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Laetitia Meenen is a PhD researcher in Strategic, Political and Economic Geography at Sorbonne Université, under the supervision of Prof. Philippe Boulanger. Her doctoral research examines the reconfiguration of strategic relations between Russia and the Gulf monarchies, focussing on evolving security architectures, economic interdependence, and transregional network dynamics in a shifting global order.
She holds a Double Master’s degree from Sciences Po Paris and MGIMO in International Affairs, with prior academic training at the Freie Universität Berlin and the Vienna University of Economics and Business. Her academic background spans political science, international security studies, and political economy.
She served as a Junior Political Affairs Officer with the United Nations (OROLSI, DPO) in New York, working on conflict prevention and countering violent extremism in the Sahel region. She has also worked in energy geopolitics and security analysis at Securing Energy for Europe in Berlin and at the German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP), focusing on Arctic security dynamics.
Her research interests include geopolitical networks, energy security, and the strategic repositioning of global and regional powers in the Middle East and broader Eurasia. Laetitia is a Non-resident Fellow at the Middle East Institute of Switzerland (MEIS).
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