A geopolitical expert whose academic research focused on Russia. Foreseeing in his analyses the dramatic shift triggered by the annexation of Crimea and the definitive break with the West, Arnaud Leclercq then ceased his public contributions on Russian themes to avoid any confusion with his professional activities at the time.
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Pour ce dernier sommet du G20 tenu sur fond de massacres en Syrie et relents de guerre froide, le dessert du jour est la nouvelle...
“The crisis we are witnessing in the Eurozone is not just about sovereign debt. I believe its roots run much deeper – in part, its nature is political, in part technological, and to some extent it is caused by systemic integration issues…
The latest news of the Cyprus paradise-island story are even worse than the worst expectations.
"La crise de l'euro est bien plus profonde qu'une simple crise de la dette. L'euro a été créé pour des raisons politiques et sans prendre en compte le niveau de technologie du pays...
Quick overlook on major economic aspects, Three aspects are creating some uncertainty for the near future...
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 peuple russe et, au-delà, le ciment qui a permis de rassembler au sein de l'empire des tsars, puis d
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.
Vu du côté russe, l'ouest a essentiellement été une menace voire, au mieux, une déception. Dès lors, pourquoi la Russie ne pencherait-elle pas clairement vers l'Asie ?
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.