Professor Marc Finaud’s Publications on the Middle East & North Africa

2023

• “Why Saudi Arabia Cannot Win the Yemen War Despite its Military Superiority” (with Shruti Punia), Pressenza in English, 12 February 2023

2022

• “Iran’s Dangerous Brinkmanship on Nuclear Safeguards”, Iran Bulletin, Institute for Peace and Democracy, 20 June 2022
• “The Middle East is a Self-perpetuating Cycle of Conflicts and Arms Sales” with Shruti Punia, Responsible Statecraft, 7 February 2022

2021

• “Is There a New Chance for Arms Control in the Middle East?”, Arms Control Today, June 2021 (with Tony Robinson and Mona Saleh,)
• “USA, Iran, and the Nuclear Deal: What Role for the Other Parties?”, GCSP Article, 14 April 2021
• “Middle East: Is There Light at the End of the Long Corridor?”, with Mona Saleh and Tony Robinson, Pressenza, 16 Feb. 2021

2020

• “Regulating and Limiting the Proliferation of Armed Drones: Norms and Challenges”, GCSP Geneva Paper 25/20, 10 August 2020
• “How the Iran Nuclear Deal Can Be Saved”, with Bernd Kubbig and Heinz Gärtner, Responsible Statecraft, 5 March 2020

2019

• “Towards a Regional Approach to Missiles in the Middle East”, paper presented to the Nuclear Forum in Amman (Jordan), 7 November 2019
• “New Forms of Conflict and Arms Control in the Middle East: Return to the Future?”, GCSP Editorial, 24 July 2019

2018

• “Towards a Missile-Free Zone for the Middle East – Moving beyond the Nuclear Dimension of the JCPOA”, with Bernd W. Kubbig, POLICY FORUM No. 12, June 2018
• “Whither the Iran Nuclear Deal after the Trump Exit?”, GCSP Editorial, 16 May 2018.
• “Against All Odds – Decreasing the Saudi-Iranian Rivalry for Regional Hegemony through and in the Wake of the JCPOA: Obstacles and Opportunities”, with Bernd Kubbig and Ali Fathollah-Nejad, POLICY FORUM No. 9, March 2018

2017

• “A Building Block for a Middle East without WMD: An All-inclusive Nuclear-Test-Free Zone”, POLICY FORUM No. 6, October 2017
• “A UN Special Envoy to Manage the Middle East WMD-Free Zone Conference Process”, with Bernd Kubbig, POLICY FORUM No. 4, September 2017
• “Bridging the Most Fundamental Gap by Simultaneously Pursuing Disarmament and Regional Security”, with Bernd Kubbig, POLICY FORUM No. 3, September 2017

2016

• The Iran Nuclear Deal: Distrust and Verify – An Analytical Appraisal of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, Geneva Paper – Research Series no. 18, April 2016
• “20ème anniversaire du cessez-le-feu Israël-Liban : quand la France était active au Proche-Orient”, Revue Défense Nationale, n°767, avril 2016.

2015

• “The 1996 ‘Grapes of Wrath’ Ceasefire Understanding and the Israel-Lebanon Monitoring Group: A Model of Successful Negotiations in Conflict Management”, in Anat Kurz and Gilead Sher eds., Negotiating in Times of Conflict, Center of Applied Negotiation, Tel Aviv, September 2015
• “The Iran Deal: Achievement and Starting Point”, GCSP Editorial, 16 July 2015
• “Whither Israel after the Victory of Fear?”, GCSP Editorial,  27 March 2015
• “Holy War’ and the Killing of Innocents”, GCSP Editorial, 23 January 2015

2014

• “Conflict Mediation in the Middle East: Lessons from Egypt as a Mediator and Object of Mediation” (with M. Johannsen et al.), Peace Research Institute Frankfurt (PRIF), Policy Brief No. 36, August 2014
• “Gaza, Ukraine: Protecting Civilians Is a Sacred Duty“, GCSP Editorial, 25 July 2014
• “Vers un Moyen-Orient débarrassé des armes de destruction massive?”, Arrêtez la bombe, 4 janvier 2014

2013

• “A third way toward a WMD-free Middle East”, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, 18 December 2013
• “The Geneva Accord on Iran’s Nuclear Programme: Historic Chance or Historic Mistake?”, GCSP Editorial, 29 November 2013
• “The Geneva Agreement on Syria’s Chemical Disarmament: An Important Milestone“, GCSP Editorial, 17 September 2013
• “Modest Confidence- and Security-Building Measures for the Middle East: No-First Use Declarations, Transparency Measures, and Communication Structures“, with A. Péczeli, Peace Research Institute Frankfurt (PRIF), Policy Brief 21, July 2013

2012

• “A Middle East Free of Weapons of Mass Destruction: Deadlock or Opportunity?“, European Leadership Network, 7 Dec. 2012
• “Un Moyen-Orient exempt d’armes de destruction massive. Pour une approche globale et graduelle” in Annuaire français de relations internationales, La Documentation française, Paris, octobre 2012
• “The Conference for a Middle East Weapons of Mass Destruction Free Zone: A Synopsis of Engagement of International and Regional Organisations, and Civil Society“, with Ayman Khalil (ed.), GCSP Report, October 2012
• “Syria’s Chemical Weapons: Force of Law or Law of Force?“, GCSP Policy Paper2012/10
• “Un Iran nucléaire : comment éviter l’escalade?“, Revue Militaire Suisse, N°3 mai-juin 2012
• “Un Iran nucléaire : comment éviter la prophétie auto-réalisatrice?“, GCSP Policy Paper 2012/1

2011

• “The Israeli Social Movement: A Chance for Peace?” , GCSP Editorial, November 2011
• “A Middle East Free of Weapons of Mass Destruction: For a Comprehensive and Incremental Approach”, GCSP Policy PaperN° 18, July 2011

2010

• “Un Moyen-Orient sans armes de destruction massive : comment relever le défi ?“, Editorial, Observatoire de la Non-prolifération, CESIM, No. 52 (septembre 2010)
• “The Middle East without Weapons of Mass Destruction: How to Meet the Challenge?“, Editorial, The Non-Proliferation Monthly, Center for International Security and Arms Control Studies (CESIM), Issue 52 (September 2010)

2009

• “How to Increase Security in the Middle East by Promoting Adherence to Multilateral Disarmament and Non-Proliferation Instruments?“, GCSP Occasional Paper n° 51, September 2009

2003

• “The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: Is There a Way Out?” (under pseudonym of Marek Arnaud), in The Australian Journal of International Affairs 57, n°2 (July 2003): 243 – 251 (Carfax Publishing, Oxford)

2000

• Introduction to Wolfgang Freund, The Emergence of a New Mediterranean Culture: Maghreb, Mashriq, Israel, 1998 Symposium at Beersheva University (Peter Lang, Bern, 2000), ISBN: 978-3-631-35841-2

Selected Media Interviews and Citations

2023

• L’Opinion, “L’initiative d’autonomie au Sahara marocain, l’un des modèles les plus avancés dans le monde, selon Marc Finaud“, 15 July 2023
• Javad Herannia, “Marc Finaud: No Side in JCPOA Negotiations Wants to Appear as Making Unilateral Concessions“, Tahlil Bazar, 9 July 2023
• Tahlil Bazar, “Marc Finaud: Interim Agreement Should Pave the Way for Revival of JCPOA“, 9 May 2023
• Javad Heirannia, “Marc Finaud: Iran’s cooperation with IAEA basis for start of nuclear negotiations“, Tahlil Bazar (Tehran), 9 March 2023 
• Javad Heirannia, “Marc Finaud: Accesss to a limited agreement on the JCPOA is not easy“, Tahlil Bazar, 13 January 2023

2022

• Javad Heirannia, “Marc Finaud: Unlikely UNSC agree to new sanctions on Iran“, Tahlil Bazaar, 18 Nov. 2022
• MAP Express, “Des experts mettent en avant la pertinence du plan marocain d’autonomie“, 27 Oct. 2022
• Eva Thiébaud, “Course à l’atome au Proche-Orient“, Le Monde diplomatique, October 2022
• Eva Thiébaud, “Middle East’s Growing Nuclear Ambitions“, Le Monde diplomatique, October 2022
• Mohammed Alizadeh, “Israel’s Anti-Iranian Lobbying Backfires“, Jamejam Daily(Tehran), 15 September 2022 (in Persian)
• Javad Heirannia, “Marc Finaud: JCPOA must be revived without delay”, Tahlil Bazar, 6 May 2022
• Javad Heirannia, “Marc Finaud: The US Has a Strategic Interest in Return to Full Compliance by Iran with JCPOA”, Tahlil Bazaar, 3 May 2022
• Javad Heirannia, “Marc Finaud: Delisting the IRGC as a terrorist organization is a very sensitive issue in US domestic politics”,  Tahlil Bazaar, 9 April 2022
• Javad Heirannia, “Marc Finaud: Nuclear Deal Seems Imminent”, Tahlil Bazaar, 21 March 2022
• Javad Heirannia, “Marc Finaud: Qatar Agreed to Mediate between the US and Iran”, Tahlil Bazar, 31 January 2022
• Javad Heirannia, “Marc Finaud: Vienna Talks are really in the end-game phase”, Tahlil Bazar, 10 January 2022

2021

• Tahlil Bazar, “Marc Finaud: Germany is committed to a successful conclusion of the Vienna talks”, 14 December 2021
• Javad Heirannia, “Interview with Marc Finaud: ‘Nuclear Powers Lie about Nuclear Weapons Reduction – Nuclear Winter Could Kill 2 Billion People’”, Iran Book News Agency (IBNA), 1 December 2021 (in Persian)
• Javad Heirannia, “Marc Finaud: Possible to Include Step-by-Step Approach in Iran’s Final Deal”, Tahlil Bazar, 22 November 2021
• Javad Heirannia, “Marc Finaud: Effective Means of Reviving the JCPOA is Discreet Negotiations Outside Public Pressure”, Tahlil Bazar, 25 September 2021
• North Africa Post, “Seminar on Devolution of Judicial Powers in Autonomous Regions Held in New York”, 19 July 2021
• Tahlil Bazaar, “Marc Finaud: Neither the US or Iran is Ready for a Grand Bargain”, 5 July 2021
• Emirates Policy Center, “Experts in EPC’s Webinar: Iran Exploited Vienna Talks to Approach Nuclear Threshold”, 29 June 2021
• Javad Heirannia, “Remaining US Sanctions Would Be a Violation of the UN Security Council Iran Must Refer to the Joint Commission” (in Farsi), Tahlil Bazaar, 9 June 2021
• Tahlil Bazaar, “Marc Finaud: It is difficult to predict the outcome of the Vienna talks”, 15 May 2021
• Mohammed Shaikh, “Will Natanz Attack Trigger an Iran-Israel War, Derail Resurrection of 2015 Nuclear Deal?”, Money Control, 17 April 2021
• AFP for Times of India, “Iran Nuclear Site ‘Sabotaged’: What about the 2015 Accord?”, 14 April 2021
• UrduPoint/Sputnik News, “ANALYSIS – EU Can Play Crucial Role In Restoring JCPOA By Bringing US, Iran Together”, 21 Feb. 2021
• Javad Heirannia, “There is Alignment within the EU on the JCPOA”, Tahlil Bazaar, 7 Feb. 2021
• UrduPoint/Sputnik News, “Analysis: EU Capable of Making Iran, US Return to Full Compliance with JCPOA”, 4 Feb. 2021
• Emma Farge, “Iran, Turkey block rivals from joining U.N. disarmament talks”, Reuters, 19 Jan. 2021

2020

• Mehr News Agency, “Biden Likely to Follow Obama’s Approach towards Iran: Finaud”, 22 December 2020.
• Tahlil Bazaar, Former French Ministry Spokesman in Talks with Bazaar: There is no Need for Saudi Arabia to Enter the Negotiations”, 8 December 2020 (in Persian).
• Tehran Times, “Biden Will Follow Obama’s Legacy Towards Iran: ex-French Foreign Ministry Official”, November 2020
• Jamejam Daily, “Agency Inspections of Iran Should Be Based on Available Safeguards”, Tehran (25 October 2020) (in Persian) (unofficial translation in English)
• Mehr News Agency, “Whoever wins US Election, JCPOA Must Be Restored”, 28 September 2020
• Jamejam Daily, “Trump and Biden Have the Same Goal about Iran – Interview with Marc Finaud”, 7 August 2020
• Tahlil Bazaar, “The US claim that there is no embargo on humanitarian trade with Iran is false”, tahlilbazaar.com, 1 August 2020 (in farsi)
• ISCA News, “Trump Administration: Example of Isolationism, Unilateralism”, iscanews.ir, 28 June 2020
• Tehran Times, “IAEA vulnerable to members with political motives: former French diplomat”, 26 June 2020
• Mehr News Agency, “Dispute Resolution Mechanism of JCPOA is open “only” to current JCPOA parties: Finaud”, 2 May 2020
• Jamie Prentis, “Coronavirus: Iran’s hardliners entrenched by health crisis”, The National, 10 April 2020
• Jan Dirk Herbermann, “Neun Jahre Tod und Machtspiele in Syrien”, Frankfurter Runschau, 16 March 2020
• Tehran Times, “IAEA’s main weakness is relying on information provided by its members”, 11 March 2020
• MEAWW, “EXCLUSIVE: Donald Trump’s Middle East policy is erratic and disruptive, says former French diplomat Marc Finaud”, com, 3 March 2020
• Urdupoint, “Triggering JCPOA Dispute Mechanism Risky Step, Further Developments Depend on Iran”, 17 January 2020
• swissinfo, “L’accord sur le nucléaire iranien est-il mort?”, 10 January 2020
• Yahoo Actualités, “Tensions Iran-Etats-Unis : Que peut faire la France ?”, 9 January 2020
• Swissinfo, “Is Iran’s Nuclear Deal Dead?”, 8 January 2020
• VOA, “Vers une pause dans l’escalade après la riposte calibrée de Téhéran”, 8 January 2020 
• 24 Heures, “Pour l’instant, la stratégie de l’Iran sur le nucléaire n’a pas changé”, 6 January 2020

2019

• Tehran Times, “No Agreement among Permanent Members that Iran is not Complying with Resolution 2231, Finaud”, 8 December 2019.
• RTS Radio, « L’Iran affirme produire cinq kilos d’uranium enrichi par jour : interview de Marc Finaud », 5 November 2019
• Shuham Ghosh, “Exclusive: Donald Trump’s Middle East Policy is Erratic and Disruptive, Says Former French Diplomat Marc Finaud”, MEAWW.com, 17 October 2019
• Javad Heirannia, “INSTEX has Limited Scope: Finaud”, Tehran Times, 14 October 2019
• Tehran Times, “Cost of import of pharmaceutical in Iran has increased and reduced availability of medicine: Finaud“, 30 August 2019
• Portal Sud Maroc, “Séminaire à l’ONU sur l’autonomie territoriale comme moyen de règlement politique des conflits”, 2 July 2019
• Chloé Bernadaux, “Pourquoi Khamenei ne s’inspire-t-il pas de la stratégie de Kim Jong-un ?, L’Orient-Le Jour, 27 June 2019

2018

• Mehr News Agency, “Transatlantic differences justify European efforts to become more autonomous: Finaud”, 21 November 2018
• Johanne Kalsaas, “Security experts convene at Amman arms control conference”, Jordan Times, 15 November 2018
• RTS, “Comment les armes chimiques ont servi à Bachar El-Assad pour s’imposer”, 19 October 2018
• Tehran Times, “EU did not wait for Trump to start building its common security: Former diplomat”, 3 September 2018
• RTS, “Genève : des pays dénoncent la présidence syrienne de la Conférence du désarmement à l’ONU”, 29 May 2018
• Javad Heirannia, “EU Has Legal Tools to Protect its Companies from U.S. Sanctions: Former French Diplomat”, Tehran Times, 21 May 2018.
• Barbara Ciolli, “Nucleare, le bugie dette da Trump nel lasciare l’accordo con l’Iran”, Lettera 43, 10 May 2018
• Jessica Vial, “L’Iran a intérêt à montrer qu’il joue le jeu de la responsabilité internationale”, RTS Radio, 9 May 2018
• Radio Lac, “USA mettent fin à l’accord sur le nucléaire iranien”, 9 May 2018
• Alain Jourdan, “L’ONU va confier les clés de la Conférence du désarmement à la Syrie”, Tribune de Genève, 17 April 2018

2017

• Sputnik News, “Trump’s Decision on Iran Reflects Compromise between Doves and Hawks”, 16 October 2017
• Sputnik News, “US to Derail Existing Balance by ‘Decertifying’ Iranian Nuclear Deal”, 13 October 2017
• Sputnik International, “US Withdrawal from Iran Deal to Damage International Nuclear Non-Proliferation”, 22 Sept. 2017
• “Séminaire international sur le Sahara marocain, la régionalisation et l’autonomie au siège de l’ONU”, Atlas Info, 3 July 2017
• Atlas Info, “Sahara : L’autonomie est un moyen “parfaitement légitime” pour réaliser l’autodétermination (Marc Finaud)”, 4 July 2017

2015

• L’Opinion, “Le Maroc organise un séminaire international au siège de l’ONU : Rôle et responsabilités de la société civile dans les régions autonomes“, 3 June 2015
• Sean Nevins, “Time is Running out for Israel’s Special Place in America’s Heart“, Mint Press News, 3 April 2015
• Xinhua News Agency, “Spotlight: Iran Nuclear Talks Broaden Consensus”, 18 January 2015 

2014

• Voice of Russia, “Geneva-2: Difficult to Expect Conciliation between Syrian Delegations at this Stage”, 23 Jan. 2014

2013

• Euronews, “Iran Nuclear Talks near End in Geneva as Both Sides Stress ‘Major Differences’,” 26 November 2013

Videos and Podcasts

2022

• Vocal Europe, “Policy Debate: The Path Forward: Which Role for the EU in the Middle East WMD Free Zone Project?“, 30 December 2022 (1:16:07)
• Vocal Europe, “[Talking Geopolitics] With Marc Finaud on the EU Engagement in the Middle East WMD-free Zone“, 27 October 2022 (30’39)

2021

• Asharq News(Dubai), Interview: “Prospects for talks on the Iran Nuclear Deal”, , 13 October 2021 (12’49)
• Arshaq News(Dubai), “Iran enriches uranium up to 63%”, Interview, 12 May 2021
• Press TV (Iran) French, “Accord nucléaire : Téhéran réagit aux récentes positions « contreproductives » des USA et du Trio européen”, 1 March 2021 (from 2’12 to 3’39)  
• France 24, “Nucléaire iranien : le chef de l’AIEA visite Téhéran à la veille d’une échéance cruciale”, Interview, 20 Feb. 2021
• Arsharq News (Dubai), “Interview on Iran”, 6 Feb. 2021 (6’22) (In Arabic)

2020

• JameJam Daily, “Prospects of US-Iran Relations, Instagram, 29 Dec. 2020 (50’46)
• Asharq News (Dubai), “Interview on the Iran Nuclear Deal”, 11 December 2020 (from 1:18) (in Arabic)
• Press TV (Iran) French, “Interview”, 10 Oct. 2020
• Press TV (Iran) French, “Les Etats-Unis ont-ils peur des armes iraniennes ?”, 4 May 2020 (6’03’)
• GCSP, “Iran, COVID-19 and the JCPOA”, Webinar Series on “Global Crisis, Global Risk, Global Consequences”, 30 April 2020 (from 24:46 to 32:48)

2019

• Press TV (Iran) French, “La France est-elle en droit de demander à l’Iran de renoncer à son programme balistique ?”, 18 December 2019
• RTS, “L’Iran affirme produire désormais cinq kilos d’uranium enrichi par jour : interview de Marc Finaud”, Forum, 5 November 2019
• Press TV (Iran) French, “Coalition anti-iranienne, plan mort-né de Londres ?”, 29 July 2019

2018

• CGTN-français, “L’enjeu politique derrière les sanctions économiques“, 29 Aug 2018
• Phoenix TV (Hong Kong), “Interview about US sanctions against Iran, Russia, Europe, etc.”, 24 Aug 2018
• Anadolu Agency, “Ex-French diplomat slams Trump’s Turkey policy“, 16 Aug 2018
• CGTN-français, “Interview sur le retrait américain de l’accord sur l’Iran” (in French), 19 May 2018
• Phoenix TV (Hong Kong), “Interview on the Iran Nuclear Deal”, 10 May 2018
• RTS, “Armes chimiques, tolérance zéro“, Géopolitis, 6 May 2018 (in French).

2017

• Phoenix TV (Hong Kong),“Interview about the Gulf Diplomacy Crisis”, 7 June 2017

2011

• Universidad Francisco Marroquín (Guatemala), “The Middle East: Present Political Situation,” 10 March 2011