On the fronts of peace. An activist's guide to a new world
Drawing on cases from around the world, this book examines the peace industry. The author shows that peace can develop in the most unlikely circumstances, and that building it does not require billions in aid or massive international intervention. According to Séverine Autesserre, a Franco-American researcher, a lasting peace requires [...]
Rights without borders. Geopolitics of extraterritoriality
Demystifying the criticism often levelled at the extraterritorial application of US law, the author of this book highlights a fundamental trend: the general expansion of the extraterritoriality of the laws of the major geopolitical blocs. In his view, the extraterritoriality of law is the natural response to the discrepancy between the globalisation of the world and the territorial fragmentation of political power, [...].
The vertical of fear. Order and allegiance in Putin's Russia
Informed by twenty years of research, this book explores the political and social roots of Putinism. It explains the spiral of authoritarianism in Russia, which extends far beyond the walls of the Kremlin to all levels of the social structure. FAVAREL-GARRIGUES Gilles, La verticale de la peur. Order and allegiance in Putin's Russia, Paris, La Découverte, 2023.
Africa, the next caliphate? The spectacular expansion of jihadism
In this book, the author analyses the factors behind the successful expansion of jihadist groups in Africa over the last twenty years, and the dramatic consequences for local populations. He supports the idea that jihadists offer solutions to local communities by capitalising on deep post-colonial resentment and abandonment on the part of corrupt elites who are indifferent to [...].
The ethics of intelligence
In this essay, the author problematises the ethical dilemmas generated by intelligence activities within liberal democracies. In particular, he examines three practices of the intelligence services: the use of deception, compromise and blackmail, and the use of physical violence. JEANGENE VILMER Jean-Baptiste, Pour une éthique du [...]
Do weapons always give way to togas?
Interdisciplinary perspectives on civil-military relations in democracy
Initiated as part of the Sorbonne War Studies research programme, this collective work, unpublished in French, brings together a dozen academics to examine the changing use and roles of the armed forces. DAHO Grégory, KLEIN Luc (dir.), Les armes cèdent-elles toujours à la toge? Regards interdisciplinaires sur les relations civilo-militaires en [...]
What is war? The evolution of post-Soviet Russian strategic thinking
with Dimitric MINIC (Ifri), Le Collimateur, IRSEM, 25 April 2023.
Nuclear propulsion. What does the atom bring to a navy?
with Félix TORRES (co-author of "Atoms of the Sea"), Admiral Stanislas GOURLEZ DE LA MOTTE (MinArm), Loïc ROCARD (Technicatome), Périscope, CESM, 19 April 2023.
Submarine cables, strategic arteries
with Camille MOREL (IESD and CESM), Le Collimateur, IRSEM, 11 April 2023.
Macron's troubles at home and abroad
with Bronwen Maddox (Chatham House), Simon Kuper (Financial Times), Georgina Wright (Institut Montaigne), Antoine Bondaz (FRS), Chatham House, 20 April 2023.
