The Interdisciplinary Center for Strategic Studies (ICSS or CIENS in French) is a research and teaching platform dedicated to nuclear defense and strategic issues in the broadest sense, with an interdisciplinary approach and as part of a partnership between ENS, ANSSI (Agence nationale de sécurité des systèmes d’information), the French Ministry of Defense and CEA (Commissariat à l’énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives).

Upcoming events

25th to 29th November 2024​

Outer Space, Cyber & Hybrid Warfare: New Areas of Conflictuality – PSL Week

Location : ENS, 45 rue d'Ulm

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News

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...

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...

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...
The CIENS delivers a recap of its research activities for the year 2023-2024. The report is divided in 3 sections : collective research activities, individual research and communication....
In the event of cohabitation with the RN, who would have control of the French army? Yannick Pincé answers questions from Justine Brabant and Fabien Escalona on Médiapart....
Maïlys Mangin, a doctorate in political science, joined as a post-doc researcher the Centre interdisciplinaire sur les enjeux stratégiques (CIENS) in November 2023....