Introduction

Some find it surprising choice to address the relationship
Franco-Syrian geopolitical after grid cultural reading.
The relationship between geopolitical and cultural component approach is prima
First, hardly evident in France disciplines are partitioned.
In addition, the all-out use of the concept of geopolitics facilitates
not understanding the process it involves. It is worth
to agree on the scope of its definition. Geopolitics is the study
power relationships and rivalries of power on / or territory
determined through, among others, the analysis of representations of actors
presence. There is no monism, everything is interconnected, a phenomenon
may produce local effects at the regional level, and vice versa, where
the importance that the methodology given in the study of different levels
analysis. This is in line with this perspective that the cultural dimension
Franco-Syrian relations should be understood. The article proposes
highlight the links between French cultural investment
and geopolitical Franco-Syrian.