Le Golfe Persique et le détroit d’Ormuz dans le nouvel ordre mondial
Le Golfe Persique demeure l’un des espaces les plus stratégiques du système international contemporain. Situé au carrefour de l’Asie, de l’Africa et de l’Europe,...
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Nouvelle guerre au Middle East : facteurs explicatifs et prospective géopolitique multiscalaire
Pour décrypter les causes de la guerre déclenchée fin février 2026 entre les États-Unis, Israël et l’Iran, ce texte précise ses racines historiques relevant...
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Comment la guerre en Iran pourrait freiner la propagation de conflits futurs à travers les bases militaires étrangères
La guerre en Iran, déclenchée par une attaque conjointe américano-israélienne le 28 février, a conduit l’Iran à riposter contre de nombreuses bases américaines situées...
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Les Européens face au conflit en Iran : positionnements et dynamiques actuelles
Par-delà ses conséquences économiques internationales (sanctions économiques, rupture des chaînes d’approvisionnement et de valeur, hydrocarbures…), la guerre d’Iran (28 février-8 avril 2026) a révélé...
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Géostratégie du déni et adaptation militaire iranienne — Apprentissage, adaptation, saturation et conversion stratégique de la contrainte
La puissance iranienne contemporaine se construit dans un écart permanent entre ambition régionale et infériorité conventionnelle. Téhéran ne dispose pas des moyens d’une victoire...
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Du nadir au zénith : la nouvelle géopolitique grecque en Méditerranée orientale, en mer Rouge et au Middle East
Le passage à un monde multipolaire et la sortie de la crise de la dette (2008-2018) ont permis à la Grèce de déployer une...
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Du gel stratégique à la convergence civilisationnelle : rôle de la diplomatie culturelle et de foi dans la reconstruction du nouvel ordre post-2026 dans le Golfe persique
La présence de bases militaires américaines dans les pays voisins de l’Iran a toujours été considérée comme l’un des principaux facteurs de tension dans...
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L’assassinat de hauts responsables d’État et de commandants militaires en droit international : examen des limites entre légitime défense et assassinats ciblés. Étude de cas : l’assassinat du guide suprême iranien par les États-Unis et Israël
Le phénomène des « assassinats ciblés de responsables étatiques » constitue l’un des défis les plus complexes du droit international contemporain, brouillant les frontières...
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Le concept d’« agression » en droit international contemporain : les contestations de preuve, la pratique du Conseil de sécurité et la nécessité d’un tribunal spécial pour les agressions contre la République islamique d’Iran
Le principe de l’interdiction du recours à la force et la criminalisation de l’agression constituent des piliers fondamentaux et des normes impératives (jus cogens)...
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Repenser la puissance à l’ère des flux : le Geologistics Quadri-Pillar Framework (GQF) comme modèle multi-niveaux d’analyse géostratégique
Le système international de 2026 n’est plus organisé autour de la souveraineté territoriale ni de la domination financière. Il est structuré par le contrôle...
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Fourniture de territoire et d’installations militaires à l’intersection des doctrines de complicité et d’agression indépendante : une analyse du droit de légitime défense à travers une étude de cas des bases américaines au Middle East
La mise à disposition de territoire et d’installations militaires par des États tiers (États hôtes) pour la conduite d’opérations militaires illégales constitue l’un des...
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Entre la mer Noire et la Caspienne : un nouvel axe stratégique
S’appuyant sur la vision utopique de Michel Chevalier d’une Méditerranée unie par les transports, le texte analyse le Caucase comme un espace de conflictualité...
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Du Golfe à la Caspienne : déplacements des imaginaires géopolitiques autour de l’Iran
Les crises contemporaines autour de l’Iran, traditionnellement centrées sur le golfe Persique et le détroit d’Ormuz, imposent un rééquilibrage du regard géopolitique vers la...
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Les enjeux géopolitiques du corridor de Zanguezour
Le corridor de Zanguezour relie l’Azerbaïdjan à son exclave du Nakhitchevan via le sud de l’Arménie. Sous l’administration Trump, les États-Unis auraient proposé d’en...
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The State and religion in a pluralist world: tensions and recompositions
In contemporary pluralist societies, the relationship between the State and religion is undergoing a profound restructuring under the joint effect of secularization, migration, the...
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The world geography of religions: a strong geopolitical dimension
This text analyzes the world geography of religions by highlighting its strong geopolitical dimension. It proposes an original typology of countries according to their...
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What is the overview of state-religion relations in the world?
The link between political and religious power has structured societies, legitimizing authority through the sacred (Egypt, Rome, China). Despite predictions of religious decline in...
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Spirituality and temporality in the face of geopolitical issues
The tension between spirituality and temporality, illuminated by the pontificate of Francis and the succession of Leo XIV, shows a geopolitics where religion is...
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Panorama of state-religion relations in Europe, and the particular challenges of French secularism
The detailed overview of the relationships between State and religions in each European country sheds light on the diversity of models in Europe, ranging...
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“The nation is a soul, a spiritual principle”
The nation is based on three material elements (territory, population, sovereignty) but also on an immaterial principle, a “soul”, which gives it its vocation....
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Secularism, state religion
French secularism, under the guise of benevolent neutrality, would conceal a true hegemonic vocation, acting as a state religion. If our founding texts (1948,...
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The Aronian dilemma of the West facing the return of secular religions
Reflection on the subject of relations between State and religion is not new, it is a reflection which is eminently multidisciplinary, since this relationship...
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Evangelical dynamics in the Protestant world
Internal geopolitical factor which most often conditions external geopolitics, religion in the specific case of evangelists becomes an incarnation of the possible instrumentalization of...
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Political theology and church-state relations in Russia
This article analyzes the relationship between the Russian Orthodox Church and the state in contemporary Russia with particular attention to the legacies of Russian...
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Women, State and religions: between freedom, equality and submission
The reflection examines the tension between the constitutional principle of equality and the influence of patriarchal monotheistic religions which historically legitimize the inferiorization of...
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The influence of religion in the Middle East
In the Middle East, geopolitical conflicts, notably in Palestine and Israel, are fundamentally dictated by religion, with each monotheism claiming a monopoly on the...
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The reconfiguration of religion in Saudi Arabia under Mohammed Ben Salman – Between supervised modernization, recentralization of symbolic power and recomposition of Islamic soft power
Since 2016, Saudi Arabia has experienced a profound transformation in its relationship with religion, driven by the reforms undertaken under the authority of Crown...
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Religion and State: the Iraqi case
During the historic formation of the Iraqi state under the British mandate, Sunni elites imposed their domination on institutions, creating a lasting divide with...
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The state under community sovereignty: religious pluralism and fragmentation of power in Lebanon
This article analyzes the confessional structuring of the Lebanese State through a historical and institutional approach. It shows that confessionalism constitutes neither a cyclical...
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Varia – Nuclear deterrence – Can the French strike force be exported to the rest of Europe?
In the dual context of the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union, the only European nuclear power with France, and the...
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NUCLEAR DETERRENCE. IS THE FRENCH STRIKE FORCE EXPORTABLE TO THE REST OF EUROPE?
Pr. Thierry GARCIN[1] [1] Political scientist, Doctor of State (HDR), associated researcher at Paris Cité University, specialist in the study of armed conflicts, nuclear...
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BRICS and recomposition of global power: towards the end of American unipolarity?
Ali RASTBEEN Download the article as PDF Summary: The BRICS group has significant economic weight, but its geopolitical influence remains limited. Its enlargement (BRICS+)...
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BRICS+ under the analysis of population geopolitics: unity or fragmentation?
Rector Gérard-François DUMONT Download the article as PDF Summary: Since its creation, the objective of the BRICS+ group has been to present a unity...
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The Global South: a powerful but heterogeneous movement
Prof. Thierry GARCIN Download the article as PDF Summary: The notion of the Global South, which appeared in the 2000s, developed in the 2010s...
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The BRICS, actors in the preparation of an alternative to the unipolar model in crisis
Prof. Bruno DRWESKI Download the article as PDF Summary: During the East-West bipolarity, non-alignment allowed Third World countries to take advantage of the contradictions...
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Contender State Capitalism or Competitive Social Protection?
Prof. Kees VAN DER PIJL Download the article as PDF Summary: The challenge that the BRICS bloc represents for Western hegemony does not lie...
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The Rise of BRICS and the Geopolitics of de-dollarization
Prof. Laura-Anca PAREPA Download the article as PDF Abstract: This article examines the role of BRICS in promoting de-dollarization and the development of multipolar...
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BRICS++ and the Trump Administration
Prof. Hall GARDNER Download the article as PDF Summary: “The BRICS++ and the Trump administration” briefly traces the history of Russia's rapprochement with China...
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The Importance of the BRICS according to the Model of Competition between Actors of the “New” and “Old” Eras of international Relations
Dr. Gracjan CIMEK Download the article as PDF Abstract: To fully understand the role of BRICS in the transformation of the world order towards...
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BRICS and United Nations reform
Prof. Marco RICCERI Download the article as PDF Summary: To assess the role of BRICS on the international scene, both in its current situation...
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From the Asia-Pacific to the Indo-Pacific: emergence of a new geopolitical conception for the 21st century
H.E. Mr. Eugène BERG Download the article as PDF Summary: The concept of the “Indo-Pacific” region is taking on increasing importance in the 21st...
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TOWARDS A NEW SHARING OF THE WORLD: GEOECONOMIC “DOMINIUMS” AND “SILOS OF INFLUENCE”
Jure Georges VUJIC[1] TOWARDS A NEW SHARING OF THE WORLD: GEOECONOMIC “DOMINIUMS” AND “SILOS OF INFLUENCE” Illustration: “Kalgoorlie’s Super Pit” [2] (Australia, 2005) IN...
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Report: the Paris Academy of Geopolitics in Iraq
Baghdad – Najaf – Karbala, October 2025 Introduction The International Conference of UNESCO Chairs in Iraq, organized in Baghdad on October 1 and 2,...
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TERRORIST CRIMES COMMITTED AGAINST NATIONAL RELIGIOUS MINORITIES IN IRAQ: THE SHABAKS AS A CASE STUDY
Prof. Qais Nasir RAHAI[1] And Prof. Abbas Atiyah Abbed AL-QURAISHI[2] [1] Dr. Qais Nasir Rahai is a researcher at the Department of Political and...
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New geopolitical trajectory for a Nordic state in repositioning – Case of Finland’s accession to NATO
Arthur LIGNEY Download the article as PDF Summary: Finland’s accession to NATO in 2023, occurring in the wake of the Russian invasion of Ukraine,...
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The European Union and the new geopolitical challenges
Christophe RÉVEILLARD Download the article as PDF Summary: The difficulty for the European Union in creating a credible Defense is the absence of a...
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The last Greek revolts against the Romans and relations between Europe and the United States in the 21st century
David ENGELS Download the article as PDF Summary: For anyone who still doubts that the current situation in the Western world res - seems...
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The chances of establishing a new paradigm of peace that the American Atlantic strategy opens up today
Noura MEBTOUCHE Download the article as PDF Summary: The Partnership for Atlantic Cooperation was launched on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly...
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The Atlantic between space in recomposition and fragmented governance – Towards a new architecture of the Atlantic?
Imen CHAANBI Download the article as PDF Summary: Long perceived as a transit area, the Atlantic Ocean has become a central theater of major...
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Can the Atlantic world still surpass itself?
Laurent LADOUCE Download the article as PDF Summary: Upon entering the modern world and under the reign of Charles V, Spain adopted the motto...
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The defense of Europe: yes, but against whom? or rather against what?
Xavier HOUZEL Download the article as PDF Summary: What relevance are European defense projects facing current geopolitical issues? Since the end of the Cold...
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The Trump-Europe trade war Economic issues, political strategies and systemic effects
Elissar KARAM Download the article as PDF Summary: Back at the White House, Donald Trump has revived his firm speech concerning what he describes...
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Transatlantic relations seen from Europe Stories of vassalization and the difficulties of a prospective analysis beyond the mandate of Donald Trump
H.E.M. Jean-Pierre VETTOVAGLIA Download the article as PDF Summary: The author examines transatlantic relations seen from Europe in an environment that does not lend...
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Trump's global strategy and the question of "peace through strength"
Hall GARDNER Download the article as PDF Summary: Decisions made by the Trump administration will determine whether or not the world moves toward greater...
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The European Union, the headlong rush: a certain failure
Jacques MYARD Download the article as PDF Summary: Europe at the end of the Second World War aroused immense hope and appeared as an...
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The return of the imperial idea
Michel MAFFESOLI Download the article as PDF Summary: The etymology of the term “Europe” is uncertain and subject to debate, between Greek, Semitic, Indo-European...
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Geopolitics and national projection Between maritime Europe, Eurasian continental mass and Asia: Poland and middle Europe
Bruno DRWESKI Download the article as PDF Summary: This article discusses the unique geocultural and identity bases of the Polish nation, and broadly describes...
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