(FILES) French geographer and writer Yves Lacoste poses on February 5, 2005 in Paris, during the 11th Maghrebian book fare. The geographer Yves Lacoste, regarded as the father of the French school of geopolitics, died on June 20, 2026 at the age of 96, AFP learnt on June 22 from Beatrice Giblin, editor-in-chief of the journal Herodote, founded by Yves Lacoste. (Photo by Boyan Topaloff / AFP via Getty Images)