Research team

• 1978 / 1979: Member of the French Foreign Ministry's Policy Planning Staff (Centre d'analyse et de Prévision), in charge of nuclear non-proliferation issues
• 1979 / 1981: First Secretary at the French Permanent Mission to the U.N. (New-York), dealing with international security and disarmament issues
• 1981 / 1984: International security adviser to the French Minister of Defence. Founding-member of the French-German Commission on Security and Defence
• 1984 / 1987: Vice-President at Thomson-CSF, in charge of European and Euro-American cooperation
• 1987 / 1992: Director of the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS), London
• 1992 / X. 1998: Senior Vice-President (Strategic development), MATRA-Défense-Espace
• 1999 / 2000: Professor at Sciences-Po(Paris), teaching the "world politics" course ; Head of interagency working group (groupe de travail interministériel) on the study of international relations, strategic affairs and defence issues in France
• 2001-2005: Director, Fondation pour la Recherche Stratégique, Paris
• 2005: Special advisor, Fondation pour la Recherche Stratégique, Paris

Affiliations (interalia)

• Richard von Weizsäcker Fellow, Bosch Stiftung, Berlin (January-May 2015)
• Chairman, Foundation Council of the Geneva Centre for Security Policy (From 1998 onwards)
• Chairman of the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) (from 2001 onwards)
• Member of the International Commission on Nuclear Non Proliferation and Disarmament (ICNND)
• Member of the French Governement’s Defence and National Security White Paper (2007-2008 and 2012-2012)
• Member of the European Commission’s Group of Personalities on R&D for Security (2003-2004)
• Member of the Presidential Commission of the French White Paper on Defence and National Security (2007/2008 and 2012/2013)
• Steering Committee Member of the French Government’s White Paper on Terrorism (2005-2006)
• Member of the International Commission on the Balkans (2004-2006)
• Member of the French Civil Defence Committee
• Adviser to the French Foreign Ministry Planning Staff
• Member of the Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufacture and Commerce

• Senior Adviser for Europe, International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) (from 2019)
• Richard von Weizsäcker Fellow, Bosch Stiftung, Berlin (2015-2017)
• Chairman, Foundation Council of the Geneva Centre for Security Policy (1998-2018)
• Chairman of the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) (2001-2018)
• Member of the International Commission on Nuclear Non Proliferation and Disarmament (ICNND) (2009-2010)
• Member of the French Governement’s Defence and National Security White Paper (2007-2008 and 2012-2013)
• Member of the European Commission’s Group of Personalities on R&D for Security (2003-2004)
• Member of the Presidential Commission of the French White Paper on Defence and National Security (2007-2008 and 2012-2013)
• Steering Committee Member of the French Government’s White Paper on Terrorism (2005-2006)
• Member of the International Commission on the Balkans (2004-2006)
• Adviser to the French Foreign Ministry Planning Staff
• Member of the Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufacture and Commerce