By Fabrice Balanche|2024-11-13T23:15:54+01:0013 November 2024|Analysis, Media, Middle-East|
DeFacto, November 13, 2024 On the global stage, Donald Trump’s key objective remains ensuring the United States retains its status as the preeminent world power in the 21st century. At the core of this vision [...]
By Fabrice Balanche|2024-09-26T06:58:11+02:0025 September 2024|Lebanon, Middle-East, Publication|
Fabrice Balanche, in Lebanon after the Cedar Revolution, Are Knudsen and Michael Kerr, 2012, London, Hurst, 323 p. The socio-economic dimensions of the Lebanese conflict have often been overlooked in favour of political and geopolitical readings [...]
By Fabrice Balanche|2024-07-31T12:12:09+02:0031 July 2024|Analysis, Lebanon, Middle-East, Near-East|
After Fouad Cheker, head of Hezbollah's armed operations, killed on July 30, 2024, it is now Ismaël Hanyeh, the leader of Hamas abroad, who was eliminated today, July 31, 2024, by Israel. The first was [...]
By Fabrice Balanche|2024-06-29T13:11:26+02:0029 June 2024|Events, Middle-East, Syria|
On June 26, 2024, I had the honor of receiving the geopolitical book prize for my latest work: Lessons from the Syrian crisis. Jean-Louis Bourlanges, the President of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the National [...]
By Fabrice Balanche|2024-05-25T22:13:39+02:0029 May 2024|Lebanon, Media, Syria|
Article published in L'Orient le Jour, 25 April 2024 by Jeanine Jalkh Fabrice Balanche, a lecturer at Lyon II University and expert on Syria, spoke to L’Orient-Le Jour about Syrian migrants in Lebanon, a topic explored in [...]
By Fabrice Balanche|2024-05-25T10:21:12+02:0025 May 2024|Analysis, Iraq, Kurdistan|
Drawing on his field-research and experience following the recent international symposium in Erbil: ‘Drought, and the Impact of Climate Change on the Political, Economic, and Demographic Situations of Iraq’, Fabrice Balanche presents his analysis of [...]
By Fabrice Balanche|2024-04-13T09:45:28+02:0017 April 2024|Analysis, Iraq, Middle-East|
The specialist in Iraq and Syria, Fabrice Balanche, author of “The lessons from the Syrian crisis” (2024), examines the political and security news in Iraq in view of recent events in an interview for the [...]
By Fabrice Balanche|2024-04-12T10:01:44+02:0012 April 2024|Analysis, Middle-East, Syria|
After the destruction of its consulate in Damascus, on April 1, Iran will retaliate against Israel. What will be the nature of Iranian retaliation? Iran does not want a direct confrontation against the Hebrew state [...]
By Fabrice Balanche|2024-04-02T23:08:01+02:002 April 2024|Events, Media, Syria|
Fabrice Balanche, author of “The lessons from the Syrian crisis” (Odile Jacob), was the guest of Vincent Roux in “Points de Vue” on Figaro Live, Monday April 1, 2024. Follow this twenty-minute video interview here [...]
By Fabrice Balanche|2024-03-29T13:02:39+01:0029 March 2024|Events, Media, Syria|
I am very proud to be honored with the Conflits Award 2024 for my last book: Lessons from the Syrian crisis, published by Odile Jacob, in March 2024. Conflits is in line with the French [...]
