Denis BAUCHARD
Senior Advisor for North Africa and the Middle East
Research Interests:
- North Africa
- The Middle East
Denis Bauchard has a long diplomatic career, which led him in particular to take an interest in the Arab world. He chaired the Arab World Institute in Paris (2002-2004). He was Ambassador of France to Canada (1998-2001) and to Jordan (1989-1993). He also served as Financial Counselor at the French Mission to the United Nations (1978-1981).
Denis Bauchard published and edited several books, notably Le nouveau monde arabe : enjeux et instabilités (with Abdellah Hammoudi and Rémy Leveau, André Versaille, 2012) and La démocratie est-elle soluble dans l’Islam ? (CNRS Science Po, 2007). He regularly writes in Le Monde, Politique Etrangère, Questions internationales, and RAMSES. Denis Bauchard is a graduate of the Paris Institute of Political Studies and the École nationale d’administration (National School of Administration).