Workshop – From the Economy of Attention to Cognitive Warfare
Elsa Novelli, a postdoctoral researcher at CIENS and author of a doctoral dissertation in philosophy under the supervision of Natalie Depraz at the Husserl Archives of the ENS, presented her work to the CIENS team on February 9, 2026. She traced the thread of her philosophical reflection, from her master’s to her doctoral studies, and […]
Workshop – Nuclear deterrence and the French Air Force
On Friday, January 23, Louise Matz, a postdoctoral researcher at CIENS specializing in nuclear and strategic issues, presented her doctoral research in the history of diplomacy, international relations, and European integration, conducted under the supervision of Olivier Fourcade. Her work explores the political and strategic significance of nuclear deterrence for the French Air Force over […]
Workshop – A historical perspective on deep-strike weapons in Europe
The article presented at the CIENS workshop by Andreas Lutsch, professor of intelligence analysis at the Federal University of Applied Administrative Sciences in Berlin, places the debate on long-range fire capabilities in Europe in a historical context.
CIENS – Activity report (2024-2025)
This document contains collective and individual research activities, as well as communication activities
Conférence – US nuclear deterrence
A lecture on US nuclear deterrence by Vipin Narang, took place on 10 December 2024 at École normale supérieure. The session was led by our associate researcher Maïlys Mangin, and Frederic Gloriant, Director of Centre interdisciplinaire sur les enjeux stratégiques (CIENS).Vipin Narang talked about the role and the future of US deterrence in a new […]
Workshop – France, Israel and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict
CIENS held its workshop on Tuesday 27 May, during which Eve Benhamou, a doctoral student in contemporary history, presented a chapter from her thesis currently being written. Her doctoral thesis, entitled: “France, Israel and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict under Jacques Chirac, Nicolas Sarkozy and François Hollande: from “balance” to strategic reorientation (2002-2017). Ambitions and dilemmas of […]
Workshop – Is there such a thing as a cyber deterrence?
The CIENS held its research workshop on Tuesday 13 May, during which Marie-Gabrielle Bertran, a post-doctoral cyber researcher, presented her research on the history of strategic thinking and more particularly on the links between cyber and nuclear, exploring the possibility of considering cyber as a tool for deterrence and nuclear counter-proliferation. By reading Anglo-Saxon authors […]
Workshop – The Role of LIVE OAK during the Second Berlin Crisis: A Multilateral Nuclear Crisis Management?”‘Live Oak’
The ‘Live Oak’ workshop is part of a multi-annual research seminar on ‘European Nuclear Trajectories’ and invites a small group of students to learn about research through research, with the students potentially getting involved in publication projects. On 8 April, the students attended a research workshop with five researchers and took part in question-and-answer sessions. […]
Seminar on Live Oak
CIENS is organising a seminar on 8 April on the role of Live Oak during the Second Berlin Crisis. Triggered a few months earlier by Khrushchev, who wanted to get rid of the Allied military presence in the western sectors of Berlin, the crisis continued until 1963. Live Oak, set up in April 1959, was […]
Seminar : digitisation of public debate
The digitisation of public debate over the last few decades has considerably altered the way we produce and consume information, the forms of political communication and hence the rules of political competition as a whole. Over 60% of French people say they get their information from social networks. The way in which these platforms and […]