IRIS, the French Institute for International and Strategic Affairs, is one of the leading French think tanks specialising in geopolitical and strategic issues. It is the only one to combine a research ...

Dr. Pascal Boniface is the founding Director of the French Institute for International and Strategic Affairs – IRIS, based in Paris. He is the Director of the quarterly journal “La Revue ...

The IRIS Geopolitical Observatory of the Indo-Pacific aims to establish itself as a recognised and visible platform for contributions and perspectives from various parts of the Indo-Pacific and across ...

Thierry Coville is research fellow at IRIS (French research centre for international and strategic studies) and Professor of economics in Novancia, a Business School belonging to the Paris Chamber of ...

Karim Pakzad is an Associate Research Fellow at IRIS, specializing in Afghanistan, Iran and Iraq. He also collaborates with the Jean Jaurès Foundation. He is a consultant to public and private ...

Certified in history and geography, Doctor in political sciences, he is a professor for the National Education. He joined IRIS in 1991, as research fellow for Middle East issues and more particularly ...

Olivier Da Lage is an Associate Research Fellow at IRIS, specialising in India and the Arabian Peninsula. After graduating from the Institut politique de Paris and the Centre de formation des ...

Carlos Ominami Pascual is an Associate Research Fellow at IRIS, and a former Chilean Minister of the Economy. Between 1978 and 1984 he was a researcher at the Centre national de la recherche ...

El Hadj Souleymane Gassama, known as Elgas, is an associate researcher at IRIS, journalist, writer and doctor of sociology. He was born in Saint-Louis, grew up in Ziguinchor, Senegal, and has lived in ...

Louise Souverbie is a Research Fellow at IRIS, specialising in European defence issues and the arms industry. She is also completing a master’s degree in European affairs at the Institut d’Études ...

The responses of international aid to global crises require regular reassessment and constant reflection on improving practices to better address the needs of beneficiaries and highly vulnerable ...

Jean-Paul Ghoneim is an Associate Research Fellow, specialised in Gulf States. Beginning of professional career at RMC Middle East (MC Daoulya – France MM) as production assistant then as journalist ...