Prénom de l'expert

Louis-Marie

Nom de l'expert

BAILLE

Military Fellow, Defense Research Unit, Security Studies Center, Ifri

Research Areas:

Strategic Thinking
Air-Land Combat
Use of Land Forces
Conflict Foresight

A soldier watching a sunset on an armored infantry fighting vehicle

Security Studies Center

French soldiers during an exercise in the forest

Defense Research Unit

Colonel in the French Army, Louis-Marie Baille is a military fellow at the Defense Research Unit of the French Institute of International Relations' Security Studies Center. His work focuses on French strategic and security issues, with a particular emphasis on the study of new forms of conflict, the evolution of air-land operations, and the challenges related to the use of land forces. A graduate of the Special Military School of Saint-Cyr, he holds a Master’s degree in International Relations and is a graduate of the War College. An infantry officer, he has alternated between command roles in operational units and positions in strategic-level headquarters, working in operations, capability development, and human resources. Over the course of his career, he has participated in four overseas deployments, in Africa and Afghanistan.

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