Dr. Michaël Tanchum
AIES Senior Advisor
Michaël Tanchum conducts research and analysis on strategic affairs in the Mediterranean and Middle East regions, with special interests in geopolitics, energy, maritime/naval affairs and security issues in the Mediterranean, the Red Sea-Gulf of Aden Corridor, and the Persian Gulf.
Primarily focused on the rivalries among the Saudi Arabia-UAE-Egypt, Turkey-Qatar, and Iran-led blocs, along with the roles of Russia and China, Dr. Tanchum assesses the strategic implications of newly emerging patterns of energy and commercial connectivity on the evolving security architectures of the Maghreb, the Mediterranean region, and the greater Middle East.
Within this strategic framework and combined with his training in Islamic studies, Dr. Tanchum also examines the impact of various Islamic political movements on current conflicts in the region.
Dr. Tanchum holds a Ph.D. from Harvard University and was a Fellow at Harvard's Olin Institute for Strategic Studies and its Weatherhead Center for International Affairs. He is also a non-resident affiliated scholar at the Centre for Strategic Studies (Başkent-SAM) at Başkent University, Ankara.
His articles have appeared in The New York Times, Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy, and several on-line policy journals. He has been a regular contributor to Turkish Policy Quarterly, Hürriyet Daily News, and other regional outlets.
Dr. Tanchum also teaches in the International Relations program of the University of Navarra, Pamplona, Spain.
Publications
Italy and Turkey‘s Europe-to-Africa Commercial Corridor
Michaël Tanchum: Italy and Turkey's Europe-to-Africa Commercial Corridor: Rome and Ankara's Geopolitical Symbiosis Is Creating a New Mediterranean Strategic Paradigm, AIES Fokus 10/2020
25.08.2020
Morocco‘s Africa-to-Europe Commercial Corridor
Michaël Tanchum: Morocco's Africa-to-Europe Commercial Corridor: Gatekeeper of an emerging trans-regional strategic architecture, AIES Fokus 8/2020
08.07.2020
The Middle East's Year of the Dragonbear
Michaël Tanchum: The Middle East's Year of the Dragonbear – The 2020 emergence of a Sino-Russian strategic architecture bridging Iran and its Arab Gulf Rivals, AIES Fokus 12/2019
19.12.2019
Turkey‘s String of Pearls
Michaël Tanchum: Turkey's String of Pearls: Turkey's Overseas Naval Installations Reconfigure the Security Architecture of Mediterranean-Red Sea Corridor, AIES Fokus 4/2019
21.05.2019
Activities
India's Arab-Mediterranean Corridor: A Paradigm Shift in Strategic Connectivity to Europe
By Michaël Tanchum / ISAS South Asia Scan
27.08.2021
Blue Homeland: the doctrine behind Turkey's Mediterranean claims
Statements by Dr. Michaël Tanchum / N-World
14.09.2020
Greece, Turkey signal willingness to talk about sea dispute
Statements by Dr. Michaël Tanchum / AP News
13.09.2020
Could Turkey become a gas benchmark for the Eastern Mediterranean?
Statements by Dr. Michaël Tanchum / TRT World
28.08.2020
NATO allies are facing off in the Eastern Mediterranean
Statements by Dr. Michaël Tanchum / CNN
26.08.2020
How Did the Eastern Mediterranean Become the Eye of a Geopolitical Storm?
By Dr. Michaël Tanchum / Foreign Policy
18.08.2020
Videos
Connectivity Geopolitics of the Mediterranean and Africa
AIES Director Velina Tchakarova speaks with Prof. Michaël Tanchum
29.06.2021
Europe’s Belt and Road corridors into Africa
With statements about the AIES and the publications of AIES Senior Associate Fellow Dr. Michaël Tanchum
19.02.2021