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Le cloud défense : défi opérationnel, impératif stratégique et enjeu de souveraineté

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Cloud computing – or data management – is considered as one of the pillars of the digital transformation of the French Ministry of the Armed Forces. 

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However, it requires to outsource the management of information technology (IT) resources, which poses many technical and cultural as well as political and industrial challenges. In addition to the necessity of controlling the technology, there are major strategic issues relating to autonomy and influence. The defense cloud therefore depends as much on the capacity of the military to adapt the technology to its security and operational requirements, as on the industrial partnerships set up by the ministry, and national policies on the matter.

 

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Security Studies Center
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Heir to a tradition dating back to the founding of Ifri, the Security Studies Center provides public and private decision-makers as well as the general public with the keys to understanding power relations and contemporary modes of conflict as well as those to come. Through its positioning at the juncture of politics and operations, the credibility of its civil-military team and the wide distribution of its publications in French and English, the Center for Security Studies constitutes in the French landscape of think tanks a unique center of research and influence on the national and international defense debate.

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Defense Research Unit
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The Defense Research Unit is a program that aims at stimulating the strategic debate by dealing with subjects at the junction of the “technico-operational” and the “political-strategic”. A unique structure in France, it brings together civilian researchers and “military fellows” from each of the three armies to produce work on defense policies, the capability and strategic adaptation of armies, and foresight on tomorrow's conflicts.

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Design, Destroy, Dominate. The Mass Drone Warfare as a Potential Military Revolution

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18 June 2025
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The widespread use of drones observed in Ukraine—both in terms of the scale of the fleets deployed and their omnipresence in the operations of both belligerents—appears to meet the conditions of a genuine military revolution.

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The Hunt for Economic Security: The Role of Navies in Deterring Threats to the Maritime Economy

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10 June 2025
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Olivier SCHMITT Louise TUMCHEWICS
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A Fragile Consensus? The Pressure on the Norm Against Nuclear Testing

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22 April 2025
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Apart from North Korea, no state has conducted explosive nuclear tests in the 21st century, reflecting the emergence of a strong international norm against such testing.

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The Franco-German Brigade and the Revival of European Defense

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08 April 2025
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One thing has been clear since Donald Trump's return to the White House: the very existence of the European unification project is threatened. Unless it develops a sovereign defense policy to counter the war in Ukraine and the weakening of American security guarantees, the European Union will continue to see its internal cohesion and external attractiveness wane.

Jacob ROSS Nicolas TÉTERCHEN
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