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Defense Policy and Armed Forces

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As military competition increases, nations are adapting their defense policies and transforming their armed forces. Doctrine, organization, equipment and training are key to understanding the evolution of land, air and naval forces.

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Bavaria and France. Preparing the Future together

Date de publication
31 August 2020
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France and Bavaria have a longstanding close and solid partnership. However, the relationship between France and Bavaria is not only marked by a common history and by the structures created over the decades.

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Les ressources humaines, un enjeu stratégique pour les armées

Date de publication
30 June 2020
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The French Military Planning Act for the years 2019-2025, is “dedicated” to men and women in the services, showing how crucial the human factor is for the armed forces.

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Breakthrough for Decentralized Franco-German cooperation? Perspectives after the Aachen Treaty

Date de publication
05 June 2020
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The development of Franco-German cooperation can be described as an intergovernmental process. Depending on the perspective, the capacity for innovation of the relationship lies either with central decision-makers at the state level or with decentralized actors at the local level.

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Les bases de la puissance. Enjeux géopolitiques et stratégiques des bases militaires avancées

Date de publication
28 May 2020
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Throughout history, great powers have relied upon forward military bases, either to support their interventions in areas of interest, to re-assure allies or to control a territory.

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Confettis d’empire ou points d’appui ? L’avenir de la stratégie française de présence et de souveraineté

Date de publication
27 February 2020
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France is one of the few nations in the world to benefit from a permanent global military presence. With more than 10,000 military personnel from all three services, deployed across the five continents and the three main oceanic basins, it benefits from the second largest network of prepositioned forces in the world.

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The Aborted Mobilisation of Jordan's Retired Servicemen

Date de publication
21 February 2020
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In the last decade, Jordan has been facing a resurgence in public discontent against harsh living conditions and the corruption of the regime. 

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Mutual Reinforcement: CSDP and NATO in the Face of Rising Challenges

Date de publication
14 October 2019
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Over the past five years, several political and security developments have made it increasingly necessary to look at European Union (EU) / North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) relations through a different lens.

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La compétition stratégique en Afrique : approches militaires américaine, chinoise et russe

Date de publication
30 August 2019
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While it was left behind from power politics for the last decades, Africa is at the core of a renewed attention from global powers.

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Regards croisés sur la guerre électronique

Date de publication
17 July 2019
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Information dominance through the exploitation of the electromagnetic spectrum has become a cornerstone of military superiority. However, it is now threatened by increasingly advanced electronic warfare capabilities.

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La fourmilière du général : le commandement opérationnel face aux enjeux de haute intensité

Date de publication
27 June 2019
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Operational command structures have always been able to adapt to the strategic context. However, they now face a new challenge: high intensity threats. 

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