Olivier Roy. The Guardian There is something new about the jihadi terrorist violence of the past two decades. Both terrorism and jihad have existed for many years, and forms of “globalised” terror – in which highly symbolic locations or innocent Read More …
Par Olivier ROY Publié dans Afghanistan-Info (Lausanne), avril 2017 Cela fait bientôt quarante ans: le coup d’état communiste d’avril 1978 a fait basculer l’Afghanistan dans une succession de guerres dont on ne voit pas la fin. Ce coup d’état bien Read More …
More than one year after the signing of the Libyan Political Accord (LPA) in Skhirat, implementation of the agreement is impeded by obstacles which now look insurmountable. Despite efforts by Western countries and the United Nations Support Mission in Libya Read More …
Pour Virignie Collombier, spécialiste de la Libye, les tribus ont joué localement un rôle positif, mais elles ne peuvent pas être la solution aux blocages politiques nationaux. Read the full article here.
By Luigi Narbone and Valeria Talbot, ISPI, 2015
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By Olivier Roy – The New York Times As President François Hollande of France has declared, the country is at war with the Islamic State. France considers the Islamist group, also known as ISIS, to be its greatest enemy today. It fights it Read More …
By Olivier Roy – Foreign Policy France is at war! Perhaps. But against whom or what? Last November, when the Islamic State staged the shootings that killed 130 in Paris, it did not send Syrians. A year ago, when al Read More …
