About
Bastien Alex is Head of the Climate-Energy Program at WWF France, in charge of climate change mitigation, adaptation and energy transition issues. An associate researcher at IRIS, he worked there for ten years, mainly on the geopolitical and security impacts of climate change.
Latest publication
African Security and Defence and the Challenge of Climate Change
- By Bastien Alex
- and Alexandre Taithe
In Revue Défense Nationale (2025/7 No 882)
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Defense stakeholders and climate change: A chronicle of a new strategic constraint in France and the United States
- By Bastien Alex
- and Adrien Estève
In Revue internationale et stratégique (2018/1 No 109)
Why Are Raw Materials a Strategic Issue?
- By Bastien Alex
- and Sylvie Matelly
In Revue internationale et stratégique (2011/4 No 84)
“Global injunctions need to be localised”: Envisioning a politics of nature
- Interview with Raphaël Larrère,
- Catherine Larrère,
- conducted by Bastien Alex,
- et al.
In Revue internationale et stratégique (2021/4 No 124)
Marine Geoengineering. From Climate to Geopolitical Risks
- By Bastien Alex
In Revue internationale et stratégique (2014/3 No 95)
Dutch Disease and Low Oil Prices: From Economic Bankruptcy to (geo)political Reshaping
- By Bastien Alex
- and Stéphane Tchung-Ming
In Revue internationale et stratégique (2016/4 No 104)
Securitization of the climate, climatization of defense: complementary dynamics?
- By Bastien Alex
In Les Champs de Mars (2020/2 N° 35)
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Articles
African Security and Defence and the Challenge of Climate Change
- By Bastien Alex
- and Alexandre Taithe
In Revue Défense Nationale (2025/7 No 882)
Intertwining peer perceptions and anxious knowledge
- By Bastien Alex
- and Céline Letailleur
In Rhizome (2024/2 N° 90-91)
Securitization of the climate, climatization of defense: complementary dynamics?
In Les Champs de Mars (2020/2 N° 35)
Introduction
From the Geopolitics of Nature to the Nature of Geopolitics
- By Bastien Alex
- and Olivier de France
In Revue internationale et stratégique (2021/4 No 124)
“Global injunctions need to be localised”: Envisioning a politics of nature
- Interview with Raphaël Larrère,
- Catherine Larrère,
- conducted by Bastien Alex,
- et al.
In Revue internationale et stratégique (2021/4 No 124)
Inventing a Geopolitics of Nature: “Ecological Questions Blow Open Our Very Idea of Space”
- By Bruno Latour,
- In conversation with Bastien Alex,
- Olivier de France,
- et al.
In Revue internationale et stratégique (2021/4 No 124)
Is environment a marker of Sino-American rivalry?
- By Bastien Alex
- and Julia Tasse
In Revue internationale et stratégique (2020/4 No 120)
“The decentralisation of energy policy is key in combatting climate change”
- By Claire Roumet,
- Interviewed by Bastien Alex,
- and Marc Verzeroli
In Revue internationale et stratégique (2018/1 No 109)
After the Paris Agreement, what directions for the planet’s future?
- By Pascal Canfin,
- Interviewed by Bastien Alex,
- and Alice Baillat
In Revue internationale et stratégique (2018/1 No 109)
Defense stakeholders and climate change: A chronicle of a new strategic constraint in France and the United States
- By Bastien Alex
- and Adrien Estève
In Revue internationale et stratégique (2018/1 No 109)
National interest and climate change: An ambivalent relation
In Revue internationale et stratégique (2017/1 No 105)
Dutch Disease and Low Oil Prices: From Economic Bankruptcy to (geo)political Reshaping
- By Bastien Alex
- and Stéphane Tchung-Ming
In Revue internationale et stratégique (2016/4 No 104)
Energy Independence and Withdrawal from the Middle East
America’s Ambitions and the Test of the Collapse of Oil Prices
- By Bastien Alex
- and Luca Baccarini
In Revue internationale et stratégique (2015/1 No 97)
Interview with Frédéric Cuvillier
In Revue internationale et stratégique (2014/3 No 95)
Marine Geoengineering. From Climate to Geopolitical Risks
In Revue internationale et stratégique (2014/3 No 95)
Climate of Doubt
The Weight of Uncertainties about Climate Change
In Revue internationale et stratégique (2014/2 No 94)
A Nearby Artist
- By François Morel,
- Robert Chaouad,
- Bastien Alex
- et al.
In Revue internationale et stratégique (2014/1 No 93)
International Climate Negotiations: Impasse or Awakening?
In Revue internationale et stratégique (2013/2 No 90)
Why Are Raw Materials a Strategic Issue?
- By Bastien Alex
- and Sylvie Matelly
In Revue internationale et stratégique (2011/4 No 84)