Analyses / Asia-Pacific 12 February 2026 Japan: What Prime Minister Takaichi’s Victory in the Legislative Elections Tells Us Marianne Péron-Doise Senior Research Fellow, co-Head of the Asia-Pacific Programme, Director of the Indo-Pacific Geopolitical Observatory, IRIS
Analyses 11 February 2026 Russia–Ukraine: At the Agricultural Roots of a Global Upheaval Sébastien Abis Associate Research Fellow, IRIS
Interviews / Sport and Geopolitics 10 February 2026 Russia Back in Global Sport? Lukas Aubin Senior Research Fellow at IRIS, Head of the Sport and Geopolitics Programme
Notes / ARES Group - The Armament Industry European Research Group 10 February 2026 Public Acceptability and ESG vs. Defence Exceptionalism: The European Defence Industry at a Crossroads Sylvie Matelly Director, Institut Jacques Delors
Interviews / Asia-Pacific 9 February 2026 Eu–India: Questioning the Grey Areas of the Free Trade Agreement Charlotte Thomas Associate with IRIS’s Asia-Pacific programme and author of “Pogroms et ghetto, les musulmans dans l’Inde contemporaine”, Karthala, 2018
Notes / Europe, European Union, NATO 9 February 2026 X-ray (or post-mortem?) of Permanent Structured Cooperation and insights for European cooperation Maxime Cordet Research Fellow specialising in European defence issues
Interviews / Climate, Environment, Security 6 February 2026 Climate and Power in the South Pacific: Island States at the Heart of Strategic Rivalries Dorine Buchot Former Research Assistant at IRIS
Analyses / Energy and Raw Materials 4 February 2026 Holding On: Agriculture as the Backbone of an Unstable World Sébastien Abis Associate Research Fellow, IRIS
Interviews / Africa/s 3 February 2026 Mali, the Sahel: a “reclaimed sovereignty”? Francis Laloupo Associate Research Fellow, IRIS
