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Jean-Loup
SAMAAN

Former Associate Research Fellow, Turkey/Middle East Program, Ifri

Research Areas:

  • Defense policies in the Middle East
  • Arab Gulf States
  • Israel/Defense and Foreign Policies
  • Lebanon/Hizbullah
  • United States/Middle East Policy, Indo-Pacific

Jean-Loup Samaan is a former associate research fellow at Ifri's programme on contemporary Turkey/Middle East Program.

He is a senior research fellow at the Middle East Institute of the National University of Singapore.

Prior to that, Jean-Loup Samaan was a policy analyst at the Directorate for Strategic Affairs of the French Ministry of Defense (2008-2011), research advisor at the NATO Defense College (2011-2016), and associate professor in strategic studies detached by the US Near East South Asia Center to the UAE National Defense College (2016-2021). He holds a PhD in political science from the University of Paris 1 (2009) and an accreditation to supervise research from Sciences Po (2017).

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Publications
Memos

Is Iran the Big Beneficiary of Chinese Foreign Policy in the Middle East?

06 June 2023

On March 10, the revelation of an agreement between Saudi Arabia and Iran brokered by China took Western observers and diplomats by surprise. Beijing's unprecedented intervention in the dispute between Riyadh and Teheran confirms its growing ambitions in the region.

Jean-Loup SAMAAN
Studies

China/United States: Europe off Balance

01 April 2023

As French President Emmanuel Macron (accompanied by Ursula von der Leyen) is on a state visit to China, some twenty Ifri researchers decipher the stakes of the U.S./China/Europe strategic triangle.

Thomas GOMART Marc HECKER Alain ANTIL Jérémy BACHELIER Marc-Antoine EYL-MAZZEGA Diana-Paula GHERASIM Marc JULIENNE Tatiana KASTOUÉVA-JEAN Éric-André MARTIN Laurence NARDON Françoise NICOLAS Céline PAJON Alice PANNIER Isabelle SAINT-MEZARD Jean-Loup SAMAAN John SEAMAN Élie TENENBAUM Mathilde VELLIET
Papers

Israel and China, a Test of Loyalty for the United States?

26 January 2023

Like the Gulf monarchies, Israel has strengthened its economic cooperation with China since Xi Jinping came to power in 2013, leading to an influx of Chinese capital, whether in Tel Aviv's high-tech sector or in Israel's port infrastructure. 

Jean-Loup SAMAAN
Memos

Qatar and the US-China Rivalry: The Dilemmas of a Gulf Monarchy

09 November 2021

Like its neighbors in the Arabian Peninsula, Qatar finds itself increasingly confronted with a difficult dilemma: while its economy is looking to the East, more specifically towards China, the security and stability of the country still depend on the United States.

Jean-Loup SAMAAN
Papers

The United Arab Emirates in Africa: The Partly Thwarted Ambitions of a New Regional Player

13 September 2021

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has long-standing ties with African countries, but the implementation of a genuine Africa policy dates back only about 15 years. 

Jean-Loup SAMAAN