Deterrence/Disarmament

Research team

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

Recent activity

Note de la FRS n°22/2022

The road to a moratorium on kinetic ASAT testing is paved with good intentions, but is it feasible?

Note de la FRS n°22/2022
Almudena Azcárate Ortega, Laetitia Cesari Zarkan, May 2022
Article

The Spectre of Nuclear Weapons Haunts Russia's Invasion War on Ukraine

Article
Benjamin Hautecouverture,

DecypherGrey

, Mars 2022
Article

Russia's Threat of Nuclear Weapons in Its War with Ukraine Is at the Heart of the Deterrence Paradox

Article
Benjamin Hautecouverture,

DecipherGrey

, Mars 2022
Japan Program

The challenges to traditional deterrence: a view from Japan

Japan Program
Ambassador Nobushige Takamizawa, March 23, 2022
The NPT and the P5 Process

Strategic non-nuclear weapons and strategic stability – Promoting trust through technical understanding

The NPT and the P5 Process
Fabian Hoffmann, November 15, 2021
Web conference

Strategic Risk Reduction and the P5 process

Web conference
September 29, 2021
The NPT and the P5 Process

Negotiating a FMCT: Still a Priority?

The NPT and the P5 Process
Emmanuelle Maitre, July 20, 2021
Recherches & Documents n°13/2021

Solidarity and deterrence in the Eastern Mediterranean

Recherches & Documents n°13/2021
Elie Perot, June 2021
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

In the medias

« 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
Does Europe need its own nuclear shield?
Bruno Tertrais, EN24 (Die Welt translated into English), November 29, 2019
« The Hanoi Summit: What’s in It for US Allies? »
Valérie Niquet, Marianne Peron-Doise, The Diplomat, February 26, 2019