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11 September: the geopolitical lessons, 22 years on

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10 September 2023

More than the al-Qaeda attacks, it is the reaction of the United States that constitutes a strategic shift, analyse two IRSEM researchers, Maud Quessard and Élie Baranets....

Extraterritoriality of the law: when lawfare serves economic warfare

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4 September 2023

In July, in the face of the scandal, an American economist gave up her bid to join a key post in the European Commission's Competition Directorate....

Eric Frécon: "In the face of piracy, France has a unique model".

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28 August 2023

The Gulf of Guinea and the Gulf of Aden, Latin America, South-East Asia... The French researcher based in Singapore traces the latest developments in piracy, against which...

External operations: when France puts itself at the service of the UN

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21 August 2023

Since 1956, the United Nations has regularly launched peacekeeping operations around the world. A look back at three emblematic operations in which the...

How the 'Ndrangheta became the most powerful mafia in the world

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14 August 2023

Much more discreet than the notorious Sicilian Cosa Nostra or the Neapolitan Camorra, their Calabrian cousins have now largely supplanted them in Italy and...

Paris, a nest of spies for centuries

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7 August 2023

The French capital has always been a prime location for intelligence services. Here we take a look back at some of the most emblematic actions carried out in the...