Dorothée SCHMID
Domaines d'expertise :
- Turquie, politique étrangère, questions sociales
- Politiques européennes en Afrique du Nord et au Moyen-Orient
- Economie politique de la région
Spécialiste des questions méditerranéennes et turques, Dorothée Schmid est diplômée de Science-Po Paris, titulaire d’un troisième cycle en économie appliquée et docteur en Sciences politiques de l'Université Paris-II Panthéon-Sorbonne. Elle a rejoint de l'Ifri en 2002 après avoir travaillé en tant qu'analyste risques pays pour la banque Crédit Agricole-Indosuez et effectué des missions de conseil auprès d'institutions publiques (Commission européenne, ministère français de l'Économie, ministère des Affaires étrangères), ainsi que d'ONG (Cités-Unies France) et d'entreprises privées.
Ses premiers travaux ont porté sur les politiques européennes et françaises en Méditerranée et au Moyen-Orient, la conditionnalité politique de l’aide économique et les processus de démocratisation, l’équilibre centre/périphérie dans les configurations institutionnelles du pouvoir. Elle a créé en 2008 le Programme Turquie contemporaine de l’Ifri afin de suivre les transformations du régime turc et le renforcement de sa politique étrangère dans le voisinage et au-delà. Ses recherches actuelles portent sur la dynamique des réformes politiques au Moyen-Orient, l'avenir des États rentiers, les réorganisations post-conflit et la lutte d'influence entre puissances de la région.
Middle Eastern geopolitics is currently undergoing structural changes: the regional order is in transition in the aftermath of the Arab Spring that undermined authoritarian governance, and triggered the competition for power against a backdrop of American withdrawal.
The geopolitical shadow of the Gulf now extends far beyond the Middle East as a function the external dealings of Iran and the countries of the Arabian Peninsula.
In light of the current instability on Europe’s borders and uncertainties about the international role of the US under the administration of President Donald Trump, it is high time for Franco-German foreign policy initiatives. With the formation of a new German government, a window of...
The Arab Spring has shaken dysfunctional states that were built upon the recurrent use of violence.
Transatlantic differences over the future of the Iran nuclear deal – or the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) of July 2015 – are damaging a nuclear accord that all parties, except the United States, see as delivering on its purpose. They also increase the risk of Washington and...
France’s current presidential campaign has created an unprecedented situation fuelled by revelations and a total absence of restraint, but it has not truly taken account of the disruptions of the last year: Brexit, the attempted coup in Turkey, the election of Donald Trump, the recapturing of...
What will become of US foreign policy under Donald Trump? A selection of Ifri researchers has come together to offer their thoughts on this question. Our experts cover an array of topics through 14 contributions, ranging from the future Sino-American relations, through US engagement in the...
The Armenian Genocide has been a topic of trials and tribulations in American politics for quite some time. It has been an issue in Presidential campaigns, like that of now-President Obama: when he promised to recognize it. It has been the topic of votes, such as the most recent 2010...
In the Syrian refugee crisis enveloping Europe, Turkey has become the bottleneck toward which migrants are flowing into Europe, a factor increasingly important for Germany in particular. Relations have been strained, however, due to disputes over the possibility of lifting visa requirements.<...>
For Turks, the Treaty of Sèvres symbolises the dissolution of the empire and the carving up of Turkey by foreign powers.
Turkey has decided to suspend the opening of several French studies departments in its universities, in a context of bilateral tensions after the publication of a "manifesto against new anti-Semitism" last month, calling for the correction of some parts of the Quran. Dorothée Schmid, head of...
Turkey is looking to revive a fragile ceasefire in Aleppo, and the planned evacuation of civilians, which brokered with Russia. But why is Ankara, a staunch opponent of Damascus, interested in helping to create an outcome that would benefit President Assad? Amanda Morrow put the question to...
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s AKP suffered a stunning defeat in the latest parliamentary poll with the party losing its absolute majority for the first time in 13 years. The question now is whether it can hold on to power.
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