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Nicolas Tenzer

Chairman, Centre for Study and Reseach on Political Decision

Nicolas Tenzer is a senior civil servant, academic, writer and editor. As the former head of department at the Strategic Planning Office, he has written three official reports for the French government. He is a guest professor at Paris School of International Aff airs and chairman of the Center for Studies and Research on Political Decision. Nicolas Tenzer is also the publisher of Desk Russie, a newsletter on Russia and former Soviet countries. He was a director of the Aspen Institute from 2010 to 2015 and has acted as its treasurer and president. He has the authored 22 books and hundreds of papers on foreign and security policy and risk analysis. He is invited as guest speaker at numerous international and security conferences. He is also the owner of a leading strategy blog, launched in June 2021, called Tenzer Strategics.
Subjects:
China, Defence, Deterrence, Digitalisation, Economy, Europe, European Union, NATO, Russia, Technology, Transatlantic relations, Ukraine, United States, West
Updated: September 1, 2021

Agenda

China, Economy, European Union, Russia, Transatlantic relations, Ukraine, United States, West
Economic Pressure, Hard Foreign Policy Tool?
LMC 2022
Digitalisation, Technology
Dira Necessitas (Horace): The Dire Necessity – Setting the Rules in Digital World
LMC 2021

Articles

AFP/Scanpix
Defence, Deterrence, Europe, NATO
The European Security Conundrum: Between “Strategic Autonomy” and Alliance

The issue of European security is often misunderstood because it covers multiple realities. Guaranteeing Europe’s security means preparing for an attack on its territory, which increasingly coincides with that of NATO members.

Nicolas Tenzer
LMC 2023

In the news

INTERVJUU ⟩ Tenzer: nii Pariis kui Berliin pelgavad Putini režiimi järel tulevat

Postimees, May 25, 2023

Prantsuse politoloog: Venemaa kaotus toob muutuse Euroopas ja kaugemalgi

err.ee (Estonian Public Broadcasting), May 17, 2022

Prantsuse mõttekodalane: Ukrainal tuleb aidata sõda ruttu võita

Postimees, May 17, 2022

"Välisilm": kas lääneriikide suhtlus Venemaaga on olnud lepituspoliitika?

err.ee (Estonian Public Broadcasting), May 16, 2022

Välisilm: miks ei suutnud rahu tagamiseks loodud Euroopa Julgeoleku ja Koostööorganisatsioon aidata sõda vältida. Lisaks kas lääneriikide, eelkõige Saksamaa eestvedamisel toimunud suhtlus Venemaaga viimastel aastakümnetel on võrreldav lepituspoliitikaga ehk agressori rahustamisega?

ETV (Estonian Public Broadvasting), May 16, 2022

INTERVJUU ⟩ Tenzer: Venemaa tahab näidata lääne nõrkust

Postimees, October 6, 2021

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