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Director of the French Institute of International Relations (Ifri).
Most viewed articles
La Guerre froide de la France, 1941-1990. Georges-Henri Soutou. Paris: Tallandier, 2018, 592 pages
In Politique étrangère (2018/3 Autumn Issue)
The Fifth Estate: Think Tanks, Public Policy, and Governance, James G. McGann, Washington D.C., Brookings Institution Press, 2016, 230 pages. Think Tanks, Foreign Policy and Geo-Politics: Pathways to Influence, Donald E. Abelson, Stephen Bro
In Politique étrangère (2017/1 Spring Issue)
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Articles
Commentary: Donald Trump: From declarations to doctrine
In Études (2026/5 N° 4337)
Commentary: Forward deterrence
In Études (2026/4)
Commentary: The avatars of naval rearmament
In Études (2026/3 N° 4335)
Commentary: We must always reread Vasily Grossman
In Études (2026/2 N° 4334)
Commentary: In search of climate power
In Études (2026/1)
Commentary: Europeans faced with the “Russian question”
In Études (2025/12 N° 4332)
Commentary: From political philosophy to military technology
In Études (2025/11 N° 4331)
Commentary: Offensive and counter-offensive on artificial intelligence
In Études (2025/10)
Commentary: What can we learn from the National Strategic Review?
In Études (2025/9)
Commentary: World trade, between tariffs and port infrastructure
In Études (2025/7-8 Juillet-Août)
Commentary: India, between China and Pakistan
In Études (2025/6 Juin)
Commentary
Intellectual rearmament
In Études (2025/5 Mai)
Commentary: A diplomatic map redrawn in five days
In Études (2025/4 Avril)
Les Nouvelles Règles du jeu. Comment éviter le chaos planétaire, by George Papaconstantinou and Jean Pisani-Ferry
La Grande Rupture. 1989-2024. De la chute du mur à la guerre d’Ukraine, by Georges-Henri Soutou
In Politique étrangère (2025/1 Printemps)
Commentary: Is Vladimir Putin a realist?
In Études (2025/2 Février)
Editorial Donald Trump will change the world
In Études (2025/1 January)
Commentary
Toward war?
In Études (2024/12 December)
Commentary
Toward open war between Iran and Israel
In Études (2024/11 November)
Commentary
New balance of power in the Baltic
In Études (2024/10 October)
Commentary
In Études (2024/9 September)
Commentary
From economic convergence to strategic divergence
In Études (2024/7-8 July-August)
Commentary
From one discourse to another
In Études (2024/6 June)
Commentary
De Gaulle, the indisputable benchmark of French diplomacy?
In Études (2024/5 May)
Commentary
The changing face of the South Caucasus
In Études (2024/4 April)
Commentary
The Red Sea, a theater of European vulnerabilities
In Études (2024/3 March)
Commentary
Transatlantic relations in the age of economic security
In Études (2024/2 February)
Commentary
The end of strategic optimism
In Études (2024/1 January)
Commentary
From Gaza to Moscow
In Études (2023/12 December)
Commentary
The centrality of the United States
In Études (2023/11 November)
Commentary
French diplomacy in search of a new direction
In Études (2023/10 October)
Commentary
“Sustainability” and well-being as a vision of Europe’s future
In Études (2023/9 September)
Commentary
Emmanuel Macron on the road to neo-idealism?
In Études (2023/7 July August)
Commentary
US strategists take up economics
In Études (2023/6 June)
Commentary
Ukraine throws Sino-European relations off-balance
In Études (2023/5 May)
Commentary
The headlong rush of Israel
In Études (2023/4 April)
Commentary
Emmanuel Macron, Chief of the Armed Forces
In Études (2023/3 March)
Commentary
The intersecting destinies of Iran and Russia
In Études (2023/2 February)
Commentary
Europe in midstream
In Études (2023/1 January)
Commentary
Issues in the geopolitics of oil
In Études (2022/12 Decembre)
Commentary
The last colony
In Études (2022/11 November)
Commentary
Germany faces a “change of era”
In Études (2022/10 October)
Commentary
The colonial paradox of Russia
In Études (2022/9 September)
Commentary
On the psychology of nuclear warfare
In Études (2022/7 July August)
Book reviews
- By Jolyon Howorth,
- Thomas Gomart,
- Dominique David,
- et al.
In Politique étrangère (2022/2 Summer)
Commentary
The European Union in search of a strategic orientation
In Études (2022/6 June)
Commentary
From the geopolitics of climate to the ecology of war
In Études (2022/5 May)
Toward a new global configuration
In Études (2022/4 April)
Commentary
France’s world war
In Études (2022/3 March)
Commentary
De Gaulle, a mandatory reference for presidential candidates
In Études (2022/2 February)
Commentary
The challenges of the French Presidency of the Council of the European Union
In Études (2022/1 January)
Commentary
The ideology of Russia
In Études (2021/12 December)
Preparing for 2050: From foresight to grand strategy
- By Martin Briens
- and Thomas Gomart
In Politique étrangère (2021/4 Winter)
Commentary
Xavier Ricard Lanata (1973–2021)
In Études (2021/11 November)
Commentary
Is this the end of the cycle in Afghanistan?
In Études (2021/10 October)
Preface
In Revue Défense Nationale (2021/HS4 Special issue)
Commentary
The ideology of the Chinese Communist Party
In Études (2021/9 September)
From N’Djamena to Kigali: Emmanuel Macron’s visits to Africa
In Études (2021/7 July-August)
France in the face of invisible wars: In search of a geopolitical and geo-economic map
In Revue Défense Nationale (2021/6 No 841)
Commentary
Envisioning the future of the United States
In Études (2021/6 June)
Commentary
The United Kingdom in search of a strategy
In Études (2021/5 May)
Commentary
Transatlantic relations: From pragmatism to ideology
In Études (2021/4 April)
Commentary
What Alexei Navalny tells us about Russia
In Études (2021/3 March)
Commentary
Germany, the crossroads of globalization
In Études (2021/2 February)
Commentary
Bertrand Dufourcq or diplomacy in action
In Études (2021/1 January)
Commentary
The evolution of conflict
In Études (2020/12 December)
Commentary
Turkey's imperial spirit
In Études (2020/11 November)
Commentary
A military officer’s view on diplomacy
In Études (2020/10 October)
Commentary
Paris's Russia policy put to the test by Ankara
In Études (2020/9 September)
Commentary
Europe and the cognitive wars
In Études (2020/7 July August)
Column
The Covid-19 pandemic: A test of efficiency or dignity?
In Études (2020/6 June)
COVID-19 and the end of technological innocence
In Politique étrangère (2020/2 Summer Issue)
Column
Africa must not be left to face coronavirus alone
In Études (2020/5 May)
Commentary
Nuclear power at the heart of national security
In Études (2020/4 April)
Column
On spatial competition
In Études (2020/3 March)
Commentary
Global trade via the sea
In Études (2020/2 February)
Commentary
The spirit of Berlin or Beijing?
In Études (2020/1 January)
Commentary
Have we reached the endgame in Syria?
In Études (2019/12 December)
Commentary
Jacques Chirac’s paradoxical assessment of foreign politics
In Études (2019/11 November)
Column
The fight against inequality: The mother of all battles?
In Études (2019/10 October)
Commentary
The European Union: In search of a geopolitical position
In Études (2019/9 September)
Column
Development policy: A response to the Europeans?
In Études (2019/7 July-August)
Column
5G: China v. America
In Études (2019/6 June)
Column
Return from touring
In Études (2019/5 May)
Column
Russian roulette for the European elections
In Études (2019/4 April)
Between concentration and dispersion: A promising future for power relations
In Politique étrangère (2019/1 Spring Issue)
Column
The G7’s attention to Africa
In Études (2019/3 March)
Column
Syria, at the heart of Franco-American relations
In Études (2019/2 February)
Column
Chinese anxiety
In Études (2018/12 December)
Column
The coherency of Donald Trump
In Études (2018/11 November)
The future of an ellipse. The vain French debate on foreign policy
- By Thomas Gomart
- and Clément Tonon
In Hérodote (2018/3 No 170)
Column
The Iranian impasse
In Études (2018/10 October)
La Guerre froide de la France, 1941-1990. Georges-Henri Soutou. Paris: Tallandier, 2018, 592 pages
In Politique étrangère (2018/3 Autumn Issue)
Column
External means of action
In Études (2018/9 September)
Column
The seven challenges of the European Union
In Études (2018/7 July-August)
Column
We have now entered the third nuclear age
In Études (2018/6 June)
Chronicle
Waiting for a Chinese Edward Snowden
In Études (2018/5 May)
Towards a French return to military power?
In Études (2017/11 November)
The Fifth Estate: Think Tanks, Public Policy, and Governance, James G. McGann, Washington D.C., Brookings Institution Press, 2016, 230 pages. Think Tanks, Foreign Policy and Geo-Politics: Pathways to Influence, Donald E. Abelson, Stephen Bro
In Politique étrangère (2017/1 Spring Issue)
La grande illusion. Quand la france perdait la paix, 1914-1920, by Georges-Henri Soutou. La fin de l’empire des tsars. Vers la Première Guerre mondiale et la Révolution, by Dominic Lieven
In Politique étrangère (2016/1 Spring Issue)
Is French Foreign Policy Charlie?
In Études (2015/11 November)
From Russia’s Grand Strategy to Limited War
In Politique étrangère (2015/2 Summer Issue)
Think tanks, French-Style
In Le Débat (2014/4 No 181)
Grosser, Pierre. 2013. Traiter avec le diable? Les vrais enjeux de la diplomatie au XXIe siècle.
Paris: Odile Jacob.
In Politique étrangère (2014/2 Summer Issue)
Robert, Frank, ed., Pour l'histoire des relations internationales
Paris: PUF, 2012. 796 pages.
In Politique étrangère (2013/2 Summer Issue)
NATO-Russia: Is the ‘Russian Question’ European?
- By Thomas Gomart,
- Translated by: Nicholas Sowels
In Politique étrangère (2009/5 Special Issue)
Thomas Gomart: NATO-Russia: Is the “Russian Question” European?
In Politique étrangère (2009/4 Winter Issue)
Book reviews
In Politique étrangère (2009/2 Summer Issue)
Russia Alone Forever? The Kremlin's Strategic Solitude
In Politique étrangère (2008/5 Special Issue)
Introduction
Russia: Space-Time Lost, Space-Time Found
In Politique étrangère (2007/5 Special Issue)
A Transatlantic Dialogue on Russia
In Politique étrangère (2007/1 Spring Issue)
France's Russian Policy: The End of an Era?
In Politique étrangère (2007/1 Spring Issue)
The Status of Oral Testimony in Contemporary History
In Hypothèses (1999/1 3)