https://mena-studies.org/tags/france/Recent content in France on MENA Research CenterHugoen-GBThu, 05 Nov 2026 14:00:00 +0100https://mena-studies.org/libya-books-in-tripoli-troops-in-the-sahara/Thu, 05 Nov 2026 14:00:00 +0100https://mena-studies.org/libya-books-in-tripoli-troops-in-the-sahara/After a few days in Tripoli, Denys Kolesnyk argues that Libya’s future is increasingly being shaped in the Sahara and in foreign capitals, and that France has a role to play.https://mena-studies.org/youssef-chiheb-political-islam-does-not-seek-power-through-violence-but-through-the-democratic-process/Fri, 19 Dec 2025 14:44:00 +0100https://mena-studies.org/youssef-chiheb-political-islam-does-not-seek-power-through-violence-but-through-the-democratic-process/As 2025 draws to a close, we spoke with Dr. Youssef Chiheb, professor at Sorbonne Paris Nord University, specialist in the geopolitics of the Arab world, Director of research at the French Intelligence Research Centre (CF2R), and author of Les th éoriciens de…https://mena-studies.org/addressing-radical-islamism-challenges-and-strategies/Tue, 30 Sep 2025 16:51:27 +0200https://mena-studies.org/addressing-radical-islamism-challenges-and-strategies/Despite the numerous policies implemented over the past decades, radical Islamism remains a complex and multidimensional threat to both France and Europe. Several recent reports have underscored this, notably the French Ministry of the Interior’s report…https://mena-studies.org/franco-saudi-push-to-recognise-palestine-whats-next/Mon, 29 Sep 2025 14:36:00 +0200https://mena-studies.org/franco-saudi-push-to-recognise-palestine-whats-next/In this conversation we discuss France’s recent recognition of Palestine and its broader implications for the Middle East and global diplomacy. Emmanuel Dupuy, president of the IPSE and MENA Research Center Associate Fellow, analyses France’s longstanding position…https://mena-studies.org/islamism-versus-civil-society-in-turkey-and-brussels-pays-the-bill/Thu, 25 Sep 2025 11:25:00 +0200https://mena-studies.org/islamism-versus-civil-society-in-turkey-and-brussels-pays-the-bill/When Erdoğan came to power in 2002, he promised a “more advanced democracy.” Two decades later, that promise lies in ruins. Turkey’s political system has been stripped down to a crude majoritarian model, while every mechanism of democratic participation has…https://mena-studies.org/how-europe-could-put-economic-pressure-on-tehran/Thu, 18 Sep 2025 10:00:00 +0200https://mena-studies.org/how-europe-could-put-economic-pressure-on-tehran/Germany, France, and Britain have long anticipated last-minute interference from Moscow in their talks with Iran. Now, that scenario appears to be unfolding: according to reports, Russia has submitted a draft resolution to the UN Security Council seeking an…https://mena-studies.org/new-tension-between-france-and-algeria-deal-a-deadly-blow-to-economic-relations/Fri, 15 Aug 2025 09:25:00 +0200https://mena-studies.org/new-tension-between-france-and-algeria-deal-a-deadly-blow-to-economic-relations/Several French business owners operating in Algeria have launched what amounts to a cry for help to save their businesses from collapse amid the growing tensions between the two countries in recent months. Two French parliamentarians who recently visited…https://mena-studies.org/political-islam-in-france-between-secularism-security-and-social-division/Sun, 10 Aug 2025 11:33:00 +0200https://mena-studies.org/political-islam-in-france-between-secularism-security-and-social-division/France stands at a crossroads. The decades-long debate around political Islam has become a central social and political issue—shaped by concerns about security, integration challenges, and the defense of republican values centered on laïcité (secularism).…https://mena-studies.org/french-club-presidents-complaints-and-accusations-of-corruption-and-money-laundering/Fri, 18 Jul 2025 08:36:00 +0200https://mena-studies.org/french-club-presidents-complaints-and-accusations-of-corruption-and-money-laundering/On Friday, July 4, 2025, the French anti-corruption association Anticor filed a complaint against several sports club presidents. The complaint primarily concerns allegations of corruption and money laundering within the sports sector.https://mena-studies.org/frances-palestine-offensive-macrons-risky-bet-for-a-new-middle-east-peace-process/Sun, 29 Jun 2025 13:55:00 +0200https://mena-studies.org/frances-palestine-offensive-macrons-risky-bet-for-a-new-middle-east-peace-process/As the Middle East conflict deepens and Gaza lies in ruins, France is attempting a bold and high-stakes diplomatic initiative. Co-hosted with Saudi Arabia, the Palestine Conference held in New York from June 17 to 20 aimed for nothing less than a breakthrough…https://mena-studies.org/interview-with-emmanuel-dupuy-president-of-the-institut-prospective-et-securite-en-europe-ipse/Tue, 24 Jun 2025 11:05:00 +0200https://mena-studies.org/interview-with-emmanuel-dupuy-president-of-the-institut-prospective-et-securite-en-europe-ipse/Join us for a discussion with Emmanuel Dupuy, President of the Institut Prospective et Sécurité en Europe (IPSE) and Associate Expert with MENA Research Center, as we talk about the intensifying tensions in the Middle East. We explore the causes and…https://mena-studies.org/xavier-driencourt-president-tebboune-has-gone-too-far/Fri, 16 May 2025 17:07:00 +0200https://mena-studies.org/xavier-driencourt-president-tebboune-has-gone-too-far/Last month we had the Algerian analysis of the crisis in Franco-Algerian relations, and in order to get a balanced view on the matter, we spoke to Xavier Driencourt, French diplomat and Ambassador to Algeria (2007-2012, 2017-2020). The interview was carried…https://mena-studies.org/islamophobia-in-france/Tue, 13 May 2025 15:18:00 +0200https://mena-studies.org/islamophobia-in-france/A horrifying crime has shaken France — once again confronting the Republic with difficult questions about hatred, integration, and social cohesion. In La Grand-Combe, a small and until now relatively quiet town in the southern département of Gard with around…https://mena-studies.org/frances-president-and-the-right-path-in-the-middle-east/Fri, 09 May 2025 12:58:00 +0200https://mena-studies.org/frances-president-and-the-right-path-in-the-middle-east/Emmanuel Macron chooses his words carefully—cautious, tentative, full of subjunctives. Anything else would seem reckless given the explosive situation in the Middle East. And yet, the initiative the French president launched on his return trip from Egypt is…https://mena-studies.org/akram-kharief-france-algeria-settling-the-memory-debt-and-moving-forward/Wed, 23 Apr 2025 10:09:00 +0200https://mena-studies.org/akram-kharief-france-algeria-settling-the-memory-debt-and-moving-forward/In light of the new crisis in Franco-Algerian relations, as well as the situation in Mali on the Algerian border, we had the opportunity to speak to Akram Kharief, an Algerian journalist and researcher in the field of security and defence, who gives us the…https://mena-studies.org/muslim-brotherhood-and-jihadism-in-europe-a-commentary/Wed, 26 Mar 2025 12:54:00 +0100https://mena-studies.org/muslim-brotherhood-and-jihadism-in-europe-a-commentary/Hardly a week goes by without reports of Islamist attacks. In the French town of Mulhouse, an Algerian subject to deportation attacked visitors at a weekly market with a knife and a screwdriver. A 69-year-old passerby, who tried to stop the attacker, was…https://mena-studies.org/better-than-netflix-the-trial-of-former-president-sarkozy-in-paris/Mon, 17 Mar 2025 15:04:00 +0100https://mena-studies.org/better-than-netflix-the-trial-of-former-president-sarkozy-in-paris/The final phase of the trial in the “Libyan Financing Affair of Nicolas Sarkozy’s 2007 Presidential Campaign” is underway. The trial is set to conclude on April 10. If the suspicions of financial crime prosecutors—who have been investigating for over ten…https://mena-studies.org/the-fall-of-bashar-al-assad-in-syria-the-unexpected-culmination-of-2024/Sat, 28 Dec 2024 10:00:00 +0100https://mena-studies.org/the-fall-of-bashar-al-assad-in-syria-the-unexpected-culmination-of-2024/The end of the year was marked by the fall of the Bashar al-Assad regime in Syria. We spoke to Nathaniel Garstecka, a journalist working for the Polish opinion…https://mena-studies.org/global-geopolitics-conference-us-elections-middle-east-and-china/Sun, 04 Aug 2024 12:00:00 +0200https://mena-studies.org/global-geopolitics-conference-us-elections-middle-east-and-china/End of July 2024, Denys Kolesnyk hosted for the MENA Research Center an online conversation to discuss global issues. The event brought together prominent experts, including Mr James Greene, a consultant and a former NATO official with extensive experience in…https://mena-studies.org/post-electoral-france-is-in-a-deep-political-crisis/Sat, 27 Jul 2024 10:00:00 +0200https://mena-studies.org/post-electoral-france-is-in-a-deep-political-crisis/Earlier this month, snap legislative elections took place in France, where the French were invited by President Emmanuel Macron to elect 577 deputies after his…https://mena-studies.org/mena-research-center-conference-july-2024/Thu, 04 Jul 2024 12:00:00 +0200https://mena-studies.org/mena-research-center-conference-july-2024/On June 24th, 2024, a video conference was held, focusing on several pressing global issues, hosted by French analyst and consultant Denys Kolesnyk. The event brought together notable experts including Professor Brigham McCown from the Hudson Institute…