Contenu du sommaire : De nouveaux enjeux transatlantiques ?

The NATO Summit at Varsovie should be considered a success: the alliance's determination and unity have been reaffirmed faced with current menaces. The member-countries have made commitments including the reinforcement of resources consecrated to the Defense, through budgetary augmentation.

The Summit of Varsovie was an occasion to recall the alliance's nuclear doctrine and the necessity of having a clear and affirmed position facing Russia, which carries out a policy of “aggressive sanctuarization,” a policy that is potentially destabilizing and dangerous concerning its neighboring countries.

The NATO Summit at Varsovie had to reconcile different approaches in an atmosphere of crisis with, on one hand the increasing frigidity of relations with Russia, and on the other, the fight against Islamic terrorism. In the end, this Summit knew how to navigate this “goat and the cabbage” dilemma.

The generation of forces to respond to the operational needs of NATO comprises a recurring difficulty faced with nations'reluctance to share responsibility for it. It is necessary to define new capacities for measuring the effort of the Defense to better appreciate the engagement required.

The interest of Europeans in the American elections is relatively recent and is mistakenly supported by a distorted reading of the political reality across the Atlantic, with the desire to impose a European readership on it. Current evolution shows a better comprehension of issues to come.

Beyond his controversial personality, Donald Trump has aroused a passionate debate around diverging visions of the role of the United States. Concerning this, it is necessary to start afresh with a certain approach toward international policy calling into question Washington's exterior engagements. The priority is to first respond to the anxiety of the American middle class concerned for its future.

A few months from the end of the Obama Administration, it is possible to draw a preliminary assessment of American international policy whose results remain paradoxical considering that the world, from 2008 to 2016, lost stability and security, contrary to the expectations of 2008.

Possible evolutions of the United States'international policy may have de facto consequences on our own policy with several conceivable options. An in-depth reflection on the definition of our interests becomes necessary to better respond to the changes that could arrive from Washington.

Australia, a power of the Pacific, must take into account the evolution of the balance of forces around the continent of Asia, notably with the rise in power of China, a major economic partner with strategic ambitions: a source of concern for Canberra.

The Strait of Malacca is one of the most frequented maritime routes in the world with an exponentially rising commercial traffic. However, it is a sensitive zone with ongoing menaces such as piracy, which is on the rise with tensions tied principally to China.

The conflict in Ukraine is of a hybrid nature. Besides classically-armed confrontations, the massive use of cyber technologies for disinformation purposes contributes to accenting the division between populations. Numerous lessons around hybridity have thus been drawn from this war and will influence future confrontations.

Siachen is a mountainous, inhospitable region nevertheless disputed between Pakistan and India. Altitude-induced conditions lead to major operation constraints for soldiers. Discussion attempts between military personnel from the two countries were not able to succeed for political reasons.

The issue of a Japanese rearmament has been posed for several years, with a regular reinforcement of the country's military capacities that can call into question Article 9 of the constitution limiting the military tool to an auto-defensive force. Current efforts are more of an adaptation than a return to a well-concluded militarism.

Islam has developed in Africa since the 8th century, adapting to local customs and traditions of African societies. Organized around brotherhoods, African Islam, despite being moderated, does not escape current paroxysms with the rise of a potentially destabilizing Islamism.

The IRBA (Institut de Recherche Biomédicale des Armées, Institute of Biomedical Research of the Armed Forces), established in Brétigny, is the major player in the biomedical research of defense. Its rise in power since 2008, confirmed in the model SSA 2020, bestows it with major responsibilities and expertise of a very high level in specific domains tied to the operational environment of our forces.

Last April, five female EOAs from the special military school of Saint-Cyr (l'École spéciale militaire de Saint-Cyr), accompanying a soldier wounded in battle, undertook the ascension of Kilimanjaro. This expedition expressed the engagement of the military community to concretely support military men and women wounded in operation.