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Jean-Pierre Filiu

Professor

Center for International Studies (CERI), Centre for History (CHSP)

Research Interest(s): The Middle East in international relations; Social movements and revolutionary dynamics; For the Palestinian question to the Syrian question

Discipline(s): History, Political Science

Subdiscipline(s): International Relations

Research Group(s): State, political regimes, mobilisations, International order, foreign policy, diplomacy

Geographical Area(s): Middle East, North Africa

Language(s): English, French, Arabic, Spanish

Biography

Jean-Pierre Filiu (Paris, 1961) is professor of Middle East Studies at Sciences Po (Paris) since 2006 and researcher at CERI since 2009. A historian and an Arabist, he has also held visiting professorships at the universities of Columbia (New York) and Georgetown (Washington). 

Prof. Filiu joined the French ministry of Foreign Affairs from 1988 to 2006, following humanitarian missions in Afghanistan (1986) and Lebanon (1983-84). During his diplomatic career, he was posted in Jordan, Syria, Tunisia and the USA, while also serving as diplomatic adviser to the minister of Interior (1990- 91), the minister of Defence (1991-93) and the Prime minister (2000-02). 

Hurst (London) and Oxford University Press (New York) published his Arab Revolution in 2011, Gaza, a History in 2014 (Palestine Book Award) and From Deep State to Islamic State in 2015, after University of California Press (Berkeley) had published in 2011 his award-winning Apocalypse in Islam

He also wrote the story of David B.’s graphic novel Best of enemies, a history of US and Middle East relations (Self Made Hero, London, three volumes, 2012-2018). His works about contemporary Islam and the Arab world have been translated in more than fifteen languages, including Arabic and Turkish. He also has since 2015 a weekly column on the website of the French daily Le Monde.

Current Research

The Middle East in international relations 
Social movements and revolutionary dynamics 
For the Palestinian question to the Syrian question

Teaching

Sciences Po
Le Monde arabe de 1798 à nos jours (master)
Introduction à l'histoire du Moyen-Orient (certificat professionnel en sciences sociales)
Conflicts and negotiations in the Middle East (master)
Introduction à la question palestinienne (college)

publications

  • Jean-Pierre Filiu. Un historien à Gaza. Les Arènes, 224 p., 2025, 979-10-375-1378-6. ⟨hal-05076663⟩
  • Jean-Pierre Filiu. Écritures plurielles de la recherche - Préambulles. Trois questions à Jean-Pierre Filiu. L'Année du Maghreb, 2024, 32, ⟨10.4000/1361a⟩. ⟨hal-04940870⟩
  • Jean-Pierre Filiu. Comment la Palestine fut perdue. Et pourquoi Israël n'a pas gagné. Seuil, 432 p., 2024, 9782021538335. ⟨hal-04441879⟩
  • Jean-Pierre Filiu. Le Moyen-Orient en 2050 : un essai de prospective. 2023, 59 p. ⟨hal-04416722⟩
  • Jean-Pierre Filiu. The Middle East: A Political History from 395 to the Present. Polity, 382 p., 2023, 9781509556007. ⟨hal-04230768⟩
  • Jean-Pierre Filiu. Vladimir Assad et Bachar Poutine. Politique internationale, 2023, n°179 (Printemps 2023). ⟨hal-04121213⟩
  • Jean-Pierre Filiu. Stupéfiant Moyen-Orient. Une histoire de drogue, de pouvoir et de société. Seuil, 224 p., 2023, 9782021496727. ⟨hal-03937884⟩
  • Jean-Pierre Filiu. The Middle East, History and Secularism. 2021. ⟨hal-03384110⟩
  • Jean-Pierre Filiu. Daech : affaibli mais pas mort. Trois questions à Jean-Pierre Filiu. 2021. ⟨hal-03366203⟩
  • Jean-Pierre Filiu. Le Milieu des mondes. Une histoire laïque du Moyen-Orient de 395 à nos jours. Editions Seuil, 384 p., 2021, 9782021420241. ⟨hal-03380934⟩
  • Jean-Pierre Filiu. Le Moyen-Orient à l'heure des accords d'Abraham. Politique internationale, 2021, 170 (hiver 2021). ⟨hal-03566453⟩
  • Jean-Pierre Filiu. العالم العربي بعد عشر سنوات من سقوط بن علي. 2021. ⟨hal-03385539⟩
  • Jean-Pierre Filiu, Bernard Ravenel. Révolutions, contre-révolutions : qu’en dit l’historien ?. Confluences Méditerranée , 2021, 2020/4 (115), pp.25 - 35. ⟨10.3917/come.115.0027⟩. ⟨hal-03397449⟩
  • Jean-Pierre Filiu. The Long and Troubled History of the French Republic and Islam. 2020. ⟨hal-03391903⟩
  • Jean-Pierre Filiu. Faire communauté. Ariel Colonomos; Gilles Favarel-Garrigues. Pour Fariba Adelkhah et Roland Marchal. Chercheurs en périls, Presses de Sciences Po, pp.49 - 54, 2020, 9782724626056. ⟨hal-03381018⟩
  • Jean-Pierre Filiu. Abdelfattah Sissi. Michel Duclos. Le monde des nouveaux autoritaires, Les Editions de l'Observatoire, 2019, 9791032908211. ⟨hal-03381047⟩
  • Jean-Pierre Filiu. Algérie, la nouvelle indépendance. Editions Seuil, 180 p., 2019, 9782021449945. ⟨hal-03381046⟩
  • Jean-Pierre Filiu. When the “Stability” Europeans Are Proud of, Fuels Insecurity in the Mediterranean. [Research Report] Institut européen de la Méditerranée. 2019, pp.88 - 88. ⟨hal-03457663⟩
  • Jean-Pierre Filiu. Main basse sur Israël. Éditions La Découverte, pp.224, 2019, Cahiers libres, 9782707199331. ⟨hal-03393808⟩
  • Jean-Pierre Filiu. Portrait of Abdel Fattah al-Sisi - President of the Arab Republic of Egypt. 2018. ⟨hal-03392775⟩
  • Jean-Pierre Filiu, Stéphane Lacroix. Entretien - Repenser les révolutions arabes au regard du « moment révolutionnaire ». 2018. ⟨hal-03392777⟩
  • Jean-Pierre Filiu. Modern Mamluks and Arab counter-revolution. Jean-Pierre Filiu; Stéphane Lacroix; Jean-Pierre Filiu. Revisiting the Arab Uprisings. The Politics of a Revolutionary Moment, Hurst Publishers, pp.77 - 91, 2018, 9781849048873. ⟨hal-03397982⟩
  • Stéphane Lacroix, Jean-Pierre Filiu. Revisiting the Arab Uprisings. Hurst & Company, pp.330, 2018, Comparative politics and international studies series, 9781849048873. ⟨hal-03393839⟩
  • Stéphane Lacroix, Jean-Pierre Filiu. Introduction - Taking the Arab transitions seriously. Stéphane Lacroix; Jean-Pierre Filiu; Stéphane Lacroix; Jean-Pierre Filiu. Revisiting the Arab Uprisings. The Politics of a Revolutionary Moment, Hurst Publishers, pp.1 - 8, 2018, 9781849048873. ⟨hal-03393837⟩
  • Jean-Pierre Filiu. Les Arabes, leur destin et le nôtre. La Découverte, 495, pp.269, 2018, La Découverte Poche, Essais, 9782348040719. ⟨hal-03385187⟩
  • Jean-Pierre Filiu. Portrait de Abdelfattah Sissi - Président de la République arabe d'Egypte. 2018. ⟨hal-03392820⟩
  • Jean-Pierre Filiu. Their Dirty Business. 2018. ⟨hal-03392827⟩
  • Jean-Pierre Filiu. Les réseaux djihadistes après la chute du pseudo-califat de Daech. IEMed Mediterranean Yearbook 2018, Institut européen de la Méditerranée, 2018. ⟨hal-03394043⟩
  • Jean-Pierre Filiu. Syrie : Monsieur Macron, la morale est une arme stratégique face à la barbarie. 2018. ⟨hal-03392861⟩
  • Jean-Pierre Filiu. Les apprentis-sorciers de la « realpolitik » au Moyen-Orient. 2018. ⟨hal-03392978⟩
  • Jean-Pierre Filiu. Généraux, gangsters et jihadistes. Histoire de la contre-révolution arabe. La Découverte, pp.310, 2018, Cahiers libres, 9782707197078. ⟨hal-01684202⟩
  • Jean-Pierre Filiu. Al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb and the Dilemmas of Jihadi Loyalty. Perspectives on Terrorism, 2017, 11 (6), pp.167 - 173. ⟨hal-03455370⟩
  • Jean-Pierre Filiu. No stability without liberty. 2017. ⟨hal-03392595⟩
  • Jean-Pierre Filiu. 1993 Washington - Une poignée de main pour la paix. Maurice Vaisse; Hervé Magro. Dans les archives secrètes du Quai d'Orsay, L'Iconoclaste, pp.378 - 379, 2017, 9791095438458. ⟨hal-03393459⟩
  • Jean-Pierre Filiu. Donald Trump et l'Orient compliqué. Politique internationale, 2017, 155. ⟨hal-03567601⟩
  • Jean-Pierre Filiu. Le miroir de Damas. Éditions La Découverte, pp.288, 2017, Cahiers libres, 9782707194091. ⟨hal-03398425⟩
  • Jean-Pierre Filiu. The French Veterans of Globalized Jihad. Institut européen de la Méditerranée (IEMed). IEMed Mediterranean Yearbook 2016, Institut européen de la Méditerranée, pp.42 - 45, 2017. ⟨hal-03458974⟩
  • Jean-Pierre Filiu. Les vétérans français du Djihad mondialisé. Institut européen de la Méditerranée (IEMed). Annuaire IEMed de la Méditerranée 2016, Institut européen de la Méditerranée, pp.45 - 49, 2017. ⟨hal-03393950⟩
  • Jean-Pierre Filiu. « Primavera », revolución y contrarrevolución. Awraq : revista de análisis y pensamiento sobre el mundo árabe e islámico contemporáneo, 2017, 15, pp.21 - 31. ⟨hal-03393538⟩
  • Jean-Pierre Filiu. L'occasion manquée du traité franco-syrien de 1936. 2017. ⟨hal-03392936⟩
  • Jean-Pierre Filiu. Why ISIL fights in Europe. 2016. ⟨hal-03392937⟩
  • Jean-Pierre Filiu. The French 'Iraqi Networks' of the 2000s: Matrix of the 2015 Terrorist Attacks?. Perspectives on Terrorism, 2016, 10 (6), pp.97-101. ⟨hal-03459110⟩
  • Jean-Pierre Filiu. Turkish Policy in Syria: What’s at stake for Europe?. 2016. ⟨hal-03392946⟩
  • Jean-Pierre Filiu, David Beauchard. Les meilleurs ennemis. Une histoire des relations entre les Etats-Unis et le Moyen-Orient (Tome 3). Futuropolis, 3, pp.96, 2016, Les meilleurs ennemis, 9782754817554. ⟨hal-03398589⟩
  • Jean-Pierre Filiu. Le jihadisme, une nouvelle religion de la terreur. 2016. ⟨hal-03392790⟩
  • Jean-Pierre Filiu. Les polices politiques face au défi de la contestation arabe. Bertrand Badie; Dominique Vidal. Qui gouverne le monde ? L'état du monde 2017, Éditions La Découverte, pp.231 - 236, 2016, 9782707190987. ⟨hal-03398653⟩
  • Jean-Pierre Filiu. Gazze Tarihi. Bilge Kültür Sanat, pp.384, 2016, 9786059241441. ⟨hal-03398428⟩
  • Jean-Pierre Filiu. Putin’s global war on terror. 2016. ⟨hal-03392944⟩
  • Jean-Pierre Filiu. L'inaction a parfois un coût bien pire que l'action. 2016. ⟨hal-03392792⟩
  • Jean-Pierre Filiu. Jihad et jihadisme dans l'islam contemporain. Guerre et religion, Éditions Hermann, pp.337 - 348, 2016, 9782705691585. ⟨hal-03459459⟩
  • Jean-Pierre Filiu. Historia Gazy. Éditions du Dialogue, pp.380, 2016, 9788380023178. ⟨hal-02180050⟩
  • Jean-Pierre Filiu. Operation Raqqa. 2015. ⟨hal-03392945⟩