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"New space: the strategic challenges of space privatisation

Posted on
19 May 2025

Driven by the rise of private players and technological innovation, new space is overturning the balance of power in space. Between ambitions for sovereignty, industrial competitiveness...

1945-2025: eight decades of the French defence industry

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12 May 2025

In an informative documentary, the French Defence Procurement Agency (Direction Générale de l'Armement) traces the reconstruction of the French industrial fabric after the Second World War, to equip today's most...

The Arctic, "mirror of international tensions

Posted on
30 April 2025

New maritime routes, militarisation, status of ships and exploitation of resources: Virginie Saliou, a researcher in maritime security at the Strategic Research Institute at the École...

Religions in the armed forces: brotherhood of arms... and of souls

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18 April 2025

With military chaplains from four faiths (Catholic, Protestant, Muslim and Jewish), the French armed forces benefit from a unique model that combines respect for neutrality...

Mountain warfare: the most hostile battlefield

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14 April 2025

Rugged, compartmentalised terrain, the dangers of verticality, extreme climatic conditions... Focus on this very specific combat terrain, through some emblematic campaigns and...

Winston Churchill: before the "old lion", the man of war

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7 April 2025

A trained officer and intrepid soldier, the British statesman fought on several fronts and headed various ministries linked to the armed forces before coming to power...