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 worked as the Central Africa project director for the International Crisis Group in Kenya (2010-15), taught security issues in Sub-Saharan Africa in the Institute for Political Studies in Paris (2013-19) and has been working for the French Institute of International Affairs since 2016.

He is presently the coordinator of the Central and Eastern 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.

Publications

Vircoulon, T. and Mwetaminwa, J. (2022). “A Sino-Congolese Scandal. Illegal Exploitation of Minerals and Forests by Chinese Companies in South Kivu“. French Institute of International Relations.

Vircoulon, T. and Lagrange, M-A. (2021). “Criminals or vigilantes? The Kuluna gangs of the Democratic Republic of Congo“. GI-TOC.

Vircoulon, T. (2020 & 2019). “The Arm Conflict Survey” (Central African Republic chapter). International Institute for Strategic Studies.

Vircoulon, T. (2020). “Ecosystem of armed groups in the Central African Republic“. French Institute of International Relations.

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

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

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

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