Publications
387 published articles
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GeopoliticsRussia: Influence Without Allegiance
Russia can lose markets, see its arms exports decline and still retain considerable power to shape world affairs. It can face opposition within a society while becoming indispensable to its leaders. It can inspire a government’s distrust while continuing to maintain its military equipment, supply its energy or participate in negotiations on which its security depends. This coexistence of vulnerability and influence is one of the defining characteristics of Russian power.
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PoliticsUnited States: Power at the Midpoint
With twelve days remaining before the midterm elections, the United States is preparing to renew its Congress amid economic tensions, political realignment, and international uncertainty. Donald Trump will not appear on the November 3 ballot. Yet the election will determine a substantial part of the conditions under which he can exercise power during the final two years of his presidency.
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GeopoliticsMorocco–Europe: The Border Becomes a Bargaining Instrument
Following the migration crisis in Ceuta, Rabat is preparing a new cooperation proposal with the European Union.
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Middle EastQatar: Power Without Territory
A glance at a map of the Persian Gulf is enough to reveal the paradox. A peninsula covering approximately 11,600 square kilometres, extending into the warm waters of the Gulf, bordered by Saudi Arabia and separated from Iran by a narrow maritime space.
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GeopoliticsEthiopia–Eritrea: The War Behind the Border
On October 9, 2026, Ethiopia brought an accusation before the United Nations Security Council whose consequences could extend far beyond the borders of the Horn of Africa.
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Trade & IndustryUnited States: The Arsenal Becomes an Industry Again
At Sparrows Point, near Baltimore, the ground still carries the memory of America’s former industrial power. For much of the twentieth century, this vast stretch of land on the Chesapeake Bay was one of the centers of gravity of U.S. steelmaking.
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Latin AmericaChile: The Transition Beneath the Surface
In the Atacama Desert, the energy transition takes a less intangible form than the speeches surrounding it suggest. Mines cut into the rock, evaporation ponds divide the salt flats, and solar installations spread across arid ground.
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PoliticsWestern Sahara: Washington Plans for the Post-Conflict Era
For more than three decades, international diplomacy has managed the Western Sahara conflict without finding a political settlement. The United Nations has maintained a mission on the ground, renewed its mandates, conducted successive consultations, and searched for a formula capable of reconciling fundamentally opposing positions.
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GeopoliticsEurope–China: Trade Under Scrutiny
On October 7, 2026, the German government decided that an apparently ordinary commercial transaction could no longer be assessed solely through market criteria. Berlin blocked Chinese state-owned shipping group COSCO from acquiring an 80% stake in Konrad Zippel, a company specializing in container transportation between ports and their hinterlands.
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CorporateSamsung: Memory Becomes an Industrial Rent
For decades, Samsung Electronics embodied a particular vision of Asian industrial power: producing at scale, mastering components, expanding across markets, and turning manufacturing discipline into global dominance.
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CorporateMorocco: The Private Networks of Sovereignty
From diplomatic normalization with Israel to Morocco’s emerging arms industry, the trajectory of businessman Yariv El Baz reveals a less visible dimension of economic power: the intermediaries, holding companies, and private capital that accompany the strategic decisions of states.
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PoliticsEurope: The Return of Contested Borders
It took only a map to revive a question Europe believed it had settled for good. In Germany, activists associated with Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) circulated a representation of the country's territory extending into Alsace, Moselle and several neighboring states.