US policy in the Indo-Pacific
This fact sheet looks at US policy in the Indo-Pacific. It traces the history of the US presence in this geographical area and explains how US influence in the region has (re)become a strategic priority, from Barack Obama to Joe Biden.
The influence of climate change on defence and security
This fact sheet looks at the influence of climate change on global defence and security issues. It presents several potential consequences of the phenomenon, analyses how climate issues on the one hand and defence and security issues on the other feed into each other, and then concludes with the prospects for adaptation in the military field.
The challenges of artificial intelligence for defence
This fact sheet looks at the advent of artificial intelligence in the defence sector. It presents examples of the integration of these technologies in the military field, analyses the issues arising from this phenomenon for States, and then concludes by examining the prospects for future regulation of the use of military AI at international level.
The reality of a new authoritarian partnership
This factsheet looks at the reality of recent closer partnerships between China, Iran and Russia. It looks at the visible increase in links between these illiberal state entities, analyses the real strength of these partnerships in the contemporary context, and then concludes by examining the prospects for future rapprochement or estrangement between these countries.
An Alliance in action
This fact sheet highlights the Atlantic Alliance's ability to adapt and highlights operations as the crucible of its effectiveness. In 2008, a report by the NATO Parliamentary Assembly highlighted the range and diversity of activities carried out by NATO forces: "[The Alliance] has undergone a fundamental transformation from its strictly defensive posture during the Cold War. This evolution has continued in order to better serve the interests of its members and partners. A decade later, in a radically changed geopolitical environment, this transformation has become a revolution; NATO seems to have returned to its original function, that of the 1949 Washington Treaty, that of Article 5 and collective defence.
Putting Allied defence spending into perspective
This fact sheet looks at defence spending by member countries of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation. In February 2024, Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg welcomed the unprecedented increase in defence spending by NATO allies, with over 600 billion dollars more invested since 2014. This increase in defence spending is part of a twofold movement: the return of the threat and the pressure exerted by successive US administrations on the necessary level of commitment by the allies.
NATO enlargement, past and present
This fact sheet highlights the process of including new Member States in the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation. At the Washington Summit on 10 and 11 July 2024, Sweden was welcomed as the 32nd ally. However, the question of NATO enlargement continues to arise for three countries aspiring to join the Alliance: Georgia, Bosnia-Herzegovina and, above all, Ukraine.
The strategic importance of the Bab el-Mandeb Strait
This fact sheet highlights the strategic importance of the Bab el-Mandeb Strait. It describes the importance of this area, which is critical for world trade, analyses the way in which the Strait is currently being used at low cost by the Houthis in Yemen, and concludes with the prospects for developments in the situation, particularly in terms of intervention.
De Gaulle and the United States
Chartres hosts the 238e session in the Centre-Val de Loire region
On Tuesday 21 May, 49 new auditors were welcomed to the Eure-et-Loir Prefecture to take part in the opening of this 238th session in the region. The programme for the next four weeks includes lectures on France's strategic challenges, visits to industrial and military sites and discovery of the institutional players in defence and security.
