Lecturer
Deputy coordinator of the research team RAMI https://lerma.univ-amu.fr/recherche/equipes-et-projet/rami/
Member of the sub-unit OREMA https://orema.hypotheses.org/
Member of the transversal project HEPISTEA and coordinator of the International Relations section of the Dictionary of Studies of English and the English-speaking World: History and Epistemology https://hepistea.huma-num.fr/
Member of the editorial comite of the journal Transatlantica https://journals.openedition.org/transatlantica
Research
Political and economic history of the United States, 20th and 21st Century, Influence of domestic politics on foreign policy and defense (domestic brew), defense spending, defense policy, post-war
Education
- 2019, PhD, Aix-Marseille Université in English-speaking area studies (Full funding by the Institut des Amériques 2015-2018)
- Visiting Researcher, Georgetown School of Foreign Service, May 2016-August 2018
- 2015, MA, Research, English-speaking area studies, Aix-Marseille Université
- 2011, BA, dual degree History and French, University of Michigan
Research responsibilities
- Co-responsable RAMI program https://lerma.univ-amu.fr/recherche/equipes-et-projet/rami/
- Member editorial committee Transatlantica https://journals.openedition.org/transatlantica/
- Coordinator of the International Relations section of the online dictionary Hépistéa (History and Epistemology of Anglophone Studies) https://hepistea.huma-num.fr/
Teaching (2026/2027)
- History of US Foreign Policy, 1945-today (L3 LLCER)
- Political, economic and social history of the United States, 1933-today (L3 LLCER)
- The War on Terror and American Society (L2 LEA)
- Introduction to the study of the English-speaking world (L1 LEA)
- US political history (LANSAD perfectionnement)
Past Teaching
- US Foreign Economic Policy: Globalism Challenged (M1 LEA)
- Geopolitics of the Indo-Pacific (M1 LEA)
- Language and translation (M1 LEA)
- History and epistemology of English studies (M1 ECMA)
- Geopolitics of Australia (L3 LEA)
- US and UK Perspectives on European (de)construction (LANSAD perfectionnement)
- Advanced English (L1 LEA)
- Media Literacy (L1 LLCER)
- Methodology (L1 LLCER)
Teaching Responsibilities
- English electives (LANSAD, languages for students of other disciplines) coordinator
- Erasmus exchange tutor
- Incoming teaching assistant coordinator
Edited volumes and special issues of journals
Michael Stricof and Isabelle Vagnoux, eds. U.S. Leadership in a World of Uncertainties. London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2022. ISBN : 978-3-031-10259-2.
Luc Capdevila and Michael Stricof, coordinators. Defense and Internal Security in the Americas. IdeAs Idées d’Amériques 20 (octobre 2022). DOI : 10.4000/ideas.13205.
Peer-reviewed journal articles and book chapters
Michael Stricof, “US Military Interventions in Latin America from 1983-2015: Towards new post-Cold War Paradigms”. In Cléa Fortuné and Marie-Laure Mallet, Agrégation anglais 2024. Les États-Unis et l’Amérique latine, de Franklin D. Roosevelt à Barack Obama, 1933-2007. Paris: Ellipses, 2023.
Michael Stricof and Marjorie Galleli, “Haunted by the Lessons of ‘the Good War’: Post-Cold War Contestation of World War II Narratives”. In Linda Pillière and Karine Bigand, eds. Memory and Identity: Ghosts of the Past in the English-Speaking World. London: Routledge, 2023.
Isabelle Vagnoux and Michael Stricof, “Introduction” In Michael Stricof and Isabelle Vagnoux, eds. U.S. Leadership in a World of Uncertainties. London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2022.
Michael Stricof, “Defining Strategy and Maintaining Allies for Great Power Competition: Independent Leadership in the Department of Defense.” In Michael Stricof and Isabelle Vagnoux, eds. U.S. Leadership in a World of Uncertainties. London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2022.
Luc Capdevila and Michael Stricof, “Défense et sécurité intérieure dans les Amériques” (introduction). IdeAs Idées d’Amériques 20. DOI : 10.4000/ideas.13209.
Michael Stricof, “Representing Climate Change through the Lens of Environmental Security: Thirty Years of the Department of Defense Defining a Threat Multiplier and Military Resilience.” E-Rea 18, No. 2 (2021), https://doi.org/10.4000/erea.11609.
Emilia Le Seven and Michael Stricof, “Les institutions dans le parcours des jeunes chercheur•ses. Voix de jeunes chercheur•ses.” Transatlantica hors-série (October 2021). https://doi.org/10.4000/transatlantica.17489.
Michael Stricof, “Demobiliser ? La Reconversion de la défense aux États-Unis après la guerre froide.” Guerres mondiales et conflits contemporains, 2018/4 nº 271: 71-90, DOI: 10.3917/gmcc.271.0071.
Reviews
Michael Stricof, “Lawrence Aje and Claude Chastagner (eds.), Espaces de souveraineté dans les Amériques,” E-Rea 23, No. 1 (Fall 2025), DOI: 10.4000/15cj7.
Michael Stricof, “Olivier Burtin, A Nation of Veterans: War, Citizenship, and the Welfare State in Modern America,” IdeAs Idées d’Amériques 21 (Spring 2023), DOI: https://doi.org/10.4000/ideas.14946.
Michael Stricof, “Grant Madsen, Sovereign Soldiers: How the U.S. Military Transformed the Global Economy after World War II,” IdeAs Idées d’Amériques 16 (Fall 2020), DOI: https://doi.org/10.4000/ideas.9892.
Dictionary entries
Michael Stricof, “Programme Fulbright,” Dictionnaire des études anglophones en France : histoire et épistémologie, 10 November 2024, https://doi.org/10.71909/H6ZC-ZM84.
Michael Stricof, “Institut des Amériques”, Dictionnaire des études anglophones en France : histoire et épistémologie, 28 February 2024, https://doi.org/10.71909/GP21-VY69
Research Interview
Michael Stricof, “Managing Defense after History’s End: A Conversation with Robert F. Hale, Assistant Secretary of the Air Force during the Clinton administration.” IdeAs Idées d’Amériques 11 (Spring/Summer 2018). DOI: 10.4000/ideas.2915.
Academic blog publications (selection since 2018)
Michael Stricof, “Le nouveau ancien Department of War, ou le département de la Guerre culturelle,” OREMA, 25 September 2025, https://doi.org/10.58079/14rbd.
Michael Stricof and Isabelle Vagnoux, “Mapping the Indo-Pacific: US institutional visions,” OREMA, 17 March 2025, https://doi.org/10.58079/13hn7.
Michael Stricof, Isabelle Vagnoux and Matthew Graves, “What’s in a Name? Constructing the Indo-Pacific: Comparative Visions of Space from Australia, France, the United Kingdom and the United States,” OREMA, 21 January 2025, https://doi.org/10.58079/1340k.
Michael Stricof, “US Military Alliances in the Indo-Pacific: NATO in the Indo-Pacific?” OREMA, 12 July 2024, https://doi.org/10.58079/120f9.
Michael Stricof, “US Military Alliances in the Indo-Pacific: Towards a Democratic Alliance?” OREMA, 20 June 2024, https://doi.org/10.58079/11v7a.
Michael Stricof, “Guerre en Ukraine : le soutien américain incertain à l’approche des élections.” IRIS, 6 October 2023, https://www.iris-france.org/178787-guerre-en-ukraine-le-soutien-americain-incertain-a-lapproche-des-elections/.
Michael Stricof, “The War in Iraq: Decentered Perspectives from OREMA.” OREMA, 4 April 2023, https://doi.org/10.58079/skqu. And edition of the miniseries with publications by Mathew Graves, Annamaria Bianco, Kushboo Mangroo, and Isabelle Vagnoux, April-July 2023.
Michael Stricof, “Division du Congrès américain : quel impact sur la politique étrangère de Joe Biden ?” IRIS, 19 December 2022, https://www.iris-france.org/172389-division-du-congres-americain-quel-impact-sur-la-politique-etrangere-de-joe-biden/.
Michael Stricof, “Guerre en Ukraine : vers un revirement stratégique des États-Unis ?” IRIS, 22 March 2022, https://www.iris-france.org/166174-guerre-en-ukraine-vers-un-revirement-strategique-des-etats-unis/.
Michael Stricof, “American Foreign Policy and the Ukraine Crisis: Six Probable Consequences beyond the War.” OREMA, 8 March 2022, https://doi.org/10.58079/skqb.
Michael Stricof, “The War in Afghanistan Ends but US Strategy Has not Changed.” OREMA, 15 Septembre 2021, https://doi.org/10.58079/skq3.
Michael Stricof, “With Biden’s first foreign trip, indicators of US strategy show few surprises but some new tactics.” OREMA, 18 June 2021, https://doi.org/10.58079/skq0.
Michael Stricof, “Élections présidentielles aux États-Unis et Covid-19 : la question c’est la pandémie.” COVIDAM : la Covid-19 dans les Amériques, 19 November 2020, https://covidam.institutdesameriques.fr/elections-presidentielles-aux-etats-unis-et-covid-19-la-question-cest-la-pandemie/.
Michael Stricof, “La Continuité budgétaire et stratégique de la défense américaine.” OREMA, 17 June 2019, https://doi.org/10.58079/skp9.
Michael Stricof, “Thèse du réseau IdA : Les dividendes de la paix et la reconversion de la défense aux Etats-Unis après la Guerre Froide (1989-2001).” Institut des Amériques, 6 December 2018. http://institutdesameriques.fr/fr/content/these-du-reseau-ida-les-dividendes-de-la-paix-et-la-reconversion-de-la-defense-aux-etats.
Michael Stricof, “Mattis’ History Lesson: Allies Matter.” OREMA, 6 October 2018, https://doi.org/10.58079/skoz.
Conference organization (since 2019)
Member of the organizational committee, Annual Conference of the French Association of American Studies (AFEA), Power and Empowerment. Aix-Marseille Université: Aix-en-Provence, 21-24 May 2024.
Organizational assistance, one day conference Pratiques de l’interdisciplinarité dans l’anglistique : Les enjeux du décentrement. Program A Disciplines à l’épreuve du décentrement, LERMA Aix-Marseille Université. 22 October 2021.
One day conference US Leadership in a World in Crisis? OREMA/LERMA Aix-Marseille Université, with the support of the Institut des Amériques and the college of letters Aix-Marseille Université. 12 March 2021.
One day conference America First ? Les États-Unis et le monde sous l’administration Trump. OREMA/LERMA Aix-Marseille Université, with the support of the German Marshall Fund of the United States, Institut des Amériques and the college of letters Aix-Marseille Université. 22 March 2019.
Academic presentations (selection since 2019)
Michael Stricof. “L’Armée États-unienne en Indopacifique : cohérences structurelles face au choc Trump.” One Day Conference, La fin d’un modèle ? Journée d’études, Les répercussions du choc Trump en Asie-Pacifique, Paris 8, Sorbonne Nouvelle, ICP, Paris, 21 November 2025.
Michael Stricof. “Trump’s Foreign Policy: Mixing State and Personal Interests,” Testing U.S. Democracy in the Donald Trump Era workshop, Faculty of International and Political Studies, Jagiellonian University in Kraków, 22-23 September 2025.
Michael Stricof. “Defense Diplomatic Network Building: Combined Military Exercises from the North Atlantic to the Indo-Pacific,” Biannual New Diplomatic History Network Conference, Sciences Po Aix, Aix-en-Provence, 22 May 2025.
Michael Stricof. “Using democracy to build trust in US defense policy in the Indo-Pacific.” Defining the Democratic Stakes and Challenges in the Indo-Pacific, OREMA/DAIP, Aix-Marseille Université: Online, 7 March 2025.
Michael Stricof. “Indo-Pacifique : regards croisés entre les États-Unis et l’Amérique latine.” Perspectives Transaméricaines Seminar Series, Institut des Amériques: online, 10 December 2024.
Michael Stricof. “Democracy at Home and Abroad: Grand Strategy on the Ballot.” International Symposium, Les Élections Américaines de 2024: Trump/Harris, Enjeux et Perspectives d’une Improbable Campagne, ILCEA4, Université de Grenoble Alpes: Grenoble, 24-25 October 2024.
Michael Stricof. “From Intervention to Partnership: Testing Nontraditional Defense Roles and Missions in Latin America after the Cold War.” One day conference Washington and Latin America: Between Hegemony and Partnership. OREMA, Aix-Marseille Université: Aix-en-Provence, 19 January 2024.
Michael Stricof. “US Military Intervention in Latin America: Testing Grounds for New Defense Policies.” One day conference Agrégation. Université de Picardie – Jules Verne: Amiens, 9 December 2023.
Michael Stricof. “Alliances militaires américaines dans l’Indo-pacifique : vers une grande alliance démocratique ?” One day conference Organisations internationales, alliances et partenariats dans l’Indo-pacifique. La Rochelle Université: La Rochelle, 17 November 2023.
Michael Stricof. “IdeAs journal roundtable.” Institut des Amériques Biennal Conference. Université Lumière Lyon 2: Lyon, 15 June 2023.
Michael Stricof. “State Department Educational Exchange and the Promotion of American Studies in the Early Cold War.” One day conference Reimagining Diplomatic Models in the English-Speaking World. OREMA, Aix-Marseille Université: Aix-en-Provence, 7 April 2023.
Michael Stricof. “Seymour Melman’s Political Economy,” Litéco Seminar, Aix-Marseille Université: Aix-en-Provence, 13 January 2023.
Michael Stricof. “The Military Exception to the Crisis of Legitimacy: History and Consequences.” Annual Conference of the Association Française d’Études Américaines. Bordeaux, 1 June 2022.
Discussant, AFEA Doctoral Session. Lucas Hellemeier (John F. Kennedy Institute, Freie Universität Berlin), “Defense Industrial Globalization and US Hegemonic Strategy.” Annual Conference of the Association Française d’Études Américaines. Bordeaux, 31 May 2022.
Round Table “synthèse et conclusion,” one day conference Pratiques de l’interdisciplinarité dans l’anglistique : Les enjeux du décentrement. Aix-Marseille Université: Aix-en-Provence, 22 October 2021.
Michael Stricof. “La Politique étrangère post-diplomatie : Comprendre le tournant militaire américain de l’après-guerre froide sous l’administration Trump et après.” Annual Conference of the Association Française d’Études Américaines, Lille (videoconference-covid), 26 May 2021.
Michael Stricof. “Environmental and Economic Renewal of Military Spaces in the post-Cold War United States.” Biannual Conference of the European Association of American Studies, Warsaw University, Warsaw (videoconference-covid), 30 April 2021.
Michael Stricof. “Le département de la Défense : une source indépendante de leadership ?” One day conference, Le leadership des États-Unis dans un monde en crise : quelles réalités ? Aix-Marseille Université, Aix-en-Provence (videoconference), 12 mars 2021.
Michael Stricof. “Between Foreign Policy and Economics: Evolving Conceptions of the Impact of American Defense Spending on Economic Growth.” Annual one day conference of the Laboratoire d’Études et de Recherche sur le Monde Anglophone, Les études anglophones et l’interdisciplinarité. Aix-Marseille Université: Aix-en-Provence, 7 October 2019.
Michael Stricof. “Civilians for Defense Infrastructure: BRAC and the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard.” Society for Military History annual meeting, Soldiers and Civilians in the Cauldron of War. Ohio State University: Columbus, Ohio, 10 May 2019.
Michael Stricof. “Le Département de la Defense de l’administration Trump.” One day conference, America First ? Les États-Unis et le monde sous l’administration Trump. Aix-Marseille Université: Aix-en-Provence, 22 March 2019.
Media interviews (since 2023)
Michael Stricof. Interview by Augustin Arrivé for Franceinfo Radio. Nightly News 17:00-20:00, on the war in Iran, the Deployment of the USS George H.W. Bush and fractures in the MAGA coalition. 24 April 2026.
Michael Stricof. Interview by Benjamin Recouvreur for Franceinfo Radio. Nightly News 17:00-20:00, on the war in Iran, American capacities and the most recent Trump ultimatum. 7 April 2026.
Michael Stricof. Interview by Jules de Kiss for Franceinfo Radio. Nightly News 17:00-20:00, on the war in Iran and the US defense budget. 20 March 2026.
Michael Stricof. Interview by Mathilde Durand for 20 Minutes. “Colombie, Mexique, Cuba… Après Maduro au Venezuela, quel dirigeant sud-américain pourrait-être visé par Trump ?” 5 January 2026, https://www.20minutes.fr/monde/etats-unis/4194398-20260105-colombie-mexique-cuba-apres-maduro-venezuela-dirigeant-sud-americain-pourrait-etre-vise-trump.
Michael Stricof. Interview by Maëlane Loaëc for TF1Info, « “Sa stratégie le rend faible” : Donald Trump a-t-il vraiment tiré son épingle du jeu sur l’Ukraine ? » 19 August 2025, https://www.tf1info.fr/international/sa-strategie-le-rend-faible-donald-trump-a-t-il-vraiment-tire-son-epingle-du-jeu-sur-l-ukraine-2389604.html.
Michael Stricof. Interview for FranceInfo Radio, Nightly News 17:00 – 20:00, Special Edition, Zelenskyy at the White House, 18 August 2025.
Michael Stricof. Interview by Maëlane Loaëc for TF1Info, “Ukraine : de la complaisance au ‘choc de la réalité’, la relation entre Trump et Poutine a-t-elle déjà basculé ?” 19 May 2025. https://www.tf1info.fr/international/guerre-en-ukraine-de-la-complaisance-au-choc-de-la-realite-la-relation-entre-donald-trump-et-vladimir-poutine-a-t-elle-deja-bascule-2371711.html
Michael Stricof. Interview by Zoé Samin for TF1Info, “‘Il veut être la figure de la paix’: Trump peut-il contraindre Poutine à accepter le cessez-le-feu ?” 18 March 2025. https://www.tf1info.fr/international/guerre-russie-ukraine-il-veut-etre-la-figure-de-la-paix-donald-trump-peut-il-contraindre-vladimir-poutine-a-accepter-le-cessez-le-feu-2360016.html
Michael Stricof. Interview by Maëlane Loaëc for TF1Info, “‘À ses yeux, il n’y a pas d’alliés, que des clients’ : Trump tord-il le bras à Kiev sur l’accord sur les minerais ?” 26 February 2025. https://www.tf1info.fr/international/guerre-ukraine-russie-a-ses-yeux-il-n-y-a-pas-d-allies-que-des-clients-trump-tord-il-le-bras-a-kiev-sur-l-accord-sur-les-minerais-2356358.html
Michael Stricof. Interview by Maëlane Loaëc for TF1Info, « Rencontre Macron-Trump : derrière la complicité affichée, un fossé toujours bien réel ? » 25 February 2025. https://www.tf1info.fr/international/rencontre-macron-trump-derriere-la-complicite-affichee-un-fosse-toujours-bien-reel-2356148.html.
Michael Stricof, Interview for Franceinfo Radio, “Franceinfo Soir (18h-20h) : Edition spéciale ; Emmanuel Macron à la Maison Blanche,” 24 February 2025.
Michael Stricof. Interview by Maëlane Loaëc for Le Parisien. “Guerre en Ukraine : la course contre-la-montre des démocrates pour débloquer les dernières aides avant l’arrivée de Trump.” 13 December 2024. https://www.leparisien.fr/international/etats-unis/guerre-en-ukraine-la-course-contre-la-montre-des-democrates-pour-debloquer-les-dernieres-aides-avant-larrivee-de-trump-13-12-2024-757MPLGRMJBENJTOZTPGTLGLHU.php.
Michael Stricof. Interview by Maureen Suignard for Franceinfo Radio, “Le fait du jour”. 13 November 2024
Michael Stricof. Interview by Jules de Kiss for Franceinfo Radio. Afternoon News, 3-6. 6 November 2024,
Michael Stricof. Interview by Samuel Ravier-Regnat for Libération. “Présidentielle aux Etats-Unis : « Payer pour que le Donbass reste ukrainien, ça n’intéresse pas Donald Trump »” 31 October 2024. Print edition, page 3; online, https://www.liberation.fr/international/amerique/presidentielle-aux-etats-unis-payer-pour-que-le-donbass-reste-ukrainien-ca-ninteresse-pas-donald-trump-20241031_YYVVVAWKNJBR3G3GPX25YDG6JU/.
Michael Stricof. Interview by Maëlane Loaëc for Le Parisien. “« On n’est plus dans l’escalade mais dans un engrenage » : après l’attaque iranienne, comment Israël peut-il riposter ?” 20 October 2024. https://www.leparisien.fr/international/israel/on-nest-plus-dans-lescalade-mais-dans-un-engrenage-apres-lattaque-iranienne-comment-israel-peut-il-riposter-02-10-2024-JOEL4ZWZCNCZTJHXJNMFIXPPPA.php.
Michael Stricof. Interview by Maëlane Loaëc for Le Parisien. “Pas du tout une bonne nouvelle » : que risque l’Ukraine en cas de victoire de Donald Trump ?” 20 July 2024. https://www.leparisien.fr/international/pas-du-tout-une-bonne-nouvelle-que-risque-lukraine-en-cas-de-victoire-de-donald-trump-20-07-2024-KE43OZ63PZAMJMA6JEENP4JKBU.php
Michael Stricof. Interview by Coralie Pauchard on the attempted assassination of Donald Trump and US elections. “Forum” on Radio Télévision Suisse. 14 July 2024. https://www.rts.ch/audio-podcast/2024/audio/forum-presente-par-coraline-pauchard-28569389.html
Michael Stricof. Recurring interviews with Marc Tedde for Radio Classique. Understanding US politics, 2022-2024.
Michael Stricof. Interview by Thomas Lapointe for La Provence. « “Super Tuesday” : fonctionnement, candidats, enjeux… tour d’horizon de cette journée » 5 March 2024. https://www.laprovence.com/article/france-monde/77861353574650/super-tuesday-fonctionnement-candidats-enjeux-tour-dhorizon-de-cette-journee.
Michael Stricof, Interview by Jean-Luc Mounier for France 24. “Sans financement américain, “on ne verra pas la même guerre” en Ukraine.” 5 December 2023.
https://www.france24.com/fr/europe/20231205-sans-financement-am%C3%A9ricain-on-ne-verra-pas-la-m%C3%AAme-guerre-en-ukraine.
Michael Stricof, Interview by Jean-Christophe Galeazzi for France 3, Democratia/France 3 Via Stella. “Les Interventions américaines au Moyen-Orient.” 11 April 2023. https://www.france.tv/france-3/corse-viastella/democratia/4827949-emission-du-mardi-11-avril-2023.html/
General public presentations (since 2024)
Michael Stricof. Film Screening/Discussion, The New West (East of Wall) directed by Kate Beecroft, Nuov.o.Monde : Le festival Cinéma de Rousset – Pays d’Aix. 15 March 2026.
Michael Stricof, “Trump, les USA, et le monde. Genèse et effets d’un extrême droitisation.” OREMA/UPPA, Aix-en-Provence, 13 October 2025.
Michael Stricof. “GEOPOLITICS IN THE INDO PACIFIC: ‘The United States is a Pacific power, and we are here to stay’”. Université du Temps Libre, AMU, Marseille 11 December 2024.
“2024 Election Discussion,” 5 November 2024, Institute for American Universities/American College of the Mediterranean, Aix-en-Provence.
Michael Stricof. Film Screening/Discussion, The Wall de Philippe Van Leeuw, Nuov.o.Monde : Le festival Cinéma de Rousset – Pays d’Aix. 12 October 2024.
Discussion and debate on the Documentary Propaganda : La Fabrique du consentement, with the director Jimmy Leipold, hosted by the Institut National de l’Audiovisuelle at the Bibliothèque l’Alcazar, Marseille, 4 December 2019.
Interventions for secondary school teachers or students
Michael Stricof and Valérie André, “Democratic Alliance in the Indo Pacific: construction d’un espace géopolitique.” Secondary school research encounter day with LERMA faculty, 2 June 2025, Aix-Marseille Université, Aix-en-Provence.
Michael Stricof and Isabelle Vagnoux, “U.S. Leadership in a World of Uncertainties?” LERMA faculty/school teachers’ research discovery day. Aix-Marseille Université: Aix-en-Provence, 2 March 2023.