Pascal Boniface

Geopolitical scientist, IRIS director
Pascal Boniface

French geopolitical scientist, founder and director of the Institute of International and Strategic Relations (IRIS), served on the UN Advisory Board on Disarmament, the Support Committee of the African Diplomatic Academy, and the High Council for International Cooperation. He was advisor to the Minister of Defense Jean-Pierre Chevènement. He is the author of more than 70 works on international relations and geopolitics. Recent works include The War in Ukraine, the Beginning of a Geopolitical Shock (2023). He runs the YouTube channel “Comprendre le monde”.


IRIS Research Director, Specialist in Modern African History

Caroline Roussy

General Director of Mosfilm Film Concern, film director, screenwriter, producer

Karen Shakhnazarov

Journalist, writer

Paolo Deganutti

Former Italian Ambassador to India and the Holy See

Daniele Mancini

Professor, University of Cape Town and Stellenbosch University, South Africa

Tim Murithi

Chairman of the Human Rights Committee under the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan

Igor Rogov