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Artificial Intelligence & Defense. What is at stake
Artificial intelligence is currently a “hot topic” in defense matters. This new technology simultaneously creates fears and sets high expectations. Despite the large amount of literature written about AI and defense, it is difficult to distinguish its true impacts and estimate when they could occur.
Floating and submerged nuclear power plants: towards the emergence of energy thalassocracies?
Moving nuclear power generation out to sea is not as innocuous as one might think. At a time when Russia and China have embarked on the construction of vast fleets of offshore nuclear power plants destined to conquer new markets, the emergence of these small disruptive reactors raises the question of their
possible exploitation for geostrategic purposes.
The digital integration of armies, from tactical incorporation to strategic conjunction
The implementation of digital tools in the armed forces has led to upheavals at both an organizational and human level, which cannot be understood from a simple technical or technological point of view. For this reason, this paper focuses on conducting a human and sociological analysis centered on the process of “digitalization of armies” rather than analyzing cyber separate from the rest of the armed forces.
The political construction of the French nuclear consensus
Strategic research and historiography put forward the idea of a French national consensus on foreign and security policy based on the rallying of the left to the strike force at the end of the 1970s.
Alternatives to the aircraft carrier: an analysis of the French strategic debate
Since the end of the Second World War, the status of capital ship of the aircraft carrier has been a consensus. However, the criticisms against him seem to be on the increase today. These are based on geostrategic, techno-capability and / or economic considerations.
Analysis of Russian Airpower in the 21st Century
Russia intends on utilizing its airpower to conduct offensive power projection in neighboring countries and to defend itself from Western encroachment.