Mediterranean region/Middle East

Research team

Carole André-Dessornes
Associate fellow
  
Samir Battiss
Associate fellow
  
Abdennour Benantar
Associate fellow
 
Pierre Boussel
Associate fellow
  
Jean-Claude Cousseran
Associate fellow
 
Jean-François Daguzan
Associate fellow
  
François Fontaine
Associate fellow
 
Franck Galland
Associate fellow
 
Michel Goya
Associate fellow
 
Benjamin Hautecouverture
Senior research fellow
  
Sophie Lemière
Associate fellow
  
Agnès Levallois
Senior research fellow
  
Jean-Luc Marret
Senior research fellow
  
Manon-Nour Tannous
Associate fellow
 
Bruno Tertrais
Deputy director
  
Aude Thomas
Research fellow
  

Recent activity

Note de la FRS n°07/2017

War and Opportunity: the Turkistan Islamic Party and the Syrian Conflict

Note de la FRS n°07/2017
Antoine Vagneur-Jones, March 2017
Observatoire of Arab-Muslim World and Sahel

Saudi Arabian uncertainties in Lebanon (January 2011 – January 2017)

Observatoire of Arab-Muslim World and Sahel
Ziad Majed, February 16, 2017
Observatoire of Arab-Muslim World and Sahel

Current Developments in the Egyptian Salafist Scene

Observatoire of Arab-Muslim World and Sahel
Clément Steuer, November 24, 2016
Article

Article 5 of the Washington Treaty: Its Origins, Meaning and Future

Article
Bruno Tertrais,

NATO Research Paper

, May 11, 2016
Report

The effects of Finland's possible NATO membership

Report
François Heisbourg, Mats Bergquist, René Nyberg, Teija Tiilikainen,

Finland, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

, April 29, 2016
Article

What the NATO ‘enhanced’ force on the eastern border should look like

Article
Camille Grand, Tomas Valasek, Ian Brzezinski,

Security and Defence

, April 15, 2016
Article

The PLA reforms : Tightening control over the military

Article
Marc Julienne,

in « Xi's army : Reform and loyalty in the PLA »,China Analysis

, March 2016
Article

The Strategic Implications of the Syrian Refugee Crisis

Article
François Heisbourg,

Survival

, December 2015
Article

Iran: An Experiment in Strategic Risk-Taking

Article
Bruno Tertrais,

Survival

, October-November 2015
Article

The Return of Great Power Politics

Article
François Heisbourg,

Berlin Policy Journal

, July-August 2015
Article

The French Experience: Sarkozy's War?

Article
Camille Grand,

in Karl P. Mueller (ed.) Precision and Purpose : Airpower in the Libyan Civil War, Rand

, July 2015
Article

The Challenge of Future Space Systems and Services in Europe: Industrial Competitiveness Without a Level Playing Field

Article
Xavier Pasco, Gil Denis,

New Space, vol. 3, n°1

, March 2015
Article

Africa Breaking Out

Article
Camille Grand,

Halifax International Security Forum

, November 22, 2014
Article

Taking Stock: A zone free of WMD and means of delivery in the Middle East

Article
Benjamin Hautecouverture, Raphaëlle Mathiot,

in WMD Arms Control in the Middle East, Ashgate Publishing

, November 4, 2014
Video

Roundtable on Security in Space

Video
Xavier Pasco,

IAC 2014 Toronto- GNF, IAF/FRS

, October 28, 2014
Recherches & Documents n°01/2014

The Military Strategic Rationale of Turkey’s T-Loramids Project and the Eurosam Offer

Recherches & Documents n°01/2014
Can Kasapoglu, August 2014
Article

Libya and Mali Operations: Transatlantic Lessons Learned

Article
Philippe Gros,

The German Marshall Fund of the United States (GMF)

, July 2014
Article

The Four Straw Men of the Apocalypse

Article
Bruno Tertrais,

Survival

, December 9, 2013
Article

Hollande’s Israel Visit Smoothed by France’s Iran Stance

Article
Bruno Tertrais,

World Politics Review

, November 18, 2013
Article

As Hopes for Nuclear Deal Rise, Iran’s Missiles Still Pose Problems

Article
Bruno Tertrais,

World Politics Review

, October 9, 2013

Programs and "observatoires"

 

In the medias

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
« Whose Sea ? Untangling the Eastern Mediterranean Great Game »
Bruno Tertrais, Institut Montaigne, October 8, 2020
« Grandeur or grandstanding: what is Emmanuel Macron up to in the Middle East ? »
Agnès Levallois (quoted), The Telegraph, September 5, 2020
« France Sends Navy to Eastern Mediterranean Amid Turkey-Greece Standoff »
François Heisbourg (quoted), The Wall Street Journal, August 13, 2020
« Is Hezbollah a Threat to Europe? »
Bruno Tertrais, AJC, May 15, 2020