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A luncheon-debate with Étienne de DURAND, Senior research fellow, Director of the Security Studies Center.
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Etienne de DURAND
Chercheur et Directeur du Centre des études de sécurité de l'Ifri de 2006 à 2015
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Versatility and modularity have been praised as design imperatives for military hardware, in order to reduce costs as well as to facilitate training and maintenance.
La réforme du secteur de sécurité, entre bureaucraties et stratégie
The concept of Security Sector Reform (SSR) was developed during the 1990s as a response to several problems chiefly faced by countries in post-conflict transitions: weak new governments; conflicting civil-military relations; ill-defined division of tasks between the armed forces, the police, and the judiciary system; and tension between the requirements to stabilize the country and to establish the rule of law.
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The future of space cooperation in the new strategic context
The policy orientations of the Trump II administration profoundly challenge the foundations of international cooperation in space science and exploration. This shift reflects a broader trend of strategic disengagement and weakening of multilateral mechanisms in the space domain.