Thierry Vircoulon

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Research Associate, French Institute of International Affairs

Thierry Vircoulon graduated from the French Public Management Institute (ENA) and the Institute for Political Studies in Paris. He holds a masters degree in Political Science from Sorbonne University.

He has previously worked for the French Foreign Ministry and the European Commission, notably in South Africa and the Democratic Republic of Congo.He worked as the Central Africa project director for the International Crisis Group in Kenya and has been teaching security issues in Sub-Saharan Africa in the Institute for Political Studies in Paris.

He is the coordinator of the Central and Southern Africa Observatory of the French Institute of International Affairs, is doing consultancy research for various organisations working in conflict zones (NGOs, donors) and is contributing to the global organised crime index.

Recent publications

The Arm Conflict Survey (Central African Republic chapter, 2019 & 2020) International Institute for Strategic Studies

Vircoulon, T. (2012) Pirates of the Guinean: How West Africa is replacing Somalia as the new pirate lair, Foreign Policy

Tournier, V., and Vircoulon, T. (2014) Gulf of Guinea, a regional solution to piracy? International Crisis Group

Vircoulon, T. (2011) Conflict Minerals, the Added Value of Europe International Crisis Group,

Vircoulon, T. (2014) Oil in Chad: the fragile state’s easy victory over international institutions International Crisis Group

Vircoulon, T. (2010) Time to Rethink the Kimberley Process: the Case of Zimbabwe International Crisis Group

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