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Visuel de l'article, Héloïse FAYET

Héloïse Fayet: "To be effective, the nuclear deterrent must be credible".

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The IFRI researcher looks at the concept of nuclear deterrence, the specific nature of France's nuclear deterrent and the possibilities for sharing this protection...
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Nuclear deterrence: eight decades of balance

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Since its only two military uses in 1945, nuclear weapons have been used without being used: they are a major tool of deterrence. In the almost 80 years of its existence,...
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Iran's non-state partners in the Middle East: proxies, really?

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The Lebanese Hezbollah, the Yemeni Houthis, armed Iraqi Shiite factions and even, more singularly, Hamas and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad are often presented...
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Visuel avec titre "Prise en charge des femmes djihadistes : la spécificité française"

Care for female jihadists: the French specificity

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A comparative study carried out in four European countries shows this: France, whose contingent of female nationals who left for the Syrian-Iraqi zone was the...
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Second World War: "No battle or weapon proved decisive".

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Isabelle Corbier is President of the Studies and Perspectives Committee of the Association of Managers and Auditors of the Institut des Hautes Études de Défense Nationale (AA-IHEDN)....
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Anne de Tinguy: "The Kremlin has seriously underestimated the Ukrainians' ability to resist".

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For the historian and political scientist, the war in Ukraine already signals for Russia "the end of an empire and a geopolitical reorientation" ....
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