The state and prospects for peace in Africa
The state of peace in Africa is catastrophic, and weakened by asymmetric conflicts linked to fierce competition for its natural and strategic resources, without...
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Geostrategics
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Peace and human rights in West Africa: security challenges, governance and prospects for lasting stability
West Africa is experiencing a period of unprecedented geopolitical turmoil since the independences. The convergence of jihadist terrorism, recurring military coups, institutional fragility, and...
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The International Criminal Court: peace through justice
The genesis of the International Criminal Court (ICC), created by the Rome Statute (1998) and which entered into force in 2002, constitutes the culmination...
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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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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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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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HUMANITARIAN CRISIS AND GEOPOLITICAL ISSUES: THE ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN AND RUSSO-UKRAINIAN CASES
Rodrigue NANA NGASSAM[1] Abstract: This article analyzes the ambivalences of humanitarian aid through the prism of the Israeli-Palestinian and Russian-Ukrainian conflicts. It questions the...
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Africa's difficult promises
Download the full article in PDF format Ali Rastbeen Founder and President of the Academy of Geopolitics of Paris Africa's promises are its colossal...
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Africa-China: natural resources, markets and votes
Download the full article in PDF format Thierry Pairault Director of Emeritus Research (CNRS - École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales), Center for...
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Africa: Geopolitics of the people of a continent with a multiplied demographic weight
Download the full article in PDF format Gérard-François Dumont Former Rector, Professor at the Sorbonne, President of the journal Population & Future Abstract: Knowledge...
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Somali disorder
Download the full article in PDF format Patrick Brunot State Doctor in Political Science, Professor at Horizons University (Paris) Abstract: Three parts summarize the...
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The main chain of determinants of conflict in Africa
Download the full article in PDF format Jean-Pierre Vettovaglia Former Ambassador of Switzerland, Former Personal Representative of the President of the Swiss Confederation for...
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The conflict in Western Sahara
Download the full article in PDF format Hanza Diman holds a PhD in African History (BiGSAS); University of Bayreuth) and graduated from the French...
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Africa: The New Deal
Download the full article in PDF format Noura Mebtouche Graduated from the Institut d'études politiques de Lyon, blogger Abstract: The existing relations between France...
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What happened to the dreams of the Maghrebin unit and African unity?
Download the full article in PDF format Arezki Ighemat The author, a retired professor, holds a Ph.D. in Economics and a Master in Francophone...
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Sahelo-Saharan space: the origins of chaos
Download the full article in PDF format Abdoulahi Attayoub Consultant in International Relations, Founding President of the Association Survie Touarègue-TEMOUST (1991), President of the...
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War in Ukraine: security challenges and threats in Africa
Download the full article in PDF format Jean Blaise Gwet Chef d'entreprise et Male Politique, Jean Blaise Gwet graduated in 3rd Cycle in Diplomacy...
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Africa against the competition of superpowers seeking to spread their influence
Download the full article in PDF format Arezki Ighemat The author, a retired professor, holds a Ph.D. in Economics and a Master in Francophone...
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Kateb Yacine and the need for Africa to regain its "north"
Download the full article in PDF format Hafid Adnani PhD in anthropology at EHESS and LAS - Collège de France. Paris "Has Africa lost...
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The African continent: a sustained instability?
Download the full article in PDF format Raymond H. A. Carter Colonel (H) of the French National Gendarmerie, Doctor of Public Law, Doctor of...
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Chronic vulnerability of the state structure
Download the full article in PDF format Christophe Réveillard Research Manager at UMR 8596 Roland Mousnier Centre (Sorbonne Université/CNRS) Abstract: Today, Africa presents a...
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Criminal diplomacy of the major powers in Africa
Professor of International and Strategic Relations, Faculty of Legal and Political Sciences, Lecturer, University of Maroua. Researcher at the African Centre for Strategic Studies...
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Russia returns militarily to Africa
General Mohamed Amiri SALIMOU Former Head of State-Major of the Comorian army, Russia and Africa: military cooperation After being withdrawn in the 1990s, Russia...
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Territorial Litigation and Security Weaknesses in Africa: Global Trends and Policy Outlook
Rodrigue NANA NGASSAM The author is a PhD student in International Studies at the University of Douala in Cameroon. He is also an associate...
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Africa: State borders, territories and conflicts
by Jean-Pierre Vettovaglia, former Ambassador of Switzerland, former Personal Representative of the President of the Confederation Summary From the notion of natural boundaries defined...
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Dangerous Horn of Africa
Patrick DOMBROWSKY Director of the Observatory for Analyses of Contemporary International Relations. Member of Asia21-Future Forward Thinking Group. 1st quarter 2013 Trafics arms, drugs,...
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AFTER ARAB REVOLUTIONS IN NORTH AFRICA: THE INELUCTABLE DECLIN OF FRANCOPHONIA? POLITICAL AND STRATEGIC ISSUES
Pierre BERTHELOT Doctor of Political Science at the University of Bordeaux III. Associate researcher at the French Institute for Strategic Analysis (IFAS) and Research...
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Francophonie in Africa: a deep ideology or a system of influence?
General (2S) Henri PARIS President of DEMOCRATES. 2nd quarter 2012 La Francophonie in sub-Saharan Africa refers to La Francophonie in general, and is both...
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Towards a Euro-Atlantic security policy
Roger TEBIB Professor of Universities (sociology). He is an auditor at the Institut desHautes Études de Défense Nationale, president of the Champagne-Ardenne section of...
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PRESENCE CHINOISE EN AFRIQUE : CONTRIBUTION A SON DEVELOPPEMENT OU... A SES PROBLEMES ?
Claude DUVAL International lawyer and former international civil servant at the World Bank. 4th Quarter 2011 Chinese penetration in Africa: a plus for the...
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China's geostrategic project in Africa
TCHOKONTE Severin Doctor of Political Science at the University of Yaoundé II. He is also a researcher at the African Centre for Strategic Studies...
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THE REALITY OF THE AQMI MENACE WITH DEMOCRATIC REVOLUTIONS IN MAGHREB
Mehdi TAJE Ph.D. at the University of Paris-Sorbonne, geopolitician and specialist in methods of forecasting. 3rd quarter 2011 This article examines the emergence and...
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THE WAR OF THE SAHARIEN DESERT
Patrick DOMBROWSKY Director of the Observatory for Analysis of Contemporary International Relations. 3rd quarter 2011 The Sahel has now become a grey area and...
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WHAT POSSIBLE DEVELOPMENTS FOR THE ALGERIAN POLITICAL SYSTEM?
Christophe REVEILLARD Researcher at the University of Paris Sorbonne (Paris IV), director of geopolitical seminar at the Joint Defence College (CID - Military School)....
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Analysis of intelligence and security services in North Africa (Egypt, Libya, Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco) since the time of decolonization
Roger TEBIB Professor of Universities (sociology). He is an auditor at the Institut des Hautes Etudes de Défense Nationale, president of the Champagne-Ardennes section...
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MUSULMAN FREES IN EGYPT AND TUNISIA: What is the status of the Conference in the two key countries of the "JASMIN REVOLUTIONS"?
Carole ANDRE-DESSORNES Geopolitics consultant, author & speaker, PhD researcher at EHESS. 3rd quarter 2011 What prospects for the Brotherhood of the Muslim Brotherhood in...
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ENNAHDA: THE MUTATIONS OF ISLAMISM
Jean-Michel SALGON TUNISIEN Politologist, Maghreb specialist, Coordinator of the Geopolitical Dictionary of Islamism, Bayard, 2009. The return of the Islamist party Ennahda to the...
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Parliamentary democracy and Islamism in the Maghreb
General (2S) Henri PARIS President of the Political Reflection Club Democracies, author of several geostrategic works including the last, Les Guerres qui venir, le...
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Libya: Towards a land intervention?
Hall GARDNER Professor and Director of International Studies — American University of Paris. 3rd quarter 2011 The rise of "democratic" Arab movements led to...
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Libye : quelles issues ?
Jacques NGUYEN THAI SON Diplomate and President of Interface Francophone. 3rd quarter 2011 In order to better consider the outcome of the Libyan conflict,...
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Behind the scenes of the Tunisian revolution: at the heart of the cyber-war
Kerim BOUZOUITA Reporter, consultant for various United Nations agencies and university teacher, member of the Aesthetic Doctoral School, Science and Arts Technologies (EDESTA)-Université Paris...
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Geopolitics of the borders of the European Union, Morocco: what business climate?
Pierre VERLUISE Distinguished Professor of Geopolitics in Grenoble Ecole de Management (GEM). Seminar Director, Joint Defence College, Paris. Associate researcher at the Geopolitical Observatory...
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Development and oil in North Africa
Claude DUVAL International lawyer and former international civil servant at the World Bank. André PERTUZIO André PERTUZIO International oil consultant and former energy lawyer...
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RELATIONS BETWEEN THE STATES OF THE ARAB MAGHREB UNION AND THE AFRICAN UNION: COOPERATION OR CONFRONTATION ?
Pierre BERTHELOT Doctor of Political Science at the University of Bordeaux III. Associate researcher at the French Institute for Strategic Analysis (IFAS) and Research...
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WHAT FUTURE CAN WE COME IN FOR "RABE PRINTEMPS"?
Ahmad NAGHIBZADEH Professor of Political Science at Tehran University - Iran 2nd quarter 2011 Let us imagine that Islam does not pose any problems...
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INTERNATIONAL AND REGIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND ARAB REVIEWS
Ninou GARABAGHI State Doctor in Economics at the Sorbonne University Paris I. Former senior international civil servant. 2nd quarter 2011 The purpose of this...
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Arab political regimes: clanocracy, kleptocracy and tribalism as modes of governance in the Maghreb
Houchang HASSAN-YARI Professor and Director, Department of Political Science, Royal Military College of Canada, Kingston. 2nd quarter 2011 This article examines the existence of...
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Maghreb, a broken geopolitics
Rector Gérard-François DUMONT Professor at the University of Paris-Sorbonne. President of the journal Population & Avenir' Yves MONTENAY Doctor of the University of Paris-Sorbonne....
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North Africa on its way to a new transition
Ali RASTBEEN Founder and President of the Académie de Géopolitique de Paris. Editorial director of the journal Geostrategic. Author of Geopolitics of Contemporary Islam,...
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INTRODUCTION TO THE HISTORY OF MAGHREB
François-Georges DREYFUS Professor emeritus of European Studies at the University Paris IV Sorbonne. Former Director of the Institute of Political Studies in Strasbourg, the...
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Maghrebine Turbulences
Interview with Milos Jovanovic Interview collected by Xavier Moreau (Moscow) 2nd quarter 2011 Geostrategic: The pro-Western image of Boris Tadic's government might make it...
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Japan-Africa: genesis of a lasting relationship
Marc Aicardi de Saint-Paul Doctor of State in Law, Doctor of Letters, member of the Academy of Overseas Sciences, author of: Japan and Africa:...
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MAGHREB: NEW ISSUED ELECTIONS OF ISLAMISTE MOVANCE
Jean-Michel Saigon Politologist, Maghreb specialist October 2009 The officially recognized Islamist movements are no longer content, for the last ten years in Morocco as...
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The stakes of Islamism in the Maghreb: the Algerian case
Mohamed Fadhel TRQUDI Researcher in International Relations and Vice-President of the Center for Strategic Studies and Research of the Arab World Paris. October 2009...
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Infra-State conflicts in Africa
Christophe Réveillard Université Paris-Sorbonne (Paris-lV), Director of Geopolitics Seminar at the Joint Defence College (CID - Military School) October 2009 Among the many ills...
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Human Security and Human Responsibility in Africa
Laurent LADOUCE Coordinator of the working committee "Le Rêve Africain" in the Federation for Universal Peace October 2009 In 2005, Sylvie Brunel, former Director...
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RUSSIA IN AFRICA: THE GREAT RETURN
Gilles TROUDE Doctor in Contemporary History October 2009 Far is the time when the Soviet Union was omnipresent in Africa, with 40,000 "advisors" spread...
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"CHINAFRIQUE": A PAPER TIGRE
Pr. Jacques BARRAT Professor of Universities, Diplomate October 2009 "Africa is a continent to which I hold a lot " Chen Haosu Today, the...
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KENYA: A REGIONAL LOCOMOTIVE IN PANNA
Mathieu Mérino Doctor of Political Science, is currently a researcher at the Center for Research and Studies on the Countries of Eastern Africa at...
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THE SASSOU N'GUESSO COVENANT AND THE THEORY OF ALLIANCES
Charles ZORGBIBE Professor at the University of Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne, former rector of the Académie d'Aix-Marseille. October 2009 The pan-African pact of non-aggression and...
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Senegal: Exceptional Geopolitics in Africa
the Rector Gérard-François dumont Professor at the University of Paris-Sorbonne. President of the journal Population & Avenir Seydou Kanté October 2009 The territory corresponding...
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DEMOCRACY IN SUBSAHARIAN AFRICA
General (cr) Henri PARIS President of DEMOCRATES October 2009 In view of the latest scientific discoveries made at the beginning of the third millennium,...
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France and cultural cooperation with Africa
Roger TEBIB Professor of Universities - Sociology - Reims October 2009 After having achieved, for centuries, an absorption of various lands to form its...
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Black Africa put out of play in the UPM challenge Africa and UPM: yellow card for France?
Jean-Paul GOURÉVITCH University and international consultant, specialist in Africa and migration. October 2009 The game of French diplomacy Since, under the leadership of Nicolas...
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Religion and Politics in Sub-Saharan Africa
Professor F.G. DREYFUS Professor emeritus of European Studies at the University Paris IV-Sorbonne. Former Director of the Institute of Political Studies in Strasbourg, the...
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Fragile states... or other states? How can we rethink aid for their development, especially in Africa?
Claude DUVAL International lawyer and former international civil servant at the World Bank François ETTORI International consultant and former international civil servant at the...
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PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS IN AFRICA: A GROWING PART IN GLOBAL ENERGY SUPPLY
Honoré LE LEUCH International Petroleum Expert, Director, Studies & Advice Division, Beicip-Franlab October 2009 More and more companies are investing in Africa to discover...
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Africa, land of rivalries
Ali RASTBEEN Founder and President of the Académie de Géopolitique de Paris. Editorial director of the journal Geostrategic. Author of Geopolitics of Contemporary Islam,...
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EDITORIAL: Jacques BARRAT
Jacques BARRAT EDITORIAL October 2009 Africa has undoubtedly been a land of rivalries for centuries. Should we recall that European traders, since the great...
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STATES AND SOCIETES IN MAGHREB, INDEPENDENCES IN OUR COURSE
Bruno CALLIES DE SALIES Professor of History of International Relations at the Institut d'économie scientifique et de gestion (Iéseg) in Lille. November 2008 Maghreb...
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TO A UNIFORMIZATION OF IRAN INFORMATION IN OCCIDENT?
Christophe REVEILLARD January 2008 THE LAST MONTHS allowed us to attend a very nice montage. Indeed, we have been given the opportunity to witness...
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FRANCE, AFRICA AND THE DECLENCHMENT OF WAR IN IRAK
Marc AICARDI of SAINT-PAUL THE INTITULE OF MY COMMUNICATION was initially: "The role of France in the resolution of the Iraqi crisis". However, in...
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The Berber problem and the protection of a fundamentally Mediterranean culture
By Roger TEBIB June 2001 It can be said that the Algerian population is fundamentally Berber despite the transformations carried out by the Arab...
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Morocco - Between continuity & change
By J-M. VERNOCHET April 2001 The case of the Cherifian kingdom clearly illustrates the "structural" destiny of a nation and a state as inscribed...
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Tunisia's economy: good performance but tougher yet
By: Thirry Coville Economist at the Economic Observation Centre of the Paris Chamber of Commerce and Industry April 2001 Tunisia's economy has been characterized...
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