FMES Institute - Mediterranean Foundation for Strategic Studies
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The Mediterranean Foundation for Strategic Studies (FMES) is a research center that deciphers geopolitical and strategic issues in the region covering the Mediterranean basin and the Middle East, as well as the recompositions between global actors. It also has a maritime department working on the legal, environmental, economic, security and military issues specific to the seas and oceans. Finally, it intervenes in support of the defense and dual economy, in particular to facilitate the international development of companies in the South region Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur.
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The year 2024 was marked by a change of era. One rupture follows another and the old world is gradually disappearing, swept away by a dual movement that the FMES has been describing for several...
Institut FMES
In twelve days (December 2024) and in an astonishing acceleration, the Syrian Islamist rebels managed to conquer Damascus and drive the Baathist regime out of the Assad dynasty. This geopolitical break is the indirect consequence...
Arnaud Peyronnet
The most recent conflicts show increased willingness to resort to violence and the multiplication of actors and forms of confrontation involving states. With Russia’s Black Sea Fleet undergoing slow but real attrition, and the world’s...
Chirine Riaz
In response to emerging forms of naval combat, the French Navy, constrained by real budgetary limits, must make drastic choices on technologies that allow it to adapt in the short and medium term in order...
Jean-François Pelliard
France is often referred to as a maritime power because it has jurisdiction over the world’s second largest EEZ with 10.2 million km2. Above all, this presentation shows a poor understanding of the maritime dimension....
Thierry Duchesne
Attempting to draw lessons from the ongoing naval conflicts in the Black Sea and off the coast of Yemen is unavoidable: these heated clashes are fought over communication, which often yields to sensationalism, even romanticism....
François-Olivier Corman
During the lunch of honor at the Quirinale Palace held on January 28th 2024 to celebrate the Italy-Africa Summit, Italian President Sergio Mattarella concluded his welcome speech by quoting an African proverb: “If you want...
Luca Guglielminotti
The chaos in Sudan keeps getting worse and threatens the entire region, but it does not receive thecoverage it deserves. Eclipsed by the conflicts in Ukraine and Gaza, the war between the national army,the Sudan...
Selma el Obeid
Dr Niagalé Bagayoko, FMES Africa Program Manager and President of the African Security Sector Network (ASSN). Middle Eastern countries’ diplomatic efforts in Africa are marked by strong personalization, the activation of religious networks, and proactive...
Niagalé Bagayoko
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The Mediterranean Foundation for Strategic Studies (FMES) is a think tank that focuses on geopolitical and strategic issues in the Mediterranean region, the Middle East, and the global maritime domain. It conducts research, analyzes current events, and publishes reports and articles on these topics. The FMES also has a maritime department that works on issues related to the seas and oceans, and it supports the defense and dual economy in the South Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur region of France.
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