What is strategy? Theories, concepts and practices
The aim of this seminar is to provide students with a basis for understanding and analyzing strategy, defined by André Beaufre as “the art of
Nuclear proliferation and non-proliferation – history, mechanisms and contemporary issues
The explosion of the Trinity device in the New Mexico desert in July 1945 ushered in the atomic age. As early as August 1945, the
Space and strategic competitions
The aim of this course is to introduce students to the strategic stakes of space. The space race, which originated in the Cold War, is
Russia’s security and defense policy, a key challenge for European security
Against the backdrop of the sharp rise in strategic and military confrontation in Europe, triggered by Russia’s large-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, this course
Strategic and nuclear issues in the Middle East
This course introduces students to the main nuclear and strategic issues in the Middle East in two stages. During the Cold War, the region was
CIENS methodology seminar: What methods should be used to study strategic issues? Archives, interviews, OSINT
Led by the CIENS team, this transdisciplinary methodology seminar will offer a practical introduction to three major methods for studying strategic issues (archives; semi-structured interviews;
The role and place of cyber conflictuality in a time of “high-intensity conflict”.
This seminar aims to open up and deepen reflection on the place and role of cyber in current conflicts, as the themes of escalation and
The digital state of war: a sociology of the strategic issues involved in digitizing public debate
The digitization of public debate, which has accelerated in recent years, has considerably altered the way in which information is produced and consumed, the forms
Extra-European nuclear worlds: India and South Asia
Course given in English. Taking over from the “Trajectoires nucléaires européennes” nuclear history research seminar, the course proposed by Jayita Sarkar, University Professor of the