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
Analyses / Middle East / North Africa 2 February 2026 Major Defeat for the Kurdish National Movement in Syria Didier Billion Deputy Director, IRIS
Interviews / Latin American/Caribbean 30 January 2026 The Trump Doctrine in the Caribbean: Between Regional Reconfigurations and Island Vulnerabilities Alain Carton Associate Research Fellow at IRIS
