Caroline Roussy

IRIS Research Director, Specialist in Modern African History

Caroline Roussy is the IRIS Research Director responsible for the Africa program.

Doctor of modern African history, her work focuses primarily on the issues of borders, territories, identity processes, and regional integration in West Africa.

Specializing in security issues, she managed the Sahel Observatory established by IRIS on behalf of the Ministry of Armed Forces (2021-2023).

French academician, political scientist, professor emeritus at the Institute of Political Studies of Paris

Marc Lazar

Analyst at Catholic University

Giorgia Perletta

Historical and strategic analyst

Gianandrea Gaiani

Writer, Journalist, Political Analyst

Martin Sieff

Professor at the London School of Economics

Robert H. Wade

Diplomat, former Italian Ambassador to Madrid, London, and Moscow