure Foucher
Senior research fellow
  
Franck Galland
Associate fellow
 
Benjamin Hautecouverture
Senior research fellow
  
Sophie Lemière
Associate fellow
  
Jean-Luc Marret
Senior research fellow
  
Manon-Nour Tannous
Associate fellow
 
Bruno Tertrais
Deputy director
  

Recent activity

Note de la FRS n°14/2024

The IRGC Navy’s long-term strategy of asymmetrical warfare

Note de la FRS n°14/2024
Pierre Boussel, May 2024
Note de la FRS n°13/2024

The Middle East caught in an impossible equation

Note de la FRS n°13/2024
Laure Foucher, April 2024
Note de la FRS n°10/2024

The Meloni government’s “Mattei plan”: towards an African policy for Italy?

Note de la FRS n°10/2024
Jean-Pierre Darnis, April 2024
Article

« From Conflict Management to Shielding EU Stability: How Syria’s Fragmentation Diverted the EU (FSP) from Action to Reaction »

Article
Agnès Levallois, Tiffany Guendouz, Caterina Bedin,

The International Spectator

, November 20, 2023
Note de la FRS n°24/2023

A military solution in Gaza is an illusion

Note de la FRS n°24/2023
Laure Foucher, November 2023
Note de la FRS n°21/2023

The shadow war between Israel and Iran

Note de la FRS n°21/2023
Pierre Boussel, October 2023
Report

Syria: A Multifaceted and Challenging Crisis for EU Foreign and Security Policy

Report
Agnès Levallois,

JOINT EU Research Papers, n°17

, June 2, 2023
Report

The Vicious Circle of Fragmentation: The EU and the Limits of Its Approach to Libya

Report
Caterina Bedin,

JOINT EU Research Papers, n° 15

, June 1, 2023
Note de la FRS n°40/2022

The new age of armed groups in the Middle East

Note de la FRS n°40/2022
Pierre Boussel, December 2022
Note

The EU as an (In)Significant Player in Libya

Note
Aude Thomas,

JOINT Brief EU n°23

, November 30, 2022
Note de la FRS n°34/2022

Natural Gas Issues in the Eastern Mediterranean: The Case of the Israeli-Lebanese Conflict

Note de la FRS n°34/2022
Rodolph El Chami, September 2022
Recherches & Documents n°06/2022

War in Syria: risks and stakes of a normalization of the Damascus regime

Recherches & Documents n°06/2022
Pierre Boussel, April 2022
Recherches & Documents n°13/2021

Solidarity and deterrence in the Eastern Mediterranean

Recherches & Documents n°13/2021
Elie Perot, June 2021
Recherches & Documents n°08/2020

The Turkey-UAE race to the bottom in Libya: a prelude to escalation

Recherches & Documents n°08/2020
Aude Thomas, July 2020
Note de la FRS n°54/2020

Covid-19, jihadism and the challenge of a pandemic

Note de la FRS n°54/2020
Pierre Boussel, July 2020
Article

Predation and Predators in the Post-Alliance Era

Article
François Heisbourg,

Strategic Assessment, vol. 25, n°1

, June 23, 2020
Note de la FRS n°47/2020

Iran, Covid-19, sanctions and the nuclear issue

Note de la FRS n°47/2020
Benjamin Hautecouverture, June 2020
Note de la FRS n°27/2020

The Maghreb facing Covid-19

Note de la FRS n°27/2020
Pierre Boussel, April 2020
Seminar

The situation in the Middle East and the future of free and open Indo Pacific: challenges for Japan and Europe

Seminar
Foundation for Strategic Research, FR, February 28, 2020
Report

Trump’s Trap: Europe, Iran, and the Future of the Nuclear Deal

Report
Bruno Tertrais,

Al Jazeera Centre for Studies

, July 9, 2019

Programs and "observatoires"

 

In the medias

When it comes to the Israel-Gaza war, Russia is playing a game of chess
Pierre Boussel, The National (Opinion), February 9, 2024
Europe scrambles to respond to unseen Red Sea dangers
Laure Foucher (analysis), The National, January 12, 2024
« Iran, Saudi Arabia and Egypt Join Emerging Nations Group »
Philippe Le Corre (quoted), The New York Times, August 24, 2023
Égypte: too big to fall?
Agnès Levallois (among the guests), RFI, July 1, 2023
Geopolitical Russian Diplomacy In The Maghreb
Isabelle Facon (analysis), Eurasia Review, February 11, 2022
Why is Algeria angry at Emmanuel Macron?
Bruno Tertrais (among the speakers), Global Report, October 5, 2021
Israel’s war of attrition with Hamas delivers another bloody stalemate
Agnès Levallois (quoted), France 24, May 21, 2021
« Libya, the Government of National Unity, an opportunity for peace after ten years of war? »
Aude Thomas (interview), Catalonia Global Institute, April 30, 2021
« France recalls ambassador from Turkey after Erdogan says Macron needs ‘mental’ treatment »
François Heisbourg (quoted), The Washington Post, October 25, 2020
« The Tensions and Contradictions in Macron’s Diplomacy With Russia and Turkey »
Bruno Tertrais, WPR, October 21, 2020