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Defence AI: The Challenge of Sovereignty

Revolutionary like the atom in its time, artificial intelligence (AI) is making a growing place for itself ...

  • Intelligence artificielle (IA)

September 05, 2025

The fight against information threats at NATO

At the international level, NATO has acquired tools to analyse information attacks and respond effectively. Marie-Doha Besancenot, NATO's Assistant Secretary General for Public Diplomacy, explains why she created a task force dedicated to information threats in 2024.

September 04, 2025

Bastien Alex: “At over 45°C, helicopters have some difficulties in taking off.”

Climate change will deeply affect the operational missions of the armed forces. To prepare our military for these upheavals, the French Ministry of Defence adopted a "Climate Defence" strategy in April 2022. Bastien Alex takes stock of the situation and discusses the upcoming projects, three years after the document was published.

September 04, 2025

From air to space: defending yourself in the third dimension

Drones, cyber-attacks, hijacking... Aerial threats are numerous and very diverse. The French Air Force is on the front line in protecting the population, especially as this requirement has extended to space, where our strategically important satellites operate.

September 03, 2025

Maritime Issues: Tensions on the Oceans

The current wars in Ukraine and in the Middle East have had repercussions in all areas of conflict, particularly at sea. These conflicts add to an already deteriorating maritime environment, in which competition between major powers has been intensifying, sometimes at the expense of international law. Here is a detailed review.

September 03, 2025

Wartime economics, year 2: what are the results?

Full order books, reduced lead times, increased budgets... Two and a half years after the transition to a wartime economy, requested by French President Emmanuel Macron following Russia's aggression in Ukraine, the French defence industry has reorganised and strengthened to "produce more and faster". Focus on the results of this acceleration in production rates and the increase in production volumes.

September 02, 2025

How is the French Army changing?

Collaborative combat, artificial intelligence, battlefield transparency, war economy... Faced with the geostrategic upheavals caused by the return of war to Europe and tensions in the Middle East, the French Army is adapting and carrying on with its transformation. The aim: to meet the demands of modern warfare. Here are some explanations.

September 02, 2025

Disinformation, a weapon of war

Disinformation is a true weapon of destabilisation, upsetting the balance of power between states. Some countries, like Russia, no longer hesitate to use it to influence public opinion to gain a strategic advantage. Through several bodies France has been organising itself in the face of these threats of a different kind.

August 29, 2025

Ukraine: E5 defence ministers reassert their support

As the conflict in Ukraine continues, the defence ministers of the E5 group (France, Germany, Poland, Italy and the United Kingdom) met in Paris on Wednesday 12 March. The aim of this meeting was to consolidate their support for Ukraine and to examine European defence projects.

  • Europe

  • Ukraine

March 14, 2025

NATO Ambassadors Visit Istres Air Force Base

On 6 March 2025, the ambassadors from the NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organisation) Allies visited the Istres Air Force Base in the south of France. Their visit highlighted the key role of France’s nuclear capability in preserving peace and deterring aggression against NATO member countries.

  • Otan

March 10, 2025