Draft:French Institute of Geopolitics

Origins
In 1976, geographer Yves Lacoste set about creating a French school of geopolitics, based on research in the humanities and social sciences, which completely dissociated itself from the nationalist geopolitics of the 19th century to become a genuine academic discipline.

Alongside a number of geographers, notably Béatrice Giblin, he founded the academic journal Hérodote and helped set up the Centre de recherches et d'analyses géopolitiques (CRAG) at Paris VIII in 1989, later renamed IFG Lab. It was the first organization in France to award doctorates in geopolitics.

In 2002, the university created the Institut français de géopolitique, which pioneered the geopolitics of the datasphere with the creation of the GEODE center[4], a multi-disciplinary research and training center dedicated to the study of the strategic and geopolitical challenges of the digital revolution[5]. The Institute has also been a forerunner in environmental geopolitics[6].

In 2022, the Géodote association was created, bringing together students, alumni and staff of the Institute[1].

Sites
Since its creation, the French Institute of Geopolitics has had its headquarters on the campus of the University of Paris VIII in Saint-Denis.

The Condorcet campus is also home to the Institute's research team working on the GEODE project, as well as students in the Cyberstrategie et terrain numérique (Cyberstrategy and Digital Terrain ) specialization and the Révolution numérique : enjeux stratégiques et géopolitiques (Digital Revolution: Strategic and Geopolitical Issues) associated university diploma, and in the Risques géopolitiques (Geopolitical Risks) specialization.

Teaching
The following training courses are offered:


 * Master mention geopolitics :
 * Master's degree in "local geopolitics and territorial governance"; (opened in 2000)
 * Specialized Master's degree[1] in "Geopolitics: territorial issues and power rivalries", with three tracks
 * 1- Cyberstrategy and digital terrain (opening in 2020);
 * 2- Major contemporary issues in diplomacy and defense (opening in 2022);
 * 3- Geopolitical risk management.
 * Bac+5 university diploma: "Digital revolution: strategic and geopolitical issues" (opening in 2021)
 * Doctorate in geopolitics

Fondator
Yves Lacoste

Directors
Four directors have headed the French Institute of Geopolitics since its creation in 2002:


 * 1) Béatrice Giblin (2002-2009)
 * 2) Barbara Loyer (2010-2018)
 * 3) Philippe Subra (2019-2022)
 * 4) Jérémy Robine (2022 - present)

Alumnis
Category:Organizations established in 1989 Category:Paris 8 University Vincennes-Saint-Denis Category:Research institutes of international relations
 * Frédéric Encel, geopolitical scientist
 * Cédric Lewandowski, EDF Group executive, chief of staff to French Minister of the Armed Forces Jean-Yves Le Drian
 * Virginie Raisson, director of the Laboratoire d'études prospectives et d'analyses cartographiques (LÉPAC), author of the TV program Le Dessous des cartes.
 * Sylvain Tesson, French writer and traveller[3]
 * Frank Tétart, editor of the program Le Dessous des cartes