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Mehdi Abbas

Maître de conférences, Université de Grenoble Alpes

Administrative Team

Direction

  • Pascal Boniface

    Pascal Boniface

    Director, IRIS

    Strategic issues – European security – Global power relationships – Nuclear issues – The French foreign policy

  • Victor Pelpel

    Victor Pelpel

    Special Advisor to the Director of IRIS

Deputy Direction

  • Didier Billion

    Didier Billion

    Deputy Director, IRIS

    The Middle-East – Turkey and the Turkish-speaking world – The European policy in these regions – The relations between the EU and Turkey – The European policy in the Middle-East

  • Jean-Pierre Maulny

    Jean-Pierre Maulny

    Deputy Director, IRIS

    World arms industry - EDTIB - Arms transfers - Export control - CSDP - NATO - Defence and security issues - Strategic affairs

General Secretary

  • Boris Contesse

    Boris Contesse

    Secretary General

  • Kongprachanh Sirimanotham

    Kongprachanh Sirimanotham

    Accounting Manager

  • Félix Ki

    Félix Ki

    Accounting

  • Dylan Adamou

    Dylan Adamou

    Accounting Assistant

  • Shirine Bouchelaghem

    Shirine Bouchelaghem

    Accounting Assistant

  • Hanife-Nur Ersoy

    Hanife-Nur Ersoy

    Human Resources Officer

  • Joanna Castro Dos Santos

    Joanna Castro Dos Santos

    Human Resources Officer

Communication and Public Relations Department

  • Gwenaëlle Sauzet

    Gwenaëlle Sauzet

    Director of Communications

  • Coline Laroche

    Coline Laroche

    Deputy for Communication

  • Théa Legrand

    Théa Legrand

    Communication Officer

  • Déborah Yapi

    Déborah Yapi

    Communication Officer

  • Richard McNaughton

    Richard McNaughton

    Public relations Manager

  • Khadidiatou Sow

    Khadidiatou Sow

    Product and Development Assistant

  • Pierre-Benoit Tasse

    Pierre-Benoit Tasse

    Webmaster

  • Khalil Tawil

    Khalil Tawil

    IT Assistant

Events Department

  • Nathalie Moreau

    Nathalie Moreau

    Director of Events Department

  • Alix Pham

    Alix Pham

    Deputy for Events

  • Awa Sow

    Awa Sow

    Event Project Officer

Publications Hub

  • Marc Verzeroli

    Marc Verzeroli

    Head of editorial

  • Justine Mingam

    Justine Mingam

    Editorial assistant

Research Hub

  • Hadjar Aouardji

    Hadjar Aouardji

    Director of Research, IRIS

    Opinions publiques arabes, politique étrangère états-unienne au Moyen-Orient, Égypte.

  • Antoine Diacre

    Antoine Diacre

    Research Coordinator, IRIS

Training Department (IRIS Sup')

  • Sonia Fauchereau

    Sonia Fauchereau

    Director of Training

  • Laura Bertetto

    Laura Bertetto

    Deputy Director of Training

  • Marine Csakany

    Marine Csakany

    Head of Studies and Aurion Project Manager

  • Aline Bernard

    Aline Bernard

    Administrative Coordinator, HR, Student Accounting, and IPAG Partnership Manager

  • Laurence Thomasset

    Laurence Thomasset

    Application Manager, Disability Advisor

  • Alexandrine Idoulcaid

    Alexandrine Idoulcaid

    Manager of On-Campus Courses

  • Mélissa Dehili

    Mélissa Dehili

    Training Follow-up Officer

  • Gaël Groliere

    Gaël Groliere

    Double Degree Coordinator, Funding Manager

  • Clarita Comuce

    Clarita Comuce

    Digital Training Officer

  • Océane Rakotovao

    Océane Rakotovao

    Digital Training Officer

  • Julie Ucendo

    Julie Ucendo

    Methodological Follow-up Manager

  • Henri Perrier

    Henri Perrier

    Head of the Professional and International Experiences Office

  • Shania Belhassen

    Shania Belhassen

    Professional Experiences Officer

  • Victoria Bolo

    Victoria Bolo

    Professional Experiences Officer

  • Hugo de Souza

    Hugo de Souza

    Operational and Strategic Marketing Assistant

IRIS Conference Center

  • Salim Toumine

    Salim Toumine

    Administrator of the IRIS Conference Centre

Research Fellows

Director

  • Pascal Boniface

    Pascal Boniface

    Director, IRIS

    Strategic issues – European security – Global power relationships – Nuclear issues – The French foreign policy

Deputy Directors

  • Didier Billion

    Didier Billion

    Deputy Director, IRIS

    The Middle-East – Turkey and the Turkish-speaking world – The European policy in these regions – The relations between the EU and Turkey – The European policy in the Middle-East

  • Jean-Pierre Maulny

    Jean-Pierre Maulny

    Deputy Director, IRIS

    World arms industry - EDTIB - Arms transfers - Export control - CSDP - NATO - Defence and security issues - Strategic affairs

Research Direction

  • Hadjar Aouardji

    Hadjar Aouardji

    Director of Research, IRIS

    Opinions publiques arabes, politique étrangère états-unienne au Moyen-Orient, Égypte.

  • Antoine Diacre

    Antoine Diacre

    Research Coordinator, IRIS

Senior Research Fellow

  • Bruno Aubert

    Bruno Aubert

    Senior Research Fellow, IRIS

    North Africa and the Middle East - Nilotic Africa and the Great Lakes region - Issues of Islam - French diplomacy in Africa and the Middle East

  • Lukas Aubin

    Lukas Aubin

    Senior Research Fellow at IRIS, Head of the Sport and Geopolitics Programme

    Geopolitics of sports - Sports diplomacy - Nation Branding - Nation Building and Soft Power - Geopolitics of Russia - Asymmetric warfare, influence, relations within the post-Soviet space and sovereignty

  • Maxime Cordet

    Maxime Cordet

    Senior Research Fellow at IRIS, in charge of the Defense and High-Tech Industry Program

    European defense - Defense strategy - Defense policy - Defense industries - Armaments cooperation - European capability process - Military mobility - Military change

  • Olivier de France

    Olivier de France

    Senior Research Fellow, IRIS

    Political Europe and geopolitics – International political – Theory Political Philosophy

  • Jean de Gliniasty

    Jean de Gliniasty

    Senior Research Fellow, IRIS

    Russia - CIS - French Diplomacy

  • Jacques-Pierre Gougeon

    Jacques-Pierre Gougeon

    Senior Research Fellow, IRIS

    The German-speaking area – Germany’s place and policy within the European Union – The French-German relations - The evolution of Germany since the reunification

  • Emmanuel Hache

    Emmanuel Hache

    Senior Research Fellow, IRIS

    Geopolitics of Energy - Geopolitics of Raw Materials (Metals, Water) - Geopolitics of Planetary Boundaries - Economics of Natural Resources - Energy Prospective - Materials Prospective - Resilience of Ecosystems

  • Emmanuel Lincot

    Emmanuel Lincot

    Senior Research Fellow, co-Head of Asia-Pacific Programme, IRIS

    Political and Cultural History of Contemporary China - China / Middle East Relationships - China / Central Asia Relationships - China / France Relationships - Geopolitics of the arts, archaeology and heritage

  • Marie-Cécile Naves

    Marie-Cécile Naves

    Senior Research Fellow, Head of the Gender and Geopolitics Observatory, IRIS

    Unites States of America - Gender, equality woman-men, feminism - Socio-political issues of sport

  • Marianne Péron-Doise

    Marianne Péron-Doise

    Senior Research Fellow, co-Head of the Asia-Pacific Programme, Director of the Indo-Pacific Geopolitical Observatory, IRIS

    Strategic issues and alliances in Asia - Maritime security - Indo-Pacific - Defense and security policy in North-East Asia (Japan-Korea)

  • Francis Perrin

    Francis Perrin

    Senior Research Fellow, IRIS

    Energy issues – Markets and Energy Prices – Geopolitics of Energy - Energy and Governance

  • Caroline Roussy

    Caroline Roussy

    Senior Research Fellow, Head of the Africa/s Programme, IRIS

    West Africa – Regional Integration – Border issues – G5-Sahel

  • Federico Santopinto

    Federico Santopinto

    Senior Research Fellow, Head of the Europe, Strategy and Security Programme, IRIS

    European Union - European Defence - Defence Industry

  • Julia Tasse

    Julia Tasse

    Senior Research Fellow, Head of the Ocean Programme, IRIS

    Climate change - Oceans and marine environments - Marine economy

  • Christophe Ventura

    Christophe Ventura

    Senior Research Fellow, Head of the Latin America/Caribbean Programme, IRIS

    Latin America (political life, regional integration, foreign policy...) – Civil society and Social movements

Research Fellow

  • Fatou Elise Ba

    Fatou Elise Ba

    Research Fellow at IRIS, Head of the Human Security Programme

    International Aid - Advocacy and Humanitarian Policies - Human Rights - Gender and Development

  • Camille Boulenguer

    Camille Boulenguer

    Research Fellow, IRIS

    Industrial economy - Taxation - Illegal economy (tax evasion, money laundering, corruption) - Impact of new technologies on the economy (artificial intelligence, cryptocurrencies, robotics)

  • Thierry Coville

    Thierry Coville

    Research Fellow, IRIS

    Iran – Country risk

  • Éléonore Duffau

    Éléonore Duffau

    Research Fellow, IRIS

    Southern Europe and the Mediterranean - Security issues linked to climate change - European Union's external relations - European policies in the Middle East

  • Nathalie Ernoult

    Nathalie Ernoult

    Research Fellow, IRIS

    Humanitarianism - Global Health

  • Frédéric Jeannin

    Frédéric Jeannin

    Research Fellow at IRIS, co-Head of the Programme Energy and Raw Materials

    Geopolitics of nuclear power - Geopolitics of energy - Low-carbon technologies - Raw materials

  • Mathilde Jourde

    Mathilde Jourde

    Research Fellow, Head of the Climate, Environment, Security Programme, IRIS

    Environmental safety - Climate change - Energy transition - Natural resources

  • Sami Ramdani

    Sami Ramdani

    Research Fellow at IRIS, co-Heads of the Programme Energy and Raw Materials

    Energy security – Russia – Central and Eastern Europe

  • Alexandre Roussel

    Alexandre Roussel

    Junior Research Fellow, IRIS

    Energy Security – Raw Materials – Renewable Energies – Hydrogen Geopolitics

  • Anne Sénéquier

    Anne Sénéquier

    Research Fellow, IRIS

    Global Health - Health and international cooperation - Health and Environnement

  • Louise Souverbie

    Louise Souverbie

    Research Fellow, IRIS

    European Union - European defence - Defence industries - Nordic and Baltic Europe - Poland

  • Julia Tomasso

    Julia Tomasso

    Research Fellow, IRIS

    Defence industrial policy - Armaments - Europe/Middle East - Strategic cultures - Iranian and Turkish defence industries

Associate Research Fellow

  • Sébastien Abis

    Sébastien Abis

    Associate Research Fellow, IRIS

    Strategic issues in the Mediterranean and North Africa – European Neighbourhood Policy - Agriculture and globalization – Food security and geopolitics of food supply – Grain Trade

  • Jean-Claude Allard

    Jean-Claude Allard

    Associate Research Fellow, IRIS

    Defence and security policy – Operational concepts and the uses of force – Crisis management – Military aeronautics

  • Luca Baccarini

    Luca Baccarini

    Associate Research Fellow, IRIS

    World Energy Markets – Energy strategy: key actors and roles - European Energy Policy in EU - Finance and geopolitics

  • Philippe Barbet

    Philippe Barbet

    Associate Research Fellow, IRIS

    International economics - Industrial economics - Economics of telecommunications, the internet and artificial intelligence

  • Karim Émile Bitar

    Karim Émile Bitar

    Associate Research Fellow, IRIS

    The Middle-East – The relations between islam and the Western world; politics and religion – The Franco-Arab relations and the Euro-Mediterranean stakes – The media in the Arab world, feminism and civil societies

  • Jean-Joseph Boillot

    Jean-Joseph Boillot

    Associate Research Fellow, IRIS

    Indian Economy – Economy of the emerging countries – Asia/Africa Relations

  • Rémi Bourgeot

    Rémi Bourgeot

    Associate Research Fellow, IRIS

    Economics, Globalisation, Finance, Europe, Middle-East, Asia, Energy, Industry

  • Jean-Vincent Brisset

    Jean-Vincent Brisset

    Associate Research Fellow, IRIS

    China and the Chinese world – Strategic questions in Asia – Defence and international relations – The military tool: means, operations, concepts – The military nuclear weapons – Military aeronautics – NBCR risk and civil protection

  • Jean-Yves Camus

    Jean-Yves Camus

    Associate Research Fellow, IRIS

    Zionism and anti-Zionism in contemporary Europe – Regional identities and separatisms in Europe – The relations between the French and the Israeli – The German left and the Middle-East conflict – Nationalisms and extremisms in Europe

  • Patrick Charaix

    Patrick Charaix

    Associate Research Fellow, IRIS

    Defense policy - Nuclear deterrence - Crisis management and military planning - External operations - Leadership and management

  • Ophélie Coelho

    Ophélie Coelho

    Associate Research Fellow at IRIS

    Study of the digital multinational - Artificial intelligence - Relations between companies and states - Geopolitical involvement of the private player - Private imperialism - Technological expansion

  • Jean-François Corty

    Jean-François Corty

    Associate Research Fellow at IRIS, president of Médecins du monde

    Humanitarian action - Development - Health - Health, social and environmental inequalities

  • Olivier Da Lage

    Olivier Da Lage

    Associate Research Fellow, IRIS

    The Arabian Peninsula - India

  • Fabrice Debbasch

    Fabrice Debbasch

    Associate Research Fellow, IRIS

    Innovation of defense systems - Scientific Issues - New technologies

  • Igor Delanoë

    Igor Delanoë

    Associate Research Fellow at IRIS

    Russia - Russian Security and Defence Policy - Russian Geopolitics - Russia-Africa - Russia-Middle East - Mediterranean - Black Sea

  • Arnaud Dubien

    Arnaud Dubien

    Associate Research Fellow, IRIS

    Russia/CIS

  • Pascal Dupont

    Pascal Dupont

    Associate Research Fellow, IRIS

    Aerospace Law - Public and European international Law - Defence - Security - Transport

  • Alain Filipowicz

    Alain Filipowicz

    Associate Research Fellow, IRIS

    Industry and innovation - Embedded and connected systems - Artificial intelligence

  • El Hadj Souleymane Gassama

    El Hadj Souleymane Gassama

    Associate Research Fellow, IRIS

    Diaspora - Immigration - Françafrique - Decolonisation - Demography - Democracy - Money transfers - Donation - Debt - Identities - Childhood and feminism in Africa

  • Jean-Paul Ghoneim

    Jean-Paul Ghoneim

    Associate Research Fellow, IRIS

    Gulf States

  • Laurent Giacobbi

    Laurent Giacobbi

    Associate Research Fellow, IRIS

    Latin America and the Caribbean (geopolitics, defence and security, foreign influences) - Strategic issues linked to climate change

  • Carole Gomez

    Carole Gomez

    Associate Research Fellow, IRIS

    International Sport Issues - Sport Diplomacy - Sport Integrity

  • Gaëtan Gorce

    Gaëtan Gorce

    Associate Research Fellow at IRIS, Co-Head of the International Crimes Observatory

    Contemporary issues faced by Europe (migratory flows, digital sovereignty...) - International employment laws

  • Jean-Marc Gravellini

    Jean-Marc Gravellini

    Associate Research Fellow, IRIS

    Security and development issues in Sahel - Strategy - Development of public policies and investment programmes

  • Gérard Grizbec

    Gérard Grizbec

    Associate Research Fellow, IRIS

    Geopolitics of religions - Conflict zones

  • Jeff Hawkins

    Jeff Hawkins

    Associate Research Fellow, IRIS

    US Foreign Policy

  • Pierre Jaillet

    Pierre Jaillet

    Associate Research Fellow, IRIS

    Economy and monetary policy - European institutions and the functioning of the euro zone - Monetary and financial international relations - International cooperation bodies and organisations

  • Sofia Kabbej

    Sofia Kabbej

    Associate Research Fellow, IRIS

    Climate – Security – Risk prevention – International climate negociations – Governance of geoengineering

  • Émilie Laffiteau

    Émilie Laffiteau

    Associate Research Fellow, IRIS

    Sub-Saharan Africa (macroeconomics analyzes and forecast, public statistics, regional integration, economic resilience) - Assessment of official development assistance (ODA)

  • Francis Laloupo

    Francis Laloupo

    Associate Research Fellow, IRIS

    Geopolitics of Africa - Tools and mechanisms of crisis resolution - Emerging conflicts

  • Julien Laurent

    Julien Laurent

    Associate Research Fellow, IRIS

    Energy markets and international relations - Strategies of energy actors (companies, states) - Finance and geopolitics

  • Georges Lefeuvre

    Georges Lefeuvre

    Associate Research Fellow, IRIS

    Afghanistan / Pakistan / India

  • Pierrick Le Jeune

    Pierrick Le Jeune

    Associate Research Fellow, IRIS

    Asia, South-East Asia – Afghanistan – The reform of public administrations – Public services – NGOs

  • François Mabille

    François Mabille

    Associate Research Fellow at IRIS, Director of the Geopolitical Observatory of Religion

    Geopolitics of religions - Religious actors in international relations - Pontifical diplomacy - Radicalisation and religious risk

  • Frédéric Mauro

    Frédéric Mauro

    Associate Research Fellow, IRIS

    European Defence Policy - PESCO

  • Teva Meyer

    Teva Meyer

    Associate Research Fellow, IRIS

    Nuclear energy – Nuclear weapons – Proliferation – Energy technologies – Energy transitions

  • Serge Michailof

    Serge Michailof

    Associate Research Fellow, IRIS

    Development of the so-called “fragile countries” – Post conflict reconstruction

  • Patrice Moyeuvre

    Patrice Moyeuvre

    Associate Research Fellow, IRIS

    Turkey - Turkish Defence and Armament Issues

  • Carlos Ominami Pascual

    Carlos Ominami Pascual

    Associate Research Fellow at IRIS, former Chilean Minister of the Economy

    Latin American economy and finance, regional integration, foreign policy

  • Brahim Oumansour

    Brahim Oumansour

    Associate Research Fellow at IRIS, Director of the Maghreb Observatory

    US foreign policy in the Middle East and North Africa - Conflict, State and non-governmental players in North Africa and the Middle East

  • Karim Pakzad

    Karim Pakzad

    Associate Research Fellow, IRIS

    Afghanistan - Pakistan - Iran - Iraq – Kurdish issue

  • Éric Percheron

    Éric Percheron

    Associate Research Fellow, IRIS

    Compliance – Financial Security – Anti-money laundering – Cross border flows and country risks analysis

  • Géraldine Pinauldt

    Géraldine Pinauldt

    Associate Research Fellow, IRIS

    Horn of Africa - International Migrations and Refugees - Borders and Cross-border Issues

  • Guillaume Pitron

    Guillaume Pitron

    Associate Research Fellow, IRIS

    Economic, political and environmental issues of raw materials – Impact of digital pollution

  • Noémie Rebière

    Noémie Rebière

    Associate Research Fellow, IRIS

    Energy security - Energy and defence - Resilience and critical infrastructure - Turkey, European Union - Mediterranean, Middle East, Central Asia

  • Romuald Sciora

    Romuald Sciora

    Associate Research Fellow and Director of the Political and Geostrategic Observatory of the United States, IRIS

    United States - Canada - United Nations - Wokeism

  • Jacques Serba

    Jacques Serba

    Associate Research Fellow, IRIS

    Humanitarian action – Organisation and functioning of the NGOs – External action of the territorial authorities

  • Assen Slim

    Assen Slim

    Associate Research Fellow, IRIS

    The European economic integration and common policies – The post socialist transition in Eastern Europe – Sustainable development and degrowth – The economy of gratuity

  • Philippe Steininger

    Philippe Steininger

    Associate Research Fellow, IRIS

    Defence Policy - Nuclear Detterence - Aerospace issues – Military Programming and Operations – Aerospace Strategy

  • Denis Tersen

    Denis Tersen

    Associate Research Fellow, IRIS

    International Economics - International Trade - Globalisation

  • Charles Thibout

    Charles Thibout

    Associate Research Fellow, IRIS

    GAFAM and BATX - Digital - Companies and States - Dual technologies

  • Éric Vernier

    Éric Vernier

    Associate Research Fellow, IRIS

    Money Laundering - Tax Havens - Corporate Fraud - Cybercrime

  • Pim Verschuuren

    Pim Verschuuren

    Associate Research Fellow, IRIS

    Geopolitics of sports

  • Jean-Marc Vigilant

    Jean-Marc Vigilant

    Associate Research Fellow, IRIS

    Defence policy - NATO - External operations - New technologies

  • David Weinberger

    David Weinberger

    Associate Research Fellow at IRIS

    Illicit drugs trafficking and its geopolitics - Money laundering and the funding of terrorism - Tobacco smuggling

  • Henry Zipper de Fabiani

    Henry Zipper de Fabiani

    Associate Research Fellow, IRIS

    Balkans - Central Asia

Board of Directors

President

  • Michel-Édouard Leclerc

    Michel-Édouard Leclerc

    Chairman of the E.Leclerc strategic Committee

Honorary President

  • Pascal Lamy

    Pascal Lamy

    Former WTO Director-General

Vice Presidents

  • Roselyne Bachelot

    Roselyne Bachelot

    Former Minister

  • Marc-Antoine Jamet

    Marc-Antoine Jamet

    Secretary-General of LVMH

Secretary

  • Jean Musitelli

    Jean Musitelli

    Former State Councillor

Treasurer

  • Pascal Cherki

    Pascal Cherki

    Former Member of Parliament and Paris Councilor

Directors

  • Jacques Audibert

    Jacques Audibert

    Secretary-General of Suez Group

  • Bertrand Badré

    Bertrand Badré

    Former World Bank CFO, CEO of Blue Like an Orange Sustainable Capital investment fund

  • Sylvie Bermann

    Sylvie Bermann

    French Ambassador – President of the Board of Directors of IHEDN

  • Irina Bokova

    Irina Bokova

    Former UNESCO Director-General

  • Anne-Laure Kiechel

    Anne-Laure Kiechel

    Founder and CEO of Global Sovereign Advisory

  • Julia Maris

    Julia Maris

    Executive Director of Defense and National Security BU Industry at ENGIE Solutions

  • Delphine O

    Delphine O

    Ambassador – Secretary-General of the 2020 Generation Equality Forum

  • Alain Richard

    Alain Richard

    Senator, Former Defense minister

  • Jean-Christophe Rufin

    Jean-Christophe Rufin

    Writer, doctor and diplomat and member of the Académie française

  • Frédéric de Saint-Sernin

    Frédéric de Saint-Sernin

    ACTED Director-General – Former Minister

  • Amina Sabeur

    Amina Sabeur

    Executive Director, French American Foundation France

  • Danielle Sallenave

    Danielle Sallenave

    Writer and member of the Académie française

  • Philippe Sueur

    Philippe Sueur

    Mayor of Enghien-les-Bains – First Vice President of the Val d’Oise Departmental Council

  • Marie-Pierre Vedrenne

    Marie-Pierre Vedrenne

    Member of the European Parliament, co-chair of the Renaissance delegation to the European Parliament

  • Hubert Védrine

    Hubert Védrine

    Former Minister of Foreign Affairs