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Djenabou Cisse
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Alain Claverie
Associate fellow
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Thibault Fouillet
Associate fellow
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Franck Galland
Associate fellow
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Didier Gros
Associate fellow
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Philippe Gros
Senior research fellow
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Patrick Hébrard
Associate fellow
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Bruno Lassalle
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Olivier Lepick
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Vincent Tourret
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Randal Zbienen
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Recent activity

Added value and possible employment concepts for unmanned collaborative combat aircraft systems in FCAS and equivalent programs
Recherches & Documents n°08/2024
Added value and possible employment concepts for unmanned collaborative combat aircraft systems in FCAS and equivalent programs
Philippe Gros, Jean-Jacques Patry, May 2024
Decentralisation of command and control (C2) of air operations
Recherches & Documents n°16/2020
Decentralisation of command and control (C2) of air operations
Philippe Gros, October 2020
Cyber, a particular field of naval thought
Note de la FRS n°52/2020
Cyber, a particular field of naval thought
Nicolas Mazzucchi, July 2020
Putin 4.0 Trends – Is there anything new?
Report
Putin 4.0 Trends – Is there anything new?
Isabelle Facon,

The European Centre of Excellence for Countering Hybrid Threats

, September 2, 2019
The Impact of Organized Crime on Peacekeeping Operations: The Case of Minustah in Haiti
Note de la FRS n°07/2018
The Impact of Organized Crime on Peacekeeping Operations: The Case of Minustah in Haiti
Juan José Riva, April 2018
The Consequences of Hezbollah’s military intervention in Syria on the Lebanese Shia population and Relations with Israel
Note
The Consequences of Hezbollah’s military intervention in Syria on the Lebanese Shia population and Relations with Israel
Joseph Daher, September 26, 2017
Bridging the Gulf: Turkey’s forward base in Qatar
Note de la FRS n°16/2017
Bridging the Gulf: Turkey’s forward base in Qatar
Antoine Vagneur-Jones, Can Kasapoglu, August 2017
Thinking Twice about Iran’s Missile Trends: The Threat is Real but Different than Predicted
Note de la FRS n°12/2017
Thinking Twice about Iran’s Missile Trends: The Threat is Real but Different than Predicted
Stéphane Delory, Can Kasapoglu, June 2017
War and Opportunity: the Turkistan Islamic Party and the Syrian Conflict
Note de la FRS n°07/2017
War and Opportunity: the Turkistan Islamic Party and the Syrian Conflict
Antoine Vagneur-Jones, March 2017
Article 5 of the Washington Treaty: Its Origins, Meaning and Future
Article
Article 5 of the Washington Treaty: Its Origins, Meaning and Future
Bruno Tertrais,

NATO Research Paper

, May 11, 2016
The effects of Finland's possible NATO membership
Report
The effects of Finland's possible NATO membership
François Heisbourg, Mats Bergquist, René Nyberg, Teija Tiilikainen,

Finland, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

, April 29, 2016
What the NATO ‘enhanced’ force on the eastern border should look like
Article
What the NATO ‘enhanced’ force on the eastern border should look like
Camille Grand, Tomas Valasek, Ian Brzezinski,

Security and Defence

, April 15, 2016
The PLA reforms : Tightening control over the military
Article
The PLA reforms : Tightening control over the military
Marc Julienne,

in « Xi's army : Reform and loyalty in the PLA », China Analysis

, March 2016
The French Experience: Sarkozy's War?
Article
The French Experience: Sarkozy's War?
Camille Grand,

in Karl P. Mueller (ed.) Precision and Purpose : Airpower in the Libyan Civil War, Rand

, July 2015
The Modest Price of Preserving Peace
Article
The Modest Price of Preserving Peace
Camille Grand,

Carnegie Europe

, March 17, 2015
More Union in European Defence
Article
More Union in European Defence
François Heisbourg,

CEPS

, February 26, 2015
Preserving Post-Cold War Europe
Article
Preserving Post-Cold War Europe
François Heisbourg,

Survival

, February–March 2015
NATO's limited influence on national defence budgets
Article
NATO's limited influence on national defence budgets
Yves Boyer,

European Leadership Network

, February 5, 2015
Libya and Mali Operations: Transatlantic Lessons Learned
Article
Libya and Mali Operations: Transatlantic Lessons Learned
Philippe Gros,

The German Marshall Fund of the United States (GMF)

, July 2014
Defense Budget Crisis May Leave Lasting Marks on France’s Military
Article
Defense Budget Crisis May Leave Lasting Marks on France’s Military
Bruno Tertrais,

World Politics Review

, June 5, 2014

In the medias

« How Ukraine is 'shaping' the front ahead of its counteroffensive »
Thibault Fouillet (quoted) , Le Monde , May 25, 2023
« How Ukrainian Strategy Is Running Circles Around Russia’s Lumbering Military »
François Heisbourg (quoted) , The Wall Street Journal , October 12, 2022
« For French Military, War in Ukraine Prompts a Shift in Focus »
Michel Goya (quoted) , The New York Times , May 10, 2022
« The French armed forces are planning for high-intensity war »
François Heisbourg (quoted) , The Economist , March 28, 2021
To mark 70 years of Communist rule, China shows off new weapons
Antoine Bondaz , Stéphane Delory (quoted) , The Economist , October 1, 2019
China's 70th National Day: Parade unveils new military tech, ballistic missiles and supersonic drones
Antoine Bondaz , Stéphane Delory (quoted) , The Straits Times , October 1, 2019
Xi Military Parade to Showcase China Missiles Spooking the U.S
Antoine Bondaz , Stéphane Delory (quoted) , Bloomberg , September 29, 2019
Here are some of the new weapons China will unveil at Tuesday’s military parade
Antoine Bondaz , Stéphane Delory (quoted) , The Washington Post , September 29, 2019
Wisdom of Sun Tzu's The Art of War on current events
Valérie Niquet (guest) , EBL news , August 24, 2018