The Foundation

Research team

Samir Battiss

Associate fellow

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Biographical elements

 Areas of expertise

Evaluation of military risks, potentials and balances based on:

  • the study of defense policies (including the defense technical-industrial dimension) of the states of the Euro-Atlantic, Mediterranean and Middle Eastern areas
  • the analysis of the postures of international groupings (military and security alliances, including the technical and capacity dimensions) in the Euro-Atlantic (EU, NATO), Mediterranean and Middle Eastern spaces
  • the study of the strategic interaction between national defense policies (including the techno-industrial dimension) and the participation in international groupings (military and security alliances, including the technical and capacity dimensions) of states of the Euro-Atlantic, Mediterranean and Middle Eastern areas.

Professional experience

  • Associate Professor – Université du Québec, Montréal (Canada)
  • Associate Professor – Bishop University  (Canada)

Other activities

  • Associate Senior Fellow – Conference of Defence Associations / CDA Institute (Ottawa, Canada)
  • Associate Senior Fellow – Lyman L. Lemnitzer Center for NATO & European Union Studies (Kent State University, Kent, USA)
  • Founding member – Cercle K2 (Paris, France)
  • Founder and owner of the consulting firm Il Principe International Consulting (IPIC), specialized in strategic intelligence and anticipatory trends analysis as well as business intermediation

Education

  • PhD in Political Science / International Relations from Sorbonne University (Campus, Assas, Paris II), 2012
  • Diplôme d’Études Supérieures Spécialisées (DESS, Master Degree), Diplomacy & Strategic Negotiations, Paris Sud University (Paris XI), 2002
  •  Diplôme d’Études Approfondies (DEA, Master Degree), Law of the European Union, Paris Panthéon Assas University (Paris II), 2001

Publications (selection)

  • Les relations transatlantiques dans le cadre de la Politique européenne de sécurité et de défense (PESD) : l’Alliance atlantique face à l’émergence d’un acteur stratégique européen (1989-2009), Pedone, [en cours]
  • « US National Guard State Partnership Program (NG SPP) : D’un réseau structurant à un réseau d’actions américain en devenir sur le continent africain ? », Annuaire Français de Relations Internationales, Editions Panthéon Assas, juin 2019
  • « Éléments de réflexion sur une stratégie de sécurité de l’OTAN pour le Sahel », Fellowship Monography, NATO Defense College, octobre 2016, 74 p.
  • with José LUENGO-CABRERA, Pol MORILLAS, « EU-Led Security Sector Reform and Disarmament, Demobilisation and Reintegration Cases: Challenges, Lessons Learnt and Ways Forward », Sub-Committee on Security and Defence – European Parliament, July 2016, 40 p.
  • « L’influence des États-Unis dans le domaine de la coopération militaire opérationnelle grâce au US National Guard State Partnership Program », Annuaire Français de Relations Internationales, Editions Panthéon Assas, juin 2016
  • « US National Guard State Partnership Program (NG SPP) en Afrique du Nord : un outil de l’hégémonie américaine en matière de défense ? », Questions internationales, La Documentation Française, no 73/74, mai-août 2015, pp. 119-121