By Fabrice Balanche|2026-01-18T07:55:47+01:0018 January 2026|Analysis, Kurdistan, Syria|
By Fabrice Balanche, published in Conflits, 17 January 2026. Important update This article was published on Saturday, January 17. The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) had reached an agreement with the Syrian army thanks to American [...]
By Fabrice Balanche|2025-11-09T18:04:59+01:009 November 2025|Analysis, Middle-East, Syria|
Despite a superficial semblance of restored order, Syria under Ahmad al-Sharaa’s leadership remains a precarious state, grappling with internal strife, foreign meddling, and Israeli pressure. Amidst the allure of renewed investment and political manoeuvring, the [...]
By Fabrice Balanche|2025-06-11T23:16:07+02:0011 June 2025|Analysis, Middle-East, Publication|
Despite the ongoing conflict in the Middle East, it is easy to overlook the impact of climate change. The regional conflicts are largely determined by classical geopolitics. However, it is important not to overlook the [...]
By Fabrice Balanche|2025-03-15T16:23:29+01:0015 March 2025|Communitarianism, Media, Syria|
The wave of sectarian violence that gripped Syria last week has marred the image of the country's new Islamist president, Ahmad al-Sharaa. Could the government have done more to prevent it? French academic Fabrice Balanche [...]
By Fabrice Balanche|2024-12-07T17:36:48+01:007 December 2024|Analysis, Maps, Syria|
The city of Homs is resisting the assault of the jihadists who are blocked by the defense line established on the northern ring road. To break it, they could use suicide bombers like in Aleppo. [...]
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|2024-04-02T23:08:01+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|2024-03-22T11:53:37+01:0022 March 2024|Media, Syria|
Original article from Le Figaro written by Charles Jaigu CHRONICLE – Geographer Fabrice Balanche offers a powerful analysis of the Syrian war. This excellent teacher of a confusing reality dismantles once and for all the faults [...]
By Fabrice Balanche|2024-03-22T10:10:02+01:0022 March 2024|Analysis, Media, Middle-East|
This month marks the 13th anniversary of the start of the Syrian conflict. French academic Fabrice Balanche says that across the Middle East the West is steadily losing ground to Russia, China and Iran as [...]
By Fabrice Balanche|2023-04-02T10:08:51+02:002 April 2023|Iraq, Kurdistan, Near-East, Publication, Syria|
Published on March 4, 2023 in Groupe d'Etudes Géopolitiques In November of 2022, Turkey bombed Kurdish forces in Syria and the PKK (Kurdistan Workers’ Party) in Northern Iraq in retaliation for the attack in Istanbul [...]
