Christian Bouquet, Professor Emeritus of Political Geography at Bordeaux-Montaigne University

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Biography

Christian Bouquet started out as a teacher-researcher in Chad (1968-1979), where he did his doctoral thesis on the Lake Chad region. He continued his career at other African universities (Madagascar, Central African Republic), before being seconded to the French Ministry for Foreign Affairs (1984-2001) as a Cultural Advisor to the French embassies in Niger, the Comoros, Djibouti, Madagascar and Côte d’Ivoire.

He then returned to his university (Bordeaux-Montaigne), where he specialized in African political geography, including electoral and rural property issues.

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Opinion

Chad, what have you done with your oil revenue?

Crises & Conflicts

When President Idriss Déby died on April 19, 2021, most analysts talked about the effect this will have on the stability of Chad and the sub-region, suggesting there may be new wars due to the influence of the Chadian military. An influence that finds its source in oil money.

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Opinion

Solving the water-land-people equation in the Sahel

Conflict analysis in the Sahel must begin with a simple water-land-people calculation, for geographer Christian Bouquet. More and more people are living with less and less water on shrinking areas of arable land.

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Christian Bouquet

Professor Emeritus of Political Geography at Bordeaux-Montaigne University

Biography

ID4D Articles

Chad, what have you done with your oil revenue?

Solving the water-land-people equation in the Sahel

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