Réflexion stratégique et géopolitique
Face aux recompositions du monde affectant notamment l’espace méditerranéen, l’Afrique et le Moyen-Orient, le pôle « réflexion stratégique et géopolitique » de la FMES décrypte l’actualité et les lignes de force qui impactent cette vaste zone cruciale pour l’Europe.
Ce pôle de réflexion agrège les compétences croisées des chercheurs et chercheurs associés de l’Institut.
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Turkey and the return of Trump
By Jean Marcou, Emeritus Professor at Sciences Po Grenoble-UGA, Researcher at CERDAP2, Associate Researcher at the French Institute for Anatolian Studies (IFEA) in Istanbul, FMES Institute (Toulon), and CFRI (Paris). Starting from November 6, 2024, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan openly congratulated “his friend Donald Trump” on X[1] for his victory, referencing the “struggle” Trump had undertaken to be “re-elected.” The language and tone of this reaction immediately echoed the personal closeness
The successful mini-max strategy of Russia in the Middle East
Colonel Cyril Iordanow, Baltic Defence College, Saint-Cyrien and former commanding officer of the 93rd mountain artillery regiment. This article was written as part of the High Command Studies Course 2024 at the Baltic Defence College in Tartu (Estonia). Benefiting from the confidence of Vladimir Putin, Russian diplomacy conducts a successful mini-max strategy in the Middle East based on a minimum commitment for maximum benefits. Agile, pragmatic, and opportunistic, it aims
Where is Jordan headed?
Marion SORANT, FMES associate member of the Strategic Monitoring Centre for the Mediterranean and the Middle East (OS2MO) Summary Jordan, which hosted the second regional annual Baghdad Conference for Cooperation and Partnership on 20 December 2022 and has distinguished itself in the region by its opposition to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, is strategically positioned as a stable and reliable ally of the West in the midst of the tumultuous