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2016

Denouncing the manipulations of the religious in geopolitical conflicts

Lecture by Georges Corm, professor at the Institute of Political Science of the Saint-Joseph University of Beirut, given during the first international congress of Pluriel in Lyon.

Conférence de Georges Corm, professeur à l’Institut de sciences politiques de l’Université Saint-Joseph de Beyrouth, donnée lors du premier congrès international de Pluriel à Lyon.

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Georges Corm

Professor at the Institute of Political Science, Saint Joseph University, Beirut, Lebanon.

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