PSL-Week: major contemporary nuclear and strategic issues (March 2025)

Monday March 3
29 Rue d’Ulm, Building Jaurès, Hall (U205) Camille Marbo
Tuesday March 4
46 Rue d’Ulm, Salle Favard
Wednesday March 5
46 Rue d’Ulm, Salle Favard
Thursday March 6
46 Rue d’Ulm, Salle Favard
Friday March 7
45 Rue d’Ulm, 2nd Floor, Corridor BC, Letters 1, 2
9:30 a.m. to 10 a.m.: IntroductionFrédéric Gloriant, Director of Ciens
10am-12pm: A World History of Nuclear Deterrence (1)Frédéric Gloriant, Director of Ciens
9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.: Major scientific issues of nuclear deterrence (1)Jean-Luc Miquel, CEA/DAM Sébastien Le Pape, Deputy Director and Scientist of the Laboratory for the Use of Intense Lasers at École Polytechnique10 a.m. – 12 p.m.: Escalation in the Russia-Ukraine WarIsabelle Facon, Deputy Director of the Strategic Research Foundation9:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.: Iranian nuclear proliferationPaul Zajac, CEA
TBC
8:30 a.m.-1 p.m.: serious game (wargam)Thibault Fouillet, Scientific Director Institute ofStrategy and defense studies Héloïse Fayet, researcher at Ifri
1:30 p.m.-3:30 p.m.: A World History of Nuclear Deterrence (2) Frédéric Gloriant, Director of Ciens 2 p.m.-4 p.m.: The issue of EscaladePaul Zajac, CEA1:30-3:30 p.m.: The role of the European Union in strategic issues Pierre Ramond, PhD student ED540 (ENS), co-founder of the Geopolitical Studies Group, responsible for the seminars of the Great Continent10:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.: Great thinkers of strategy in the nuclear ageCorentin Brustlein, DGRIS (Ministry of Armies) 2:30 p.m.-5 p.m.: Individual scenario exercise: Drafting ofAn operational summary note
4-6 p.m.: A theoretical and practical approach to the serious game Thibault Fouillet, Scientific Director Institute ofStrategy and defense studiesHéloïse Fayet, researcher at Ifri4-6 p.m.: The place of cyber operations in conventional conflicts and faced with nuclear risk: control tool or climbing factor?Marie-Gabrielle Bertran, Ciens researcher4-6 p.m.: From Gaza to Lebanon, via Iran: analysis of the escalation fronts in the Middle Eastve Benhamou, researcher for the Ciens2 p.m.-4 p.m.: Friday Simulation Preparation Session Thibault Fouillet, Scientific Director Institute ofStrategy and defense studiesHéloïse Fayet, researcher at Ifri5-5:30 p.m.: time for a feedback Over the whole week

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