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After Mali, what Commitment from Germany in the Sahel?

Date de publication
23 June 2022
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Germany, despite the reluctance of its public opinion, is committed to supporting security in the Sahel, notably through its participation in the European Union Training Mission in Mali (EUTM) and recently in Niger, and in the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA).

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Deus ex machina : les enjeux de l’autonomisation des systèmes d’armes

Date de publication
24 May 2022
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While the automatization of machines is part of an already long historical, conceptual, and technical trajectory, the exponential progress of artificial intelligence techniques, robotics and their military applications suggest the emergence of systems that integrate more autonomy. Indeed, despite campaigns calling for a moratorium on autonomous weapons, most military powers are developing programs focused on autonomy. 

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F-35: Why Germany is opting for the US-made stealth fighter jet

16 March 2022
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Germany wants to upgrade its military with the world's most modern fighter jet. The order is worth billions. But is it a good fit?

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A “New Era”? Toward a Realignment of German Foreign Policy after the Russian Invasion of Ukraine

Date de publication
07 March 2022
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German Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s speech to the Bundestag on February 27, 2022, announced a new orientation in foreign policy and challenged the principles that had been the consensus in Germany for the past thirty years.

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French Special Operations What Is Their Role in the Context of Great-Power Competition?

Date de publication
27 January 2022
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The year 2022 marks thirty years since the creation of the Commandement des operations spéciales (COS, Special Operations Command). Those three decades have been dominated by missions carried out in volatile environments, most often against irregular adversaries, primarily terrorist groups.

Europe/United States: 50 Shades of Dependence

Date de publication
07 September 2021
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Is Joe Biden’s United States (US) returning to multilateral, traditional diplomacy? This more open stance does not eliminate either its domestic problems or the divergence in interests separating the US from the Europeans: how will open diplomacy fit in with the priority of defending US interests? Will Washington organize a broad anti-Chinese coalition that the Europeans are opposed to? Will sanctions with their resulting effects remain at the heart of US strategy? Will the Europeans be able to assert their sovereignty in the key area of new technologies against the US giants?

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Hypersonic Weapons: What Are the Challenges for the Armed Forces?

Date de publication
18 June 2021
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Hypersonic systems are becoming attributes of power for the states that design and implement them, at the risk of reviving an arms race.

Joseph HENROTIN
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Circumstantial Pacifism: Political Parties and the Participation of the Bundeswehr in Foreign Operations

Date de publication
14 April 2021
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In Germany's parliamentary democracy, political parties play an important role in mandating Bundeswehr missions abroad and in overseeing their deployment. The political debate on these deployments is polarized between opponents, who are called “pacifists”, and supporters, who are called “militarists”.

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Réparer 2020 ou préparer 2030 ? L’entraînement des forces françaises à l’ère du combat multi-domaine

Date de publication
25 January 2021
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From basic training to the conduct of international exercises, operational readiness planning aim to make the components of military capabilities (equipment, doctrines, operational know-hows) consistent with the operational contracts decided at the strategic level. 

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Les ressources humaines, un enjeu stratégique pour les armées

Date de publication
30 June 2020
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The French Military Planning Act for the years 2019-2025, is “dedicated” to men and women in the services, showing how crucial the human factor is for the armed forces.

La Sentinelle égarée ? L’armée de Terre face au terrorisme

Date de publication
09 June 2016
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The 2015 terror attacks in France and the ensuing activation by the Ministry of Defense of its homeland protection plan opened a new phase in the long history of the French Army’s involvement in internal security.

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La sécurité énergétique des armées françaises. Le soutien pétrolier à l’heure de la transition

Date de publication
31 March 2016
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Ever since its inception on the eve of World War One, the concept of securing fuel supply has consistently proven its vitality to military operations.

Paul KAESER
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European States and their Muslim Citizens

European States and their Muslim Citizens

Date de publication
03 October 2013
Christophe BERTOSSI John R. BOWEN Jan Willem DUYVENDAK Mona Lena KROOK

Digital Hoplites: Infantry Combat in the Information Age

Date de publication
29 December 2011
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FELIN, the world's first "integrated soldier system", will enter service in the French Army this year. Throughout history, infantrymen have sought to capitalize on technology while seeking the best compromise between three basic requirements: mobility, firepower and protection of combatants.

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