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'Unprecedented' security operation promised for Paris Olympic Games

24 July 2024
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The organisers of the Paris Olympics have promised an "unprecedented" security operation in the city ahead of the official start of the games later this week, and indeed the signs are everywhere in the heart of the French capital.

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Paris Olympics may face security contractor shortage

27 April 2024
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PARIS — Three months before an Olympics that presents unprecedented security challenges at a globally tense time, French officials are facing a potential shortfall of qualified private contractors to help protect the Games.

Radicalization prevention and judicial response to terrorism

02 June 2022
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An interview with Marc Hecker, Ifri's Director of Research and Communications.

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Paris attacks: Survivors hope for justice as France's biggest criminal trial in history begins

08 September 2021
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"Still now I have the images of the corpses next to my feet": Olivier Laplaud and his wife were in the Bataclan enjoying themselves amongst a crowd of 1,500 people when everything changed in an instant.

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France hopes deporting more alleged radicals will bring security

04 July 2021
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France has repatriated more than half the people it defined as radical Islamists living in the country without a residence permit since 2018. Now it wants to extend the penalty and deport even more.

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Army colonel sworn in as Mali president as tensions with Paris grow

07 June 2021
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Assimi Goïta vows to uphold republican regime and democracy in Mali.

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France Halts Joint Military Operations with Mali Over Coup

03 June 2021
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PARIS - France said Thursday it would suspend joint military operations with Malian forces after the West African country's second coup in nine months, adding to international pressure for the military junta to return civilians to positions of power.

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Jihadist Prisoners: The Fear of Recidivism

12 July 2018
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On July 16, Djamel Beghal is expected to be released from the Rennes-Vezin prison in the west of France. Beghal is a well-known figure in the European jihadist sphere. Born in Algeria in 1965, he settled in France in 1987. Ten years later, he moved to the United Kingdom with his French wife and their children. In November 2000, the family left for Afghanistan, a country then governed by the Taliban.

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Menace islamiste, loi martiale, ... que se passe-t-il aux Philippines?

24 May 2017
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Philippines' President wants to limit islamist groups' capacity after several attacks in the South of the country.

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Will Angela Merkel have to pursue a major policy shift?

30 December 2016
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What political future for the German Chancellor Angela Merkel after a year characterised by the New Years incident in Cologne and the attack in Berlin?

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The French Approach to Female Violent Extremist Offenders

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05 February 2024
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How are women jihadists prosecuted and sentenced in different European countries? What happens when they are incarcerated? What reintegration programs are in place for women formerly detained for terrorism-related offenses?

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Moving Towards the End of 20 Years of War on Terror?

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07 September 2021
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Twenty years after 9/11, the assessment of the “War on Terror” is mixed: heavy financial and human costs, weakening of Al-Qaeda central and the Islamic State in the Levant, but creation of affiliates in different locations, fatigue of endless wars, etc. 

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Once a Jihadist, Always a Jihadist? A Deradicalization Program Seen from the Inside

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01 February 2021
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France has traditionally taken a security-based approach to the fight against terror. It was a latecomer to the field of radicalization prevention and the establishment of disengagement programs aimed at jihadists. It only started to think seriously about the issue in 2013 and its first attempts involved certain irregularities.

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Quel avenir pour le djihadisme ? Al-Qaïda et Daech après le califat

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15 January 2019
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Despite a relative weakening since 2017, the international jihadist movement should continue to pose a genuine threat over the next decade.

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137 Shades of Terrorism. French Jihadists Before the Courts

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10 April 2018
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This study, based on original judicial sources, assesses the profiles of 137 individuals sentenced in France for cases related to jihadism.

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France vs. Jihadism: The Republic in a New Age of Terror

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30 January 2017
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This paper assesses the current state of the jihadist threat to France, as well as the French authorities’ security response. With the upcoming presidential election, 2017 will be a decisive year for the country. Terrorism will be at the heart of the campaign and ISIS will most likely try to strike again.

The Middle East that Awaits a New US Administration

Date de publication
09 June 2016
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Along with a history marked by intervention from external powers, the Middle East is now confronting conflicts which combine political, ethnic and religious dimensions. The United States can not withdraw its “leadership” in the area. Aside from the Syrian question, the next American administration will have to redefine the network of partnerships and alliances in the region and grapple with a multitude of problems, none of which have simple solutions.

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La Sentinelle égarée ? L’armée de Terre face au terrorisme

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09 June 2016
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The 2015 terror attacks in France and the ensuing activation by the Ministry of Defense of its homeland protection plan opened a new phase in the long history of the French Army’s involvement in internal security.

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Après Paris et San Bernardino, le terrorisme dans le débat américain

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10 December 2015
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Both the Paris attacks and the San Bernardino shooting reopened the wound of terrorism in the United States.  Although President Obama has not shifted his stance or his strategy on the issue, public opinion is worried and populist rhetoric is ever more present in the campaign for the 2016 election.

Obama at West Point

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10 June 2014
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President Obama presented the case for his foreign policy last week – again.  He addressed the cadet corps at West Point in what was billed as a comprehensive strategic statement for the balance of his tenure in office, and for America's future.  Obama's speech came just over a week after John Kerry issued his own call for America to take a large and active role in the world — urging Americans not to "allow a hangover from the excessive interventionism of the last decade to lead now to an excess of isolationism in this decade."  It set the pitch and tone for the President's address. [1]

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'Unprecedented' security operation promised for Paris Olympic Games

24 July 2024
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The organisers of the Paris Olympics have promised an "unprecedented" security operation in the city ahead of the official start of the games later this week, and indeed the signs are everywhere in the heart of the French capital.

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Paris Olympics may face security contractor shortage

27 April 2024
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PARIS — Three months before an Olympics that presents unprecedented security challenges at a globally tense time, French officials are facing a potential shortfall of qualified private contractors to help protect the Games.

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Paris attacks: Survivors hope for justice as France's biggest criminal trial in history begins

08 September 2021
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"Still now I have the images of the corpses next to my feet": Olivier Laplaud and his wife were in the Bataclan enjoying themselves amongst a crowd of 1,500 people when everything changed in an instant.

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France hopes deporting more alleged radicals will bring security

04 July 2021
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France has repatriated more than half the people it defined as radical Islamists living in the country without a residence permit since 2018. Now it wants to extend the penalty and deport even more.

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Army colonel sworn in as Mali president as tensions with Paris grow

07 June 2021
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Assimi Goïta vows to uphold republican regime and democracy in Mali.

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France Halts Joint Military Operations with Mali Over Coup

03 June 2021
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PARIS - France said Thursday it would suspend joint military operations with Malian forces after the West African country's second coup in nine months, adding to international pressure for the military junta to return civilians to positions of power.

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Jihadist Prisoners: The Fear of Recidivism

12 July 2018
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On July 16, Djamel Beghal is expected to be released from the Rennes-Vezin prison in the west of France. Beghal is a well-known figure in the European jihadist sphere. Born in Algeria in 1965, he settled in France in 1987. Ten years later, he moved to the United Kingdom with his French wife and their children. In November 2000, the family left for Afghanistan, a country then governed by the Taliban.

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Menace islamiste, loi martiale, ... que se passe-t-il aux Philippines?

24 May 2017
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Philippines' President wants to limit islamist groups' capacity after several attacks in the South of the country.

France wants to feel safe – whatever it takes. But what if it takes too much?

28 July 2016
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Opinion column published in "The Globe and Mail"

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China quiere aumentar su protagonismo en Oriente Próximo

18 January 2016
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Después de haber rehuido durante años implicarse en una región que considera un avispero, China quiere finalmente mostrarse como un participante más activo en Oriente Medio. La visita que el presidente chino, Xi Jinping, comienza este martes a Arabia Saudí, Irán y Egipto señala la creciente importancia que Pekín concede a la zona, tanto desde el punto de vista económico como de seguridad, y representa un paso más en su estrategia para presentarse como una alternativa al modelo estadounidense de potencia mundial.

Radicalization prevention and judicial response to terrorism

02 June 2022
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An interview with Marc Hecker, Ifri's Director of Research and Communications.

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