Eve Benhamou
Areas of Research MIddle-East – Nuclear Defense – International Relations Career • 2026 : CIENS Post-doc • December 2025: Thesis on French policy toward the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in the years 2002-2017, under the supervision of Professor Frédéric Bozo at Sorbonne-Nouvelle UniversitySubject: This work examines France’s marginalization of the Palestinian issue as its influence in the […]
Marie-Gabrielle Bertran
Research topics Cybersecurity – cyberdefense – Russia – Ukraine – Deterrence Background • Thesis in geography, specializing in geopolitics, co-supervised by Frédérick Douzet and Kevin Limonier, defended in November 2024. Subject: policies implemented by the Russian government to promote digital sovereignty and their impact on the practices of Russian developers and the country’s digital market.• […]
Louise Matz
Research Themes : Nuclear – Deterrence – Air Force – France – Europe – Wargame Career • Postdoctoral researcher in nuclear and strategic issues at CIENS• Thesis in contemporary history, specializing in the history of diplomacy, international relations, and European integration, supervised by Prof. Olivier Forcade and defended in 2024 at Sorbonne University.Title: “Nuclear deterrence […]
Elsa Novelli
Research Topics Cybersecurity — Information Warfare — Cognitive Warfare — Individuation — Attention Economy — Neoliberalism — Hypervigilance and Infra-Attention Career • 2025–present: Postdoctoral researcher in cyber studies at CIENS• 2025: Philosophy teacher at Edgar Poe High School• December 2020–April 2025: Philosophy thesis supervised by Natalie Depraz at the Husserl Archives of the ENS. Title: […]
Julien Dubois
Research Topics Ukraine – Nuclear – Non-Proliferation – France – Great Britain – United States Career path • Thesis currently being written, co-supervised by Frédéric Bozo (ED 625, ICEE) and Frédéric Gloriant (CIENS, IHMC).Subject: European powers, Ukraine, and the United States facing the “Ukrainian question” (1991–1994).• Master’s degree in Geostrategy, Defense, and International Security (GDSI) […]
Pierre-Louis Six
Research topics Russian foreign policy – Cold War – Nuclear issues – Uranium Career – 2024-2025: Post-doc at DECRIPT– 2021-2024: Post-doc at CIENS– Lecturer in history and political science at the French University College of Moscow, Sciences Po Lyon, Université Paris II – Panthéon Assas and Université de Lille.– 2017-2019 : Deputy Director of the […]
Stéphanie Braquehais
Career Stéphanie Braquehais is a writer and communications specialist. A former journalist, she spent 20 years working on the African continent on a freelance basis, first in N’djaména, Chad, then in Nairobi, Kenya. She was a correspondent for most of the French media, including Radio France Internationale, France 24, Libération and Le Nouvel Obs. She […]
Frédéric Gloriant
Research sectors : Europe of defense / Cold War / Nuclear Deterrence / France – United Kingdom relations / France – Germany relations Career – Lecturer in contemporary history– Director of the Centre interdisciplinaire sur les enjeux stratégiques (CIENS) at ENS– Member of the IHMC (Institute of Modern and Contemporary History)– Thesis defended at Université […]