Russian economy is now recovering from the 2008-2009 shock
Quick overlook on major economic aspects, Three aspects are creating some uncertainty for the near future...
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Quick overlook on major economic aspects, Three aspects are creating some uncertainty for the near future...
Geopolitical issues are now dominating the strategic thinking of the world’s great powers.
The place and role of Russia in the world of XXI century remains controversial discussion point among political scientists, economists, sociologists, and historians. What should seek the Russian state - to become a regional or global power...
Plusieurs auteurs ont montré comment tout un fonds archaïque de rapport au monde avait survécu dans la paysannerie russe jusqu'à une époque toute récente et comment certains «résidus» idéologiques témoignent de la prégnance de certaines représentations propres au monde russe.
Composante identitaire et élément d'influence culturelle mais aussi géopolitique, la langue russe constitue le socle fondateur de l'ethnogénèse du
Histoire géopolitique des origines à Poutine
Après l’effondrement du soviétisme, le plus vaste pays du monde est passé de la superpuissance à l’humiliation, avant de redevenir un acteur...
Indo-européens et Slaves
Élément constitutif de l'identité russe, l'orthodoxie est introduite à Kiev il y a plus d'un millénaire, quand le grand-prince Vladimir adopte le christianisme et impose en mai 988 à son peuple le baptême dans les eaux du Dniepr.
Le baptême de Vladimir en 988, le mariage d'Anne de Kiev avec Henri Ier de France en 1051 ou encore l'arrivée à Arkhangelsk...
Vu du côté russe, l'ouest a essentiellement été une menace voire, au mieux, une déception.
Le pays est au center des enjeux du XXIème siècle et de la "nouvelle Route de la soie" entre l'Orient et l'Occident.
Vladimir Poutine a hérité d’une Russie délabrée, endettée et acculée à ses frontières.
Геополитическая история от становления государства до времен Путина
Histoire géopolitique des origines à Poutine
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A French national and a multi-faceted banker, professor, and activist, Arnaud Leclercq currently serves as Non-Executive Chairman of an asset management firm in the Gulf. Formerly a Limited Partner and Executive Committee member of a Swiss private bank, he is also an author, investor, and professor of geopolitics. Beyond his professional career, he is deeply committed to preserving Breton heritage and defending the rights of rural landowners, while actively contributing to strategic foresight for the future of Brittany. He holds an MBA from HEC Paris, is an alumnus of Harvard Business School, and earned a degree in Private Law from Paris II University. A former student of the Paris Doctoral School of Geography, his PhD thesis (Paris I Sorbonne) was published in 2013 under the title "Russia, a Eurasian Power: A Geopolitical History from its Origins to Putin," which has since become a standard reference work. Since 2014, he has taught the Global Geopolitics course for the HEC Paris MBA, and his analyses are frequently sought after by the media.