Death of Charles Saint-Prot, founder of the Observatoire d’études géopolitiques and defender of Morocco
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Maroc Diplomatique
Charles Saint-Prot, a French intellectual who founded the Observatoire d’études géopolitiques, has died. In a tribute published by Maroc Diplomatique, Hassan Alaoui praises a steadfast defender of Morocco, a specialist in the Middle East and the Maghreb, close to senior Moroccan officials.
Charles Saint-Prot, a French political scientist and geopolitician, founder of the Observatoire d’études géopolitiques, has died. Journalist Hassan Alaoui pays tribute to him in Maroc Diplomatique, where he describes him as a steadfast defender of Morocco, which he regarded as his "second land of predilection".
According to Hassan Alaoui, the Observatoire d’études géopolitiques made the Kingdom a privileged field of study and research. Charles Saint-Prot knew the Arab world in depth, notably Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, Egypt, Morocco and Tunisia, but had no ties with Algeria. He was decorated in 2017 with the Alaouite Wissam, as Officer of the Order of Arts and Letters.
Hassan Alaoui stresses that he leaves behind an abundant body of research. He also considers that Charles Saint-Prot embodied a category of thinkers who shaped the French view of the Middle East and the Maghreb.
