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Thomas GOMART
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Thomas
GOMART

Director of Ifri

Research Areas:

  • International Relations
  • Geopolitical Risk
  • Post-Soviet Space
  • French Diplomacy
  • Energy Issues
  • Digital Governance
  • Geopolitics and Security

Thomas Gomart has been director of Ifri since 2015. He was a member of the editorial committee of the 2017 National Defence and Security Strategic Review, placed under the authority of the Minister for Armed Forces. Thomas Gomart is a member of the scientific council of Institut des hautes études de défense nationale (IHEDN) and of the editorial board of the journals: Politique étrangère, Revue des deux mondes and Études.

His current work focuses on Russia, digital governance, French foreign policy, geopolitical risk and think tanks.

He recently published L'Affolement du monde (Tallandier, 2019), Guerres invisibles (Tallandier, 2021) and Les Ambitions inavouées. Ce que préparent les grandes puissances (Tallandier, 2023). His latest book, "L’Accélération de l’histoire. Les nœuds géostratégiques d’un monde hors de contrôle", Editions Tallandier, was published in January 2024.

Thomas Gomart has a doctorate in the history of international relations (Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne) and is an EMBA graduate (HEC). He is knight of the National Order of Merit.

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The Nexus Between the Conflicts in the Mideast and Ukraine

05 June 2015

Two simultaneous conflicts in Europe and the Middle East have brought the international order into flux. Russia’s annexation of Crimea and destabilization of eastern Ukraine have deeply undermined European security. Meanwhile, the self-declared Islamic State’s proclamation of a caliphate in western Iraq and eastern Syria has unsettled the Middle East. While it may be tempting for foreign policymakers to consider "Syraq" and "Rukraine" as unrelated crises, the tensions in Eastern Europe have strong implications for the situation in the Middle East, and vice versa. Indeed one of the greatest challenges to global governance is the combination of an assertive and declining Russia, and a disintegrating Middle East.

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Thomas GOMART
Articles from Politique Etrangère

From Russia’s Grand Strategy to Limited War

01 June 2015

To implement the “grand strategy”, Moscow’s strongest card is the energy weapon. However, the fall in oil prices and the conflict in Ukraine have brought things sharply into perspective. The traditional military dimension of the army is currently resigned to waging “limited wars” in localized areas.

Thomas GOMART
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Russian Energy Security and Foreign Policy

10 May 2011
Thomas GOMART Adrian DELLECKER
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Europe in Russian Foreign Policy: Important but no Longer Pivotal

17 May 2010

It is now necessary to ask ourselves what place Europe holds in Russian foreign policy, given the recent developments in the latter. Indeed, Europe is by far Russia's most important partner. Nevertheless, Russia is developing a discourse of emerging state, in order to highlight the rapid loss of influence of Europeans in global affairs.

Thomas GOMART

NATO-Russia: Is the ‘Russian Question’ European?

01 December 2009

The proliferation of theaters (in Europe, the Caucasus, Central Asia, the Far East, the Middle East and the Arctic) and cross-cutting issues (proliferation, disarmament, energy, arms sales) demonstrate the overall importance of the NATO/Russia relationship.

Thomas GOMART
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Washington-Moscow: The New Order

05 June 2009
Thomas GOMART
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