Deterrence/Disarmament

Research team

Benoît d’Aboville
Associate fellow
  
Antoine Bondaz
Research fellow
  
Isabelle Facon
Deputy director
  
Benjamin Hautecouverture
Senior research fellow
  
Antoine Maire
Associate fellow
  
Christian Maire
Associate fellow
  
Emmanuelle Maitre
Research fellow
  
Lova Rinel
Associate fellow
  
Bruno Tertrais
Deputy director
  
Adorine Toumoun
Associate fellow
  
Jean-Pascal Zanders
Associate fellow
 

Recent activity

Report

Principles of Nuclear Deterrence and Strategy

Report
Bruno Tertrais,

Nato Defence College (NDC Research Paper n°19)

, June 2, 2021
Book chapter

French Perspectives on Disarmament and Deterrence

Book chapter
Emmanuelle Maitre,

in Europe's Evolving Deterrence Discourse, Amelia Morgan and Anna Péczeli (eds), Center for Global Security Research (CGSR)

, April 16, 2021
Recherches & Documents n°04/2021

Nuclear deterrence in Europe: points of convergence, singularities and prospects for cooperation

Recherches & Documents n°04/2021
Emmanuelle Maitre, January 2021
Recherches & Documents n°19/2020

French vs. Australian nuclear policies: convergences, divergences and avenues for cooperation

Recherches & Documents n°19/2020
Eloise N. Watson, December 2020
Video

The state of ballistic missile proliferation today

Video
Alexandre Houdayer (among the speakers), November 2020
Note de la FRS n°60/2020

The New Start Treaty: Assessment and Outlook

Note de la FRS n°60/2020
Emmanuelle Maitre, Bruno Tertrais, September 2020
Note

President Macron on French Nuclear Deterrence

Note
Benjamin Hautecouverture,

Canadian Global Affairs Institute

, September 23, 2020
Report

Strengthening Conventional Arms Control in Europe: Small steps to overcome big hurdles

Report
Eloise N. Watson,

EUNPDC Next Generation Papers 

, September 22, 2020
Recherches & Documents n°10/2020

The challenges of nuclear disarmament verification

Recherches & Documents n°10/2020
Emmanuelle Maitre, September 2020
Note de la FRS n°47/2020

Iran, Covid-19, sanctions and the nuclear issue

Note de la FRS n°47/2020
Benjamin Hautecouverture, June 2020
Note de la FRS n°29/2020

Breaking the taboo: why it is so hard to lead a strategic nuclear dialogue with Germany

Note de la FRS n°29/2020
Julia Berghofer, April 2020
Recherches & Documents n°04/2020

French Nuclear Deterrence Policy, Forces, And Future: A Handbook

Recherches & Documents n°04/2020
Bruno Tertrais, March 2020
Book chapter

France’s Deterrent Strategy and the Indo-Pacific

Book chapter
Bruno Tertrais,

in The Future of the Undersea Deterrent: A Global Survey, ANU National Security College

, March 15, 2020
Recherches & Documents n°03/2020

What prospects for arms and missile control after the end of the INF Treaty?

Recherches & Documents n°03/2020
Emmanuelle Maitre, February 2020
Recherches & Documents n°01/2020

France and Nuclear Deterrence - A Spirit of Resistance

Recherches & Documents n°01/2020
Céline Jurgensen, Dominique Mongin, February 2020
Article

Becoming a disarmament champion: the Austrian crusade against nuclear weapons

Article
Emmanuelle Maitre, Pauline Lévy,

The Nonproliferation Review

, January 17, 2020
Article

The Philosopher and the Practitioner

Article
Bruno Tertrais,

INFERENCE (International Review of Sciences), Vol. 5, Issue 1

, December 19, 2019
Article

No First Use, No Deterrence

Article
Bruno Tertrais,

STRATFASIA

, October 11, 2019
Article

The Korean Peninsula: Between Autonomy And Dependency

Article
Antoine Bondaz,

Pouvoirs

, July 21, 2019
Article

Will Europe Get Its Own Bomb ?

Article
Bruno Tertrais,

The Washington Quarterly

, July 11, 2019

In the medias

What if Nuclear Deterrence was an Obsolete Concept?
Pierre Boussel, TRENDS Research and Advisory, April 3, 2024
« Emmanuel Macron was right to point out that brandishing the nuclear threat erodes its deterrent effect »
Benjamin Hautecouverture, Le Monde, December 20, 2022
« Debate over Nuclear Deterrence Heats Up in the EU »
François Heisbourg (quoted), Spiegel, April 14, 2022
The Spectre of Nuclear Weapons Haunts Russia's Invasion War on Ukraine
Benjamin Hautecouverture, Deciphergrey, February 28, 2022
« Vladimir Putin’s nuclear threat shows how much is going wrong for him in Ukraine »
Bruno Tertrais (quoted), The Economist, February 27, 2022
« With his war going slowly, Vladimir Putin raises the nuclear stakes »
Bruno Tertrais (quoted), The Economist, February 27, 2022
« China's Nuclear Gambit Deterring the US »
Valérie Niquet (analysis), The Diplomat, November 6, 2021
« World 'better place' 25 years after nuclear test-ban treaty »
Emmanuelle Maitre (quoted), AFP, September 24, 2021
Weapons of Mass Debate - Time to Talk about Nuclear Deterrence in Europe (Again)
Bruno Tertrais (analysis), Institut Montaigne (Blog), July 19, 2021
France to spell out post-Brexit nuclear weapons strategy
Bruno Tertrais (quoted), AFP, February 7, 2020