Paul Zajac

Career


•  Director of Strategic Affairs at the French Atomic Energy and Renewable Energies Commission (CEER)
•  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

Stéphanie Braquehais

Project Manager

Marie-Gabrielle Bertran

Post-doc

Pierre-Louis Six

Post-doc

Elsa Novelli

Post-doc

Julien Dubois

PhD Student

Our associate researchers

Yannick Pincé

Researcher

Johanna Möhring

Researcher

Maïlys Mangin

Lecturer

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

Corentin Brustlein

Political Delegate

Lise Dubois

PhD Student

Founder

Nicolas Roche

Ambassador, CIENS Honorary Chairman