Rapport au Parlement sur les exportations d’armement de la France
Les exportations d’armes françaises ont, en 2022, atteint un chiffre «historique » de près de 27 milliards d’euros. Ces exportations soulignent la qualité des équipements militaires français mais incitent à un effort essentiel en termes de contrôle ; en effet, il est nécessaire de s’assurer que ces exportations sont en cohérence avec notre compréhension des […]
Consult ►Rapport au Parlement sur les exportations des biens à double usage de la France
Il s’agit du rapport 2022 que le ministère de l’Économie, des Finances et de la Souveraineté industrielle et numérique a transmis au Parlement concernant les exportations de biens pouvant avoir tant une application civile que militaire. L’enjeu économique est de taille car il nécessite un contrôle par l’octroi ou non de licences d’exportation. Il s’agit […]
Consult ►Robust. Resilient. Sustainable. Integrated Security for Germany. National Security Strategy
On 14 June 2023, Germany adopted its first National Security Strategy. This document analyses the threats and sets out the country's strategic priorities. It promotes an "integrated security" policy that goes beyond defence to include diplomacy, development, cyber security and supply chain resilience. In [...]
Consult ►RNN: a complex and persistent digital information manipulation campaign
In this report, VIGINUM, the State's technical and operational service responsible for vigilance and protection against foreign digital interference, presents a summary of the investigations that have revealed the existence of a digital campaign to manipulate information against France, involving Russian actors and in which [...]
Consult ►Contrôle des Investissements Etrangers en France
In the 2023 edition of the annual report on the control of foreign investment in France (IEF), the Treasury's Directorate General assesses the control policy for 2022. IEF control activity remained stable in 2022, with 325 cases submitted to the Treasury Department, compared with 328 in [...].
Consult ►Information report on the war economy
The report looks at the conditions for implementing the war economy announced by the French President in his speech on 13 June 2022. It examines the best way to "go faster, harder, at the lowest cost", and therefore to change the paradigm within the defence ecosystem. NATIONAL ASSEMBLY, [...]
Consult ►Integrated Review Refresh 2023. Responding to a more contested and volatile world
Following on from the 2021 Integrated Review, which the war in Ukraine has prompted to be updated, the UK Government presents its updated vision of priorities for security, defence, development and foreign policy. UK Government, March 2023. See
Consult ►Influence through law. France's strategy 2023-2028
Designed jointly by the Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Justice, this first French strategy for influence through law is in line with the roadmap for influence presented in December 2021. It aims to make the law one of the priorities for French diplomacy. This [...]
Consult ►EU Space Strategy for Security and Defence
In its first space strategy for security and defence, the European Union affirmed its desire to pool data from intelligence space assets for analysis. It also plans a European law on common security standards by 2024. EUROPEAN COMMISSION, 2023. See
Consult ►Information report on ammunition stocks
Based on the observation that French ammunition stocks have deteriorated overall since the end of the Cold War, this report puts forward thirteen proposals for rebuilding these stocks. It argues that this is necessary both to respond to global strategic developments and to support France's ambitions in terms of power.
Consult ►Seabed Information Report
One year after the ministerial strategy for controlling the seabed, and in a context where we are realising the extent to which this area is becoming a key to understanding new conflicts, this report invites us to take serious account of this subject in the future military programming law. NATIONAL ASSEMBLY, presented by Mrs Lysiane METAYER and [...]
Consult ►Strategic vision of the Délégué général pour l'armement
In asserting the need for a profound and collective change of culture, this document sets out the redefinition of the DGA's missions around five main areas: equipping and supporting armies in a sovereign manner by ensuring state prime contractorship of the defence system; providing a capacity for strategic technological and industrial anticipation that contributes [...].
Consult ►Manual on the law of military operations
In this, the first manual on the law of military operations to be published in France, the Ministry of the Armed Forces summarises the main rules governing the use of force by the French armed forces at home and abroad, in peacetime and in situations of armed conflict. It is intended as a tool to support [...]
Consult ►Cyber Threat Panorama 2022
In its "Panorama de la cybermenace 2022", the Agence nationale de la sécurité des systèmes d'information (ANSSI - French national agency for information systems security) reports on the major trends in the cyber threat that marked 2022. The document confirms the trends observed in 2021 and notes that the threat level remains high in its various forms (ransomware, cryptomining, computer espionage, etc.). [...]
Consult ►International defence contractors directory
Based on information from open sources, this document sheds light on a panel of sixty-two companies from the global defence technological and industrial base (DTIB). DGA, 2023. See
Consult ►DGE 2022 activity report
In its 2022 activity report, the Directorate General for Enterprise (DGE) details its actions in favour of four objectives: strengthening strategic autonomy at national and European level; building digital sovereignty and supporting businesses in their digital transformation; ecological planning; organisational evolution towards more innovative and agile modes of action. [...]
Consult ►National Strategic Review
Drawn up with a view to the next military programming law, the National Strategic Review presents France's defence and security environment and identifies the main challenges in this area up to 2030. It reaffirms the assumptions set out in the previous edition of the document and expands the list of strategic functions, now [...].
Consult ►France 2030: an economic response to the challenges of tomorrow
In this summary and educational document, the DGE presents the France 2030 plan, launched a year ago, placing it in the more general context of the evolution of industrial strategies at national and European level. The authors focus more specifically on four issues covered by the plan: hydrogen, health, recycling and the environment.
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