Christian Jouret

Former international civil servant. Has held diplomatic positions for France and the European Union. Abroad, he was mainly posted in the Gulf countries and in Jerusalem. Deputy Director of Orient XXI.

Focus 13 September 1993. Oslo, a Fools’ Bargain Christian Jouret · September 2023 The ‘Oslo process’ has been passed off as one which favours a peaceful settlement of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict; actually, it only benefited one side, Israel, the only ‘negotiator’ to gain any advantage in that fool’s bargain that constituted the different accords that followed the (...)
Paris-Washington, From Quarrels to Reconciliation Christian Jouret · March 2023 Differences between French and American diplomacy have always existed, with periods of tension or calm. It is this circuit between tumult and appeasement that was followed on the occasion of the American intervention in Iraq in 2003 — to which France was opposed, and then in 2005 when Syria (...)
Virus, Dance of Death and Social Control Christian Jouret · May 2020 Covid-19 is a godsend for the media, monopolising the news. But we seem to forget that there have been pandemics throughout history and that political regimes have always taken advantage of them to tighten their grip on society.
In times of the plague, smallpox, cholera, or Spanish flu, (...)
How Religious Beliefs Have Responded to the Challenge of Covid-19 Christian Jouret · April 2020 For several weeks now, many of us have wondered why certain religious groups, certain communities are reluctant to comply with the sanitary rules which a majority of the peoples of the world regard as indispensable to stop the spread of Covid-19. How can this be explained?
In the West, the (...)