Subjects
Water, land, power in the Middle East and North Africa. International comparative approach on the land question. Geopolitics of the Mediterranean and the Middle East: power, conflict and territory.Keywords
Conflicts, powers, violence, wars, water, land.Biography
Doctor in geopolitics (HDR), Chief Engineer in Bridges, Water and Forestry and titular of a Master of Science, Pierre Blanc is a research professor in geopolitics.
His research and teachings in Bordeaux Sciences Agro and Sciences Po Bordeaux cover geopolitics, the geopolitics of the Middle East and the geopolitics of agrarian dynamics in this region. He is also visiting professor at Sciences Po Lyon, Saint Joseph University (Lebanon), Ciheam (Montpellier and Bari and Ena).
His four most recent books are: « Violence et politique au Moyen-Orient », presses de sciences po, 2014 ; « Proche-Orient, le pouvoir, la terre et l’eau », Presses de sciences po, 2012 ; « l’Atlas du Moyen-Orient, aux racines de la violence », Autrement, 2016 ; « L’Atlas des Palestiniens », Autrement, 2014
He is the editor of the international journal “Confluence Mediterranean” and director of “La Bibiothèque de l’Iremmo” (edition of the Institute for Research and Study on the Mediterranean and the Middle East).
Research unit and labs
LAM (Les Afriques dans le monde) Pierre BLANC – Chercheur.e.s et enseignant.e.s-chercheur.e.s – Les Afriques dans le monde (sciencespobordeaux.fr)