Prénom de l'expert

Jean-Christophe

Nom de l'expert

NOËL

Associate Research Fellow, Security Studies Center, Ifri

Research Areas:

Air Power
Modern Conflicts
Technology and Defense

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Security Studies Center

French soldiers during an exercise in the forest

Defense Research Unit

Jean-Christophe Noël is an Associate Research Fellow at Ifri's Security Studies Center. He retired from the French Air Force as a Colonel in 2017. After a career as a fighter pilot, he held several positions in headquarters, where he worked particularly on doctrine or prospective issues.

He was also the deputy head of cabinet of the French Air force’s Chief of staff from 2006 to 2009, a military fellow at the Center for Strategic and International studies in Washington, DC, in 2009, as well as an expert of politico-military affairs for five years at the Center of analysis, planning and strategy (CAPS) of the Ministry of foreign affairs between 2012 and 2017.

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Publications

Studies

Israeli Cyberpower: The Unfinished Development of the Start-up Nation?

09 November 2020

Israel’s economic success in the cyber sector is undeniable. It is due to the development of an ecosystem encouraging the mastery of digital innovation.

Jean-Christophe NOËL

Studies

What Is Digital Power?

12 November 2019

Digital power refers to any actor’s ability to exploit digital data to help influence the behavior of other actors on the international stage and to achieve its own ends. It is about understanding how it influences events in the real world, despite its “intangible” nature.

Jean-Christophe NOËL

Studies

Les armées françaises face aux menaces anti-aériennes de nouvelle génération

20 December 2018

Although it had never entirely disappeared, the surface-to-air threat was mitigated for three decades by Western air superiority. It now benefits from a modernization and dissemination momentum that will increasingly hinder expeditionary forces’ freedom of action.

Jean-Christophe NOËL Morgan PAGLIA Élie TENENBAUM

Articles from Politique Etrangère

Will Artificial Intelligence Revolutionize the Art of War?

04 December 2018

Despite the development of artificial intelligence (AI) only being in its early stages, it has already had an impact on armed forces.

Jean-Christophe NOËL

Studies

Intelligence artificielle : vers une nouvelle révolution militaire ?

16 October 2018

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a priority defense issue for the military powers of the 21^stcentury. Unsurprisingly, the United States and China are currently at the forefront of this new digitalized arms race.

Jean-Christophe NOËL