Dr. Gilles Dorronsoro

"Gilles Dorronsoro is a specialist on Afghanistan and one of the rising stars among French researchers on geopolitics." (from press release by Hudson Institute 1 December 2001)
Dr. Dorronsoro studied both political sciences and political sociology at the University of Paris. He was quickly appointed at the Ecole de Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales (EHESS) in Paris, the Centre de Recherches Administratives et Politiques. He is also a member of the editorial committee of "Cultures and Conflicts" and of "Central Asian Literature".
Gilles Dorronsoro teaches contemporary international issues and gives lectures on the analysis of contemporary conflicts at the Instituts d'Etudes Politiques of Paris, Lille and Rennes.
He has spent ten years of field research in Afghanistan, bringing to light the importance of important networks of solidarity within the country's inhabitants. He the author of the well-reviewed book, La Revolution afghane: des communistes aux taleban (2000).

(created 1 December 2001)