Paul Zajac

Career


•  Director of Strategic Affairs at the French Atomic Energy and Alternative Energies Commission (CEA)
•  Diplomat
•  Graduate of the École normale supérieure
•  2020-2024: Graduate of the Institut d’études politiques de Paris
•  Deputy Director of Strategic Affairs and Cybersecurity at the Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs. In this capacity, he was responsible for monitoring France’s policy within NATO and the EU for the Common Security and Defense Policy.
•  2018-2020: Political Counselor at the French Embassy in the United States
•  2014-2017: Deputy Director of the Center for Analysis, Forecasting and Strategy (CAPS) at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in charge of foresight, anticipation and strategy.
•  2010-2013: First Secretary at the French Embassy in Germany, in charge of Franco-German security and defense cooperation and monitoring Germany’s security and defense policy.

CIENS team

Frédéric Gloriant

Director – PhD History
Europe of defense / Nuclear Deterrence / France

Stéphanie Braquehais

Project & Comms Manager

Eve Benhamou

PhD History
Middle-East – Nuclear Defense

Marie-Gabrielle Bertran

PhD Geography
Cybersecurity – Russia

Pierre-Louis Six

PhD History
Russian foreign policy – Nuclear issues – Uranium

Louise Matz

PhD History
Nuclear – Deterrence – Air Force

Elsa Novelli

PhD Philosophy
Cognitive Warfare – Attention Economy – AI

Julien Dubois

PhD Student
Ukraine – Nuclear – Non-Proliferation

Our associate researchers

Yannick Pincé

PhD History
Nuclear issues – Deterrence – Domestic policy

Johanna Möhring

PhD Political Science
AI – Military Command

Maïlys Mangin

PhD Political Science
Iran – Nuclear Defense – AI – Information Warfare

Our associate experts

Laurent Prosperi

PhD in IT

Paul Zajac

Partner Relations Coordinator. CEA Associate Expert

Dominique Mongin

History Lecturer, CEA

Guillaume Schlumberger

Associate researcher at the Fondation pour la Recherche Stratégique

Mélanie Rosselet

Diplomat

Our speakers

Isabelle Facon

Deputy Director at the Strategic Research Foundation

Corentin Brustlein

Political Delegate

Lise Dubois

PhD Student

Founder

Nicolas Roche

Ambassador, CIENS Honorary Chairman