Gérard Chaliand

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French political scientist and historian (1934-2025)

France AcademicsLived 1934 to 2025 · aged 91

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Gérard Chaliand was a Belgian-born French expert in geopolitics who published widely on irregular warfare and military strategy.

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2017Prix du Maréchal-Foch

2014prix du meilleur livre géopolitique

2007Vauban Prize

1991Castex Prize

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Jacques SapirAlso won Castex Prize

Sylvie BrunelAlso won prix du meilleur livre géopolitique Emmanuel de RichoufftzAlso won Vauban Prize

François HeisbourgAlso won Castex Prize Christophe GuilluyAlso won Vauban Prize

Pascal BonifaceAlso won Castex Prize

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Gérard Chaliand was a Belgian-born French expert in geopolitics who published widely on irregular warfare and military strategy. Chaliand's analyses of insurgencies in Asia, Africa, Latin America, and the Middle East, mostly based on his field experience with insurgent forces, have appeared in more than 20 books and in numerous newspaper articles.

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