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War of Influence

Raphaël Chauvancy: The ‘Social-fabric Wars’ threaten to dislocate French society

A senior officer in the Troupes de marine (French Marine Troops), Raphaël Chauvancy is a lecturer at the École de Guerre Économique (School of Economic Warfare). An expert in modern conflicts and a specialist in strategic influence, he published in February “Winning Without Violence: A Handbook of Influence and Information Warfare” (VA Editions). There he details the influence strategies used by hostile states to “manipulate perceptions” and “reshape realities” in a world undergoing profound change. An interview.

Exclusive Interview | Abdul Rahman al-Suwaidi: 35 years in the hell of the Muslim Brotherhood (2/5)

Abdul Rahman al-Suwaidi is a former Emirati Islamist leader. Repentant, he delivers here a relentless testimony about the 35 years he spent in the hell of the Muslim Brotherhood. In front of our cameras, he reveals, in a series of uncompromising interviews, the Brotherhood's best kept secrets, unmasks his double discourse and reveals the hearing of his hidden tentacles implanted throughout the world…

Exclusive Interview | Abdul Rahman al-Suwaidi: 35 years in the hell of the Muslim Brotherhood (1/5)

Abdul Rahman al-Suwaidi is a former Emirati Islamist leader. Repentant, he delivers here a relentless testimony about the 35 years he spent in the hell of the Muslim Brotherhood. In front of our cameras, he reveals, in a series of uncompromising interviews, the Brotherhood's best kept secrets, unmasks his double discourse and reveals the hearing of his hidden tentacles implanted throughout the world...

QatarCharityGate | Interview with Christian Chesnot and Georges Malbrunot

After having previously written two books about the less brilliant aspects of Qatari politics, entitled “Qatar, The Secrets of The Safe” (Michel Lafon, 2013) and “Our Very Dear Emirs” (Michel Lafon, 2016), Christian Chesnot and Georges Malbrunot return with a hard-hitting book entitled “Qatar Papers”.

Terrorism | Theo Padnos: Qatar used me to finance al-Qaeda!

American journalist and essayist, Theo Padnos was abducted and imprisoned for 22 months by the jihadists of the Al-Nusra Front, al-Qaeda’s affiliate in Syria. During his captivity, he was subjected to various forms of torture, including waterboarding, as made famous by the CIA’s “intense interrogations” carried out in Guantanamo, and gruesome staged scenes aimed at making him believe that he would be hung or buried alive. Yet he remained hopeful, convinced that he would be freed: as he understood Arabic,...