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How effective is nuclear deterrence today?

Paul Zajac, Director of Strategic Affairs at CEA

On March 5th, 2025

4 min reading time

Since the end of the 2000s, nuclear weapons have once again become a factor in the interplay of power between nations.

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Will weaknesses in the US economy resist Trump's strategy?

Patrick Artus, Head Economist at Natixis

On February 12th, 2025

4 min reading time

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China has a monopoly on rare earth metals

Mathieu Xémard, project leader at Centre Interdisciplinaire d'Études pour la Défense et la Sécurité (IP Paris)

On January 29th, 2025

4 min reading time

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Water at the heart of global geopolitical issues

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What future can we expect for water resources in France?

Eric Sauquet, Research Director in Hydrology at INRAE

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Water security: a local issue with international impact

Patricia Crifo, Professor of Economics at Ecole Polytechnique (IP Paris), Maxime Elkington, Masters student in "Economics for smart cities and climate policy" at École Polytechnique (IP Paris)

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Water, a growing source of global tension

Hervé Douville, Researcher at Centre National de Recherches Météorologiques (CNRM), Bertrand Decharme, CNRS Research Director at Centre National de Recherches Météorologiques (CNRM)

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Access to water: inequalities reinforced by climate change

Marine Colon, Lecturer at AgroParisTech and Researcher in Public Management, Stéphanie Dos Santos, Sociologist and demographer at IRD Population Environment Development Laboratory

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Securing water resources: a global necessity

Éric Servat, Director of UNESCO International Centre for Water

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Hard choices must be made for universal access to water

Nassim Ait Mouheb, Researcher at INRAE, Corinne Cabassud , Professor emeritus at INSA Toulouse and Researcher at Toulouse Biotechnology Institute (TBI)

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Cryptography: how to protect critical systems in the quantum era

Christophe Gaie, Head of the Engineering and Digital Innovation Division at the Prime Minister's Office, Jean Langlois-Berthelot, Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics and Head of Division in the French Army

On February 19th, 2025

4 min reading time

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The proliferation of space debris in the Earth's orbit

Christophe Bonnal, Space debris expert at the CNES launchers department

On February 12th, 2025

4 min reading time

Today, there are 36,000 objects larger than 10 cm in space, of which 30,000 are catalogued and 6,000 are not referenced.

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Cognitive warfare: the new battlefield exploiting our brains

Bernard Claverie, Emeritus Professor of Cognitive Sciences at Bordeaux Institute of Technology

On February 5th, 2025

5 min reading time

Cognitive warfare explores the potential manipulation by hostile actors using cognitive science, such as propaganda and disinformation.

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Migration: the effects of climate change

Katrin Millock, CNRS research director at Paris School of Economics, and lecturer at Ecole Polytechnique (IP Paris)

On January 22nd, 2025

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Climate change has direct and indirect effects on migration: destruction of property, reduced agricultural productivity, etc.

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EU-Mercosur agreement: sorting the true from false

Charlotte Emlinger , Economist at CEPII and Doctor in Economics at Montpellier SupAgro, Mathieu Parenti, Professor at Paris School of Economics and Researcher at INRAE

On January 8th, 2025

7 min reading time

The EU-Mercosur free trade agreement has been fuelling public debate for several weeks now: how can we sort out the real from the fake?