Prénom de l'expert

Élie

Nom de l'expert

TENENBAUM

Director of Ifri’s Security Studies Center

Research Areas:

Military strategy
European defense and security
Irregular warfare and hybrid threats
Terrorism and insurgencies

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Security Studies Center

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Defense Research Unit

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Deterrence and Proliferation

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Observatory on Future Conflicts

Élie Tenenbaum is the director of Ifri's Security Studies Center. After years of focusing on irregular warfare, counterinsurgency and counter-terrorism, his research now leads him to cover more general strategic issues, in particular European security and defense policy.

He holds PhD (2015) in History and graduated from Sciences Po (2010), he has been a visiting fellow at Columbia University (2013-2014) and spent a year at the War Studies Department, at King's College London (2006) ; he has taught international security at Sciences Po and international contemporary history at the Université de Lorraine. He is the author of numerous articles and books on history and strategy, including The Twenty Year War: Jihadism & Counter-Terrorism in the 21^st Century, with Marc Hecker (Robert Laffont, Prix du Livre Géopolitique 2021).

Flagship Publications

Studies

June 2024

Return to the East: the Russian Threat and the French Pivot to Europe's Eastern Flank

January 29, 2023, in RUTJA (ESTONIA). French, British and Estonian soldiers from BattleGroup eFP participated in the BALTIC HAWK mission

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Return to the East: the Russian Threat and the French Pivot to Europe's Eastern Flank

Papers

July 2023

High-Intensity Warfare: What Challenges for the French Armed Forces?

Élie TENENBAUM

Studies

September 2023

Zeitenwende: The Bundeswehr’s Paradigm Shift

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Publications

Studies

The Battle over Fire Support: The CAS Challenge and the Future of Artillery

04 November 2012

Traditionally, maneuver units are designed for mobility and control of the ground, while supporting forces (artillery, aviation) deliver fires to protect the former and ensure their freedom of action.

Élie TENENBAUM

Studies

Helicopter Warfare: The Future of Airmobility and Rotary Wing Combat.

06 February 2012

Military helicopters have evolved into technologically sophisticated weapon systems. Originally designed to counter Soviet armor, attack helicopters now have to cope with a wide spectrum of threats, some of them bringing them back to their counterinsurgency roots.

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