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Olivier Decottignies

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Olivier Decottignies, a French career diplomat, was a 2015-2016 diplomat in residence at The Washington Institute. From 2012 to 2015, he served as second counselor in the French Embassy in Iran, overseeing the nuclear portfolio and Iran’s regional policies. Before that, he served in the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Paris, where he worked on political-military issues, especially NATO and EU operations in Libya, the Balkans, and the Caucasus. He was deployed to Haiti as part of the early relief efforts following the 2010 earthquake.

Education

An alumnus of the École Normale Supérieure in Lyon, he holds a master’s degree in public affairs from Sciences Po Paris, a master’s degree in history from the Paris School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences (EHESS), and a bachelor degree in history from Sorbonne University.

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Recent Policy Analysis by Olivier Decottignies

Brief Analysis
Europe and the JCPOA
Jul 13, 2016
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  • Olivier Decottignies
TWI Series on the JCPOA at One Year
Jul 6, 2016
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  • James Jeffrey
  • Dennis Ross
  • Patrick Clawson
  • Anna Borshchevskaya
  • Matthew Levitt
  • Simon Henderson
  • Mehdi Khalaji
  • Olivier Decottignies
  • Katherine Bauer
  • Michael Herzog
Articles & Testimony
A European Crisis
May 9, 2016
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  • Olivier Decottignies
Articles & Testimony
The French Disconnection: Francophone Countries and Radicalization
Apr 12, 2016
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  • Olivier Decottignies
Brief Analysis
Terror in Europe: Combating Foreign Fighters and Homegrown Networks
Mar 31, 2016
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  • Matthew Levitt
  • Olivier Decottignies
  • Eric Rosand
Sailors aboard a Turkish Naval Forces warship - source: Reuters
Brief Analysis
Turkey's New Base in Qatar
Jan 11, 2016
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  • Olivier Decottignies
  • Soner Cagaptay
All Policy Analysis by Olivier Decottignies
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