Inalco in the media
December 2025
Céline Bayou, lecturer and associate researcher at CREE (Centre de recherches Europes-Eurasie), spoke on:
- Europe says, December 23, DIRECT. War in Ukraine: massive Russian drone and missile attack overnight, Polish air force deployed and on alert
- La dépêche, December 23, ENTRETIEN. War in Ukraine: "Recalling certain red lines"... why Emmanuel Macron wants to renew dialogue with Vladimir Putin
Jean-Michel Butel, senior lecturer specializing in Japan, spoke on:
- Le Monde, December 23, "Mythes et légendes du Japon", a collection published by "Le Monde": diving into an ever-changing Japanese folklore
Nathalie Carré, lecturer in Swahili language and literature, spoke on:
- RFI, December 14, CHEMINS D'ÉCRITURE - "Kusadikika": un conte philosophique à la Voltaire sous la plume d'un grand romancier tanzanien
Michael Lucken, professor of History and History of Art, specialist in Japan, spoke on:
- Micro story blog, December 14, The Incredible Story of the Occupation of Japan
Mathieu Valette, professor of language sciences, member of the Equipe de recherche Textes, Informatiques et Multilinguisme (ERTIM), spoke on:
- France Culture, December 11, La Science, CQFD, Cognitive warfare: latest news from the front
Dilnur Reyhan, lecturer in Uyghur studies, spoke on:
- France Info, December 9, China: how to explain LFI MP Aurélien Taché's change of tune?
Maxime Audinet, Junior Professor at and holder of the "Stratégies d'influence" chair, spoke on:
- Scroll in, December 17, With RT India's channel launch, Russia expands 'West vs rest' information strategy
- Fréquence protestante, December 11, OSINT, LES DONNÉES AU SERVICE DE L'ENQUÊTE NUMÉRIQUE
- Libération, December 10, Alexandre Douguine sur France Culture, ou la porosité des médias français à la propagande russe
- Menafn, December 9, RT India: How The Kremlin Is Spreading Its 'West V The Rest' Narrative To A Global Audience
- The conversation, December 9, RT India: how the Kremlin is spreading its 'west v the rest' narrative to a global audience
Anna Leyloyan-Yekmalyan, senior lecturer in Russian and Caucasian art history, was quoted in:
- Armenews, December 9, From Notre-Dame de Paris to the monuments of Armenia: The challenge of conservation in the age of AI
Jana Vargovčíková, senior lecturer in political science, was quoted on:
- France Culture, December 17, "Les audiovisuels publics sur la sellette" - From Hungary to Slovakia, le pouvoir reprend le contrôle
- RFI, December 12, EUROPÉEN DE LA SEMAINE - Andrej Babis, the winning comeback of the "Czech Donald Trump
Taline Ter Minassian, professor specializing in Russian and Caucasian history, spoke on:
- Yahoo actualités, December 8, Syria: One year after the fall of Bashar al-Assad, why won't Russia let go of the ex-dictator?
- Msn, December 8, Syria: A year after the fall of Bashar al-Assad, why won't Russia let go of the ex-dictator?
- 1001 infos, December 8, Syria: One year after the fall of Bashar al-Assad, Russian support maintained.
Damien Simonneau, senior lecturer in political science, was quoted in:
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- Public sénat, December 9, West Bank: violence in the service of colonization
- Le collimateur, December 7, "Sicario" (2015) by Denis Villeneuve, by Damien Simonneau [In the Bunker #76]
Assen Slim, professor of international economics, economist, spoke on:
- Ouest France, December 5, In Bulgaria, massive protests force the government to withdraw its budget
Guibourg Delamotte, lecturer in political science in the Japanese Studies Department, spoke on:
- The dispatch, December 4, Japan and China Clash Over Taiwan
Julien Vercueil, professor of economics and Russia specialist, spoke on:
- Earth Press News, December 4, In India, Vladimir Putin's tour which shakes up the idea of an isolated Russia - L'Express
- L'Express, December 4, India, Vladimir Putin's tour shakes up the idea of an isolated Russia
Jean-François Huchet, professor specializing in the economy of China and comparative economic systems in Asia and president of Inalco, spoke on:
- Taiwan today, December 19, Academic exchange
- Taiwan infos, December 17, Taiwanese studies: agreement on a lecture series at Inalco
- RTI actualités, December 16, INALCO cooperates with the Taipei Office in France on a five-year lecture series
- France Culture, December 11, L'Invité(e) des Matins - How China won
- Le télégramme, December 3, Chinese industry: "The shock is getting more and more brutal"
Jean Radvanyi, professor emeritus of Russian geography, spoke on:
- La dépêche, December 2, War in Ukraine: peace agreement at last? "Everything will depend on alliances and pressure from both sides"
Marie Vrinat-Nikolov, professor of Bulgarian language and literature, spoke on:
- France Culture, December 2, Les Midis de Culture - Critique littérature : Avec "Le jardinier et la mort", Guéorgui Gospodinov signe un récit tendre et intime sur le père
L'Inalco was quoted in :
- Massispost, December 21, Commemorating 110th Anniversary of the Armenian Genocide - X
- Kassataya, December 21, Mauritanie - RÉPONSE À "LA MISE AU POINT" DE M. ELY OULD SNEÏBA / Par Gourmo Abdoul Lô
- Le courrier de l'Atlas, December 18, Teaching Arabic at school: the double language of the Education Nationale
- Le courrier de l'Atlas, December 18, TRIBUNE. Arabic, a poorly recognized French language
- Midi Madagasikara, December 9, 130 years of teaching Malagasy at Inalco: An international celebration in Paris
- All africa, December 9, Madagascar: 130 years of teaching Malagasy at Inalco - An international celebration in Paris
- L'étudiant, December 3, Parcoursup : exemple de lettre de motivation pour entrer en PASS/L.AS
- Inkorr, December 1, 12 prestigious universities of France joined the study of Ukraine: what does it mean
- Futuribles, December 1, Defending and promoting academic freedom
November 2025
November 2025
Belgheis Jafari Alavi, lecturer in Persian language and literature and translator, spoke on:
- Le point, November 30, "If we don't write poems, we die": the resistance of Afghan women poets in exile
Assen Slim, professor of international economics, economist, spoke on:
- Public sénat, November 23, Sens public - Shein : la France contre-attaque
Guibourg Delamotte, lecturer in political science at the Japanese Studies Department, spoke on:
- France Culture, November 19, Japan/China: should we fear rising tensions around Taiwan?
Michael Lucken, professor of History and Art History, specialist in Japan, spoke on:
- L'étincelle média, November 19, Japan: how Americans influenced the country
Joëlle Dalègre, emeritus lecturer specializing in the History and Civilization of Modern Greece, spoke on:
- SSB Crack news, November 19, Greece recovers financially, but austerity and discontent persist
- 1001 infos, November 18, At what price is Greece repaying France's billions?
- 20 minutes, November 18, A quel prix la Grèce rembours-t-elle les milliards prêtés par la France?
Enki Baptiste, lecturer in Arabic language and Islamology, spoke on:
- France Culture, November 18, Les Chantiers de la recherche, How do we document the history of Islam?
Taline Ter Minassian, professor specializing in the History of Russia and the Caucasus, spoke on:
- Conflits, November 17, Reprise des Noces: du "Palazzo Aguas Frescas" aux coulisses du Palais Garnier
Laetitia Bucaille, professor of political sociology and researcher at Cessma, spoke on:
- Libération, November 23, A Gaza, les retardes-dapplication-du-plan-de-paix-americain-donnent-les-moyens-au-hamas-de-reprendre-le-controle-20251123_XKFIABKH2NAPLAX2ZMQLBFDL4U/">A Gaza, les retardes-dapplication du plan de paix américain "donnent les moyens au Hamas de reprendre le contrôle"
- Médiapart, November 18, "If progress is being made in Gaza, it's because it will have been imposed from outside"
- France 24, November 14, Laetitia Bucaille: In the West Bank, "the objective is to make the Palestinians move"
Jean-François Huchet, professor specializing in the economy of China and comparative economic systems in Asia and president of Inalco, spoke on:
- Forbes, November 23, FACE DEEP CRISIS, CHINA BETS ON INNOVATION
- Thotis, November 15, France Universités: les enjeux des universités en 2026 - Parole d'Université
- France Inter, November 7, Le téléphone sonne - Is Made in France a success?
Michaël Levystone, PhD student at CREE, co-founder of the Observatoire de la Nouvelle Eurasie (ONE), spoke on:
- Observatoire Eurasie, November 24, The rehabilitation of Republic Day in Kazakhstan: a reform with a (geo)political subtext
- Observatoire Eurasie, November 17, Russia-Taiwan. Une relation par à-coups
- Diplomatie, novembre - décembre, Russie - Afghanistan : le saut en avant ?
L'Inalco was quoted in :
- L'étudiant, le 25 novembre, Parcoursup : exemple de lettre de motivation pour une licence LLCER
- Taiwan info, le 18 novembre, The Federation of Taiwanese Associations in Europe holds its annual meeting in Paris
- RTI, November 18, For its centenary, the Taipei Palace Museum presents the exhibition "Dragons" at the Musée du Quai Branly in Paris
- Unidivers, November 1, Comparative views: environments, changing air(e) Pôle des langues et civilisations de l'Inalco Paris
October 2025
October 2025
Assen Slim, professor of international economics, economist, spoke on:
- RFI, October 25, "Istanbul Bridge": maritime record on the China-Europe route
Jean-Philippe Eglinger, lecturer specializing in Vietnam's economy, spoke on:
- Nhân dan, on October 21, Succeeding in innovation in Vietnam: crossed views of Vietnamese experts in France
Jean Radvanyi, professor emeritus of Russian geography, spoke on:
- La dépêche, on October 21, DIRECT. War in Ukraine: frontline between Russians and Ukrainians must serve as "basis" for peace negotiations, says Zelensky
- Europe says, October 21, ENTRETIEN. War in Ukraine: with the Trump-Putin meeting in Budapest, "the American president wants to appear as the peacemaker"
Iryna Dmytrychyn, senior lecturer specializing in Ukraine, spoke on:
- France info, October 21, "On the ground" Monday, October 20, 2025: Zelensky, obstacle to peace or irreplaceable hero?
Laetitia Bucaille, professor of political sociology and researcher at Cessma, spoke on:
- Le Nouvel Obs, October 17, "Le Hamas veut montrer à la communauté internationale qu'il ne sera pas facile de compter sans lui"
- RFI, October 16, Débat du jour - Is the Middle East being redrawn?
Jean-François Huchet, professor specializing in the economics of China and comparative economic systems in Asia and president of Inalco, spoke on:
- RFI, October 30, Donald Trump-Xi Jinping meeting: "China has not given in to American pressure"
- France Info, October 30, Donald Trump-Xi Jinping meeting, RN text adopted by the French Assembly, multiplication of extreme weather events... franceinfo's Thursday, October 30, 2025
- AEF, October 30, Budget 2026: France Universités demands a "political leap forward" to "ensure that the planned reforms are fairly funded"
- France info, October 15, Academic freedoms: "Quand on attaque les universités c'est la démocratie qu'on attaque" warns the president of Inalco
Inalco was quoted in:
- khagne98800, October 24, Lenseignement de " LCK : " Langue et culture kanak " en Nouvelle-Calédonie : repérages
- AEF, October 21, Links with Israeli universities debated at France Universités congress on academic freedom
- L'étudiant, October 20, Master's degrees in business: for whom? with what outlets?
- Vietnam plus, October 19, Innovation in Vietnam must start with people and for people
- Vietnam illustré, October 17, France-Vietnam: strengthened cooperation to boost the innovation ecosystem
- Vitenam plus, October 17, Việt Nam và Pháp thúc đẩy hợp tác trong lĩnh vực đổi mới sáng tạo
- TTXVN, October 17, VIỆT NAM VÀ THẾ GIỚI
- Boa Tin tuc, October 17, Đổi mới sáng tạo ở Việt Nam cần bắt đầu từ con người và vì con người
- Arts and Culture, October 16, SÉRIE DE CRITIQUES AUTOMNALE
Jana Vargovcikova, lecturer in political science, spoke on:
- Le figaro, October 5, Czech Republic: Andrej Babis, the self-proclaimed "Trumpist" billionaire, widely ahead in parliamentary elections
Guibourg Delamotte, lecturer in political science in the Japanese Studies Department, spoke on:
- France 24, October 27, American President Donald Trump visits Japan: what's at stake?
- France 24, October 22, Japan: a new "Iron Lady"? Parlons-en avec Guibourg Delamotte et César Castellvi
- RFI, October 4, Japon: le parti au pouvoir élit son président appelé à remplacer le Premier ministre démissionnaire Shigeru Ishiba
Michaël Levystone, PhD student at CREE, co-founder of the Observatoire de la Nouvelle Eurasie (ONE), spoke on:
- Eurasianet, October 31, Breaking down the dynamics of Russian-Central Asian relations
- Gazeta, October 28, Что означает подписание Узбекистаном и ЕС Соглашения о расширенном партнёрстве и сотрудничестве
- RCF, October 27, Orient extrême - L'Asie centrale, un géant méconnu, with Michael Levystone
- RFI, October 9, Vladimir Putin in Tajikistan in an attempt to reassert Russian influence in Central Asia
Céline Bayou, lecturer, associate researcher at CREE (Centre de recherches Europes-Eurasie), spoke on:
- France culture, October 3, Retour de Serbie // La Baltique, un espace maritime stratégique
- France culture, October 3, Cultures monde - Table-ronde - La Baltique, un espace maritime stratégique
Françoise Robin, professor of Tibetan language and literature, spoke on:
- France culture, October 3, Tibetans of France: preserving one's soul in exile
Julien Vercueil, professor of economics and Russia specialist, spoke on:
- RFI, October 20, The freezing of Russian assets "allows Ukraine to have an additional breath of oxygen"
- Nouvel obs, October 13, How Russia gets around oil sanctions
- thanks to a thousand phantom ships
- Huffigton post, October 2, What is the "Russian phantom fleet", one of whose ships was detained off Saint-Nazaire?
- 20 minutes, October 2, War in Ukraine: "No war economy can last"... Could Russia have the means to open another front?
- RF1, October 1, Debate du jour - Russie: l'économie est-elle asphyxiée?
Michael Lucken, Professor of History and Art History, specialist in Japan, spoke on :
- Librairies ombres blanches, October 12, Michael Lucken → Les Occupants - Les Américains au Japon après la Seconde Guerre mondiale
- France inter, October 6, Tsutomu Yamaguchi's Two Suns
- La vie des idées, October 1, Japan's Transformation after 1945
Catherine Poujol, professor of Central Asian history and civilization, spoke on:
- Telos, October 1, Central Asia at a time of war in Ukraine
September 2025
September 2025
Françoise Robin, professor of Tibetan language and literature, spoke on:
- France culture, September 29, "Tibétains de France : préserver son âme en exil" - Episode 1/5 : L'âme du Tibet passe aussi par sa gastronomie
Guibourg Delamotte, Senior Lecturer in Political Science in the Department of Japanese Studies, spoke on:
- La presse, September 23, Why some countries don't recognize the Palestinian state
- Arte, September 20, Le dessous des cartes - Le Japon : un archipel en crise | Une leçon de géopolitique | ARTE
- Youtube Arte, September 20, Le dessous des cartes - Le Japon : un archipel en crise | Une leçon de géopolitique | ARTE
Leili Anvar, lecturer in Persian language and literature, spoke on:
Ilan Nguyên, Japanese language teacher, spoke on:
- Time, on September 17, Japanese animation, between global triumph and local concerns
Iryna Dmytrychyn, senior lecturer specializing in Ukraine, spoke on:
- Ukrainian Jewish Encounter, on September 25, Paul Robert Magocsi, L'Ukraine restituée: Souveraineté étatique et identité nationale, Inalco, Paris
- C dans l'air, September 16, Trump-Poutine : idylle... sans deal - C dans l'air - 16.08.2025
Chloé Froissart, professor of political science, political sociology of China and Hong Kong, spoke on:
- France culture, September 14, De Squeezie à TikTok, plongée dans les coulisses de l'influence
Hui-Yeon Kim, lecturer in Korean language and civilization, spoke on:
- France culture, on September 11, "Pax Americana, la paix selon Trump" - Episode 4/5: North Korea: le retour de flamme?
Jean-François Huchet, professor specializing in the economy of China and comparative economic systems in Asia and president of Inalco, spoke on:
- Presse toi à gauche, on September 9, China flaunts its power and poses as an alternative to America
L'Inalco was quoted in:
- Le parisien étudiant, on September 13, Free tour of Inalco's historic site - Heritage Days 2025
- World News, September 9, Comparative studies Latin America-China: specialized Master's degree
- AEF, September 8, In 2024-2025, France welcomed nearly 445,000 foreign students, 3% more than last year (Campus France)
- eVous, September 7, Heritage Days 2025 in Paris: The program in the 7th arrondissement
- Sortir à Paris, on September 2, HERITAGE DAYS 2025 IN PARIS: GUIDED VISITS AND CALLIGRAPHY WORKSHOPS AT INALCO
Michael Lucken, Professor of History and Art History, specialist in Japan, spoke on:
- Paroles d'Histoire, on September 14, 399. Occupied Japan, with Michael Lucken
- Podcast Paroles d'Histoire, September 8, 399. Occupied Japan, with Michael Lucken
- France culture, September 4, "Seconde Guerre mondiale, le Pacifique en guerre" - Épisode 4/4 : Japon vaincu, une occupation à la mode américaine
- La croix, September 4, When the United States occupied Japan from 1945 to 1952
Julien Vercueil, professor of economics and Russia specialist, spoke on:
- France culture, September 17, Are sanctions against Russia effective?
- TF1 info, September 2, Fossil fuels, cutting-edge technologies... Ces liens économiques qui unissent Pékin et Moscou
- Libération, September 1er, Between attacks on refineries and European sanctions, Russian oil under pressure