Gérard Chaliand

Gérard Chaliand (15 February 1934 – 20 August 2025) was a Belgian-born French poet, academic and historian. He was known for his works about warfare and military strategy in Asia, Africa, Latin America and the Middle East. Catherine Simon, « Arpenteur des guerres », Le Monde, 4 septembre 2009, . He was also a professor at Harvard University, University of California, Los Angeles and at the University of California, Berkeley.

Chaliand died at a hospital in Paris, France on 20 August 2025 from kidney failure at the age of 91.

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New York Review of Books 
Gérard Chaliand : « En Irak, l'insurrection armée montre sa terrible efficacité face à la meilleure armée du monde », April 2006 interview concerning the Iraqi insurgency 
Groupes mafieux et globalisation du crime  (video), conference of the Université de tous les savoirs
Belgian parliamentary study day on terrorism

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