Conference organized by the University of Toulon and the Mediterranean Foundation for Strategic Studies (FMES)
Thursday 19 January 2023 at 6.30pm
Faculty of Law • Auditorium 300
Toulon Campus – Porte d’Italie
Conference hosted by Pierre Razoux
Biography
Pierre Razoux is the academic and geopolitical director of the Mediterranean Foundation Institute for Strategic Studies (FMES)
Doctor qualified for direct research, Pierre RAZOUX directed the “Europe/Russia/Mediterranean/Middle East” sector at the Institute of Strategic Research of the Military School until his arrival at FMES. He previously headed the North Africa / Middle East program at the NATO Defense College, after serving in the Strategic Affairs Delegation of the Ministry of Defence. A former reviewer of the IHEDN’s 67th National Session, he has practical experience in the field, geopolitics and international negotiations. A recognized expert on the Middle East and the Mediterranean Basin, he teaches at Science Po, HEC, the Paris-Dauphine University, the War School and the NATO Defense College. He has sailed on several ships including aircraft carriers Charles de Gaulle. He is the author of several reference books (in particular Tsahal, The Iran-Iraq War, The Age of Aces) awarded several literary prizes. Designer of war gamesit has activated dedicated laboratories for the benefit of university and institutional subjects.
Presentation of the conference
The lines are shifting in the Middle East, suggesting major geopolitical shifts in 2023: Will the war in Ukraine continue to impact the region, and if so how? Can Russia improve its position in the Middle East? Will Turkish President Erdogan remain in power in Turkey in a year marked by crucial deadlines? Will the Gulf petromonarchies abandon the United States and turn more to China? Are we witnessing a new revolution in Iran? Will the Iranian clerical power, aware that it gambles for its own survival, be able to cross the nuclear threshold? What are the risks of a confrontation between Israel and Iran? Will Benjamin Netanyahu’s new ultra-religious government be able to survive or does it risk triggering a new Intifada that weakens Israel? Is the war in Syria hopeless? Can Iraq relapse into a new civil war? Will Jordan and Egypt remain stable?
