Nicolas Badalassi is professor of Contemporary history in Sciences po Aix and director of the Mediterranean Center for Sociology, Political Science and History (MESOPOLHIS). He is a specialist of the Cold War in Europe and the Mediterranean. His publications include: France's Mediterranean Cold War. From Charles de Gaulle to François Mitterrand (Routledge, 2026); Histoire de la sécurité européenne depuis 1945. De la guerre froide à la guerre en Ukraine (Armand Colin, 2024); France, Germany, and Nuclear Deterrence : Quarrels and Convergences during the Cold War and Beyond, coedited with Frédéric Gloriant (Berghahn Books, 2022); Reconstructing Europe, 45 years after Yalta. The Charter of Paris (1990), coedited with Jean-Philippe Dumas (CTHS-MEAE, 2020) ; The CSCE and the End of the Cold War: Diplomacy, Societies and Human Rights, 1972-1990, coedited with Sarah B. Snyder (Berghahn Books, 2018) ; En finir avec la guerre froide. La France, l’Europe et le processus d’Helsinki, 1965-1975 (Presses Universitaires de Rennes, 2014).

Nicolas Badalassi