Here is the program for PSL Week organized by CIENS from March 4 to 8, 2024.
Monday March 04
Salle des Actes from 9:30am to 4pm and Salle Beckett from 4:30pm to 6:30pm (45 rue d’Ulm)
9h30-10h Introduction
Frédéric Gloriant, Director of the Interdisciplinary Center for Strategic Issues
10am-12pm A global history of nuclear deterrence (1)
Frédéric Gloriant, Director, Centre interdisciplinaire des enjeux stratégiques
14h-16h A world history of nuclear deterrence (2)
Frédéric Gloriant, Director, Centre interdisciplinaire des enjeux stratégiques
4:30 pm – 6:30 pm Great thinkers of strategy in the nuclear age.
Corentin Brustlein, Doctor of Political Science and Delegate for Defense Policy and Forecasting, DGRIS (French Ministry of Defence).
Tuesday, March 05
Salle d’Histoire (45 rue d’Ulm)
9:30am-12:30pm Major scientific issues in nuclear deterrence (1)
Olivier Vacus, Scientific Director, CEA/DAM
Sébastien Le Pape, Deputy Scientific Director of the Laboratory for the Use of Intense Lasers at Ecole Polytechnique.
14h-16h = Major scientific issues in non-proliferation (2) – How to translate scientific questions into diplomatic terms? Feedback on the role of scientific knowledge in nuclear negotiations
Remo Chiappini, Former Deputy Director of non-proliferation at the CEA’s Military Applications Division.
4:30 pm – 6:00 pm What is the memory of 20th-century wars today?
Additional session of the Art, Culture and War seminar.
Presentation and introduction: Céline Jurgensen, Permanent Representative of France to the United Nations in Rome, head of the Art, Culture and War seminar.
Speaker: François Gautier, Diplomatic Advisor, Mission du 80ème anniversaire des débarquements, de la Libération de la France et de la Victoire.
Wednesday, March 06
Salles 1-2 de l’Espace Recherche Lettres, Escalier B, 2ème étage, “ Couloir Jaune ” (45 rue d’Ulm).
10:30-12:30 Major contemporary issues (1): Russian strategic thinking and the war in Ukraine
Pierre-Louis Six, CIENS post-doctoral researcher
2pm-4pm A theoretical and practical approach to serious games
Thibault Fouillet, Associate Researcher at the Foundation for Strategic Research
16:30-18:30 Major contemporary issues (2): The role of the European Union in strategic issues
Pierre Ramond, CIENS doctoral student
Thursday March 07
Salles 1-2 de l’Espace Recherche Lettres, Escalier B, 2ème étage, “ Couloir Jaune ” (45 rue d’Ulm).
9h-10h Friday simulation preparation session
10am-12.30pm Major contemporary issues (3): The risk of nuclear war in the 21st century. History and contemporary challenges of arms control and disarmament policies
Maïlys Mangin, CIENS post-doctoral researcher
14h-16h Major contemporary issues (4): The Russian army
Isabelle Facon, Deputy Director of the Foundation for Strategic Research
16h-18h Friday simulation preparation session
Friday March 08
Salles 1-2 de l’Espace Recherche Lettres, Escalier B, 2ème étage, “ Couloir Jaune ” (45 rue d’Ulm).
9:30am-12:30pm Serious game
Thibault Fouillet, associate researcher at the Foundation for Strategic Research
Héloïse Fayet, researcher at Ifri
14h-14h45 Individual feedback on the serious game
15h-17h Summary note