PSL Week Serious Game : Behind the Scenes
Hugo Zylberberg, cybersecurity consultant and moderator of the ‘Serious Game’ at PSL Week, held from 25 to 29 November, looks at how the crisis scenario is developed and played out. The serious game that we ran with Jean-Marc Gailis (4th year student in the geography department at the ENS) is based on a cyber attack […]
‘Cyber makes it possible to enter into conflict while remaining below the threshold of war’.
Marie-Gabrielle Bertran has just defended her thesis in geopolitics at the University of Paris 8 on Digital sovereignty in Russia: a geopolitical analysis of the challenges and limits of Russia’s cyber power strategy. She joins CIENS in January 2025 as a post-doctoral researcher where she will run the cyber unit and carry out a research […]
‘What interests me is the way in which cyber tools can be used to influence public opinion’.
At 23, Pauline Mortel has a rich and eclectic academic background. Passionate about strategic issues and geopolitics, she plans to take the CIENS minor, whose interdisciplinary nature and teaching combining the practical experience of practitioners with an academic perspective appealed to her from the outset. From an early age, Pauline was fascinated by history, geopolitics […]
‘The alternation between lecturers with field experience and those from the academic world allows me to develop long-term reflexivity’.
Jean-Marc Gailis, 25, is in his fourth year in the geography department at the École Normale Supérieure (ENS). Passionate about strategy and cyberdefence, he is taking the minor at the Centre Interdisciplinaire sur les Enjeux Stratégiques (CIENS), which he plans to complete in 2026, after completing a tutored project. From an early age, Jean-Marc loved […]
CIENS “International Relations and Contemporary Strategic Issues” Minor
Who should take the CIENS International Relations and Contemporary Strategic Issues minor ? Whether you come from the sciences or the humanities, the CIENS minor is perfectly suited to any student from the Ecole Normale Supérieure interested in international relations and strategy. DENS students and Master’s students are also welcome. This course is aimed at those who […]
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The CIENS teaching programme for the second semester: timetables and rooms
The CIENS offers seven courses in the second semester: two research seminars, two cyber courses (introductory and advanced), a course on space, another on strategy and a course on strategic and nuclear issues in the Middle East. Below are details of the programme, with links to the timetable and venues. All the courses take place […]
Uranium, between science and politics
Pierre-Louis Six, historian and CIENS associate researcher, will be giving a lecture on the occasion of the Nuit de l’ENS, an exceptional event held every two years to give the general public an opportunity to discover the many facets of knowledge at the ENS. This year’s theme is energy. In this context, Pierre-Louis Six has […]
September highlights at CIENS
CIENS is back in session. Don’t miss the presentation of its courses on 3, 6 and 11 September at the ENS. All the information here: On Tuesday 3 September in the Salle Dussane, from 2.30 to 4 p.m., CIENS will be presenting its courses alongside CIEE and the Space chair. For those unable to attend […]
A CIENS expert analyses the offensive on Kursk for the media 20 Minutes
Guillaume Lasconjarias, associate expert at CIENS, was interviewed by journalist Mickaël Bosredon about the Ukrainian offensive in the Kursk region of Russia. He analyses the objectives of this assault, the surprise effect it has had and the Ukrainian President’s desire to gain time.