Annie Laurent (born June 3, 1949[1]) is a French journalist and political scientist.

In 1983 Laurent obtained a master's degree in international law, and 1986 she graduated with a doctorate in political science from the University of Paris II Panthéon-Assas under the supervision of Pierre-Marie Dupuy.

[4] Pope Benedict XVI appointed her an expert to the Synode spécial des évêques pour le Moyen-Orient, which was held in Rome in October 2010.

[5] In 2009 she founded the association Clarifier,[6] a Catholic proselytism organisation.

[7] Laurent's book L'Europe malade de la Turquie was the 2006 winner of the Prix Henry Malherbe.