Prénom de l'expert

Léo

Nom de l'expert

PÉRIA-PEIGNÉ

Research Fellow, Security Studies Center, Head of the Defense Research Unit, Ifri

Research Areas:

Armament and Capability
Defense industry
Geopolitics and Turkish Armed Forces

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Security Studies Center

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Defense Research Unit

Léo Péria-Peigné is a Research Fellow at Ifri’s Security Studies Center. He worked within its Observatory on Future Conflicts on capability forecasting in the field of armaments and on the use of upcoming weapons systems. He also worked on the use of conventional weaponry in asymmetrical conflicts, especially in Afghanistan.

He is head of Ifri's Defense Research Unit since April 2026.

Specialized on Defense Industry’s issues and Turkish geopolitics, he graduated in 2020 from Sciences Po Lille’s economic intelligence and international relations Master and joined Ifri in 2022 after two years of consulting on armament economy and a time at French Special Operation Command.

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