This event is in French only.
Monday – Dec. 9, 2024
09h00-9h10 : Opening Remarks
Dr. Laurent Borzillo, chercheur invité (CCEAE, UdeM/ENAP)
09h10-10h30 – Round Table 1 : Politicization of defense issues and strategic orientation: realities and consequences
Topics : Impact on decisions when the issues are publicized in the media; impact on defense decisions (opex, military procurement); defense issues, traditionally seen as consensual public policy, in a process of polarization.
Moderator : Pr. Frédéric Mérand (UdeM)
- Jean-Charles Larsonneur (député à l’Assemblée nationale 2017-2024)
- Laurent Charbonneau (UdeM)
- Laurent Borzillo, chercheur invité (CCEAE, UdeM/ ENAP)
10h30-10h45 – Break
10h45-12h00 – Round Table 2 : Politicization at election time: can an issue of defense and/or strategic orientation become the major issue of an election/political life?
Topics: Elections in Moldova and Georgia (Fall 2024); the subject of the Russian-Ukrainian war in Western democracies; defence issues in elections.
Moderator : Pr. Delphine Deschaux-Dutard (Université de Grenoble Alpes)
- Florian Galleri (Université de Nantes)
- Justin Massie (UQAM)
- Maud Quessard (IRSEM)
- Romain Le Quiniou (Euro Créative)
Tuesday – Dec. 10, 2024
09h00-10h15 – Round Table 3 : The politicization of defense and strategic issues, a consequence of interference and the spread of fake news
Moderator : Manon Fitzpatrick (Université de Genève)
- Jean F. Crombois (Université américaine en Bulgarie)
- Maxime Audinet (IRSEM)
- Magdalena Dembińska (UDEM)
10h15-10h30 – Break
10h30-11h50 – Round Table 4 : What countermeasures can be taken against fake news and the negative politicization of defense issues? Can politicization be a solution?
Moderator : Diya Jiang (Université McGill)
- Jean-Charles Larsonneur (député à l’Assemblée nationale 2017-2024)
- Cristian Preda (Université de Bucarest)
- Yannick Pincé (CIENS)
- Laurent Cordonier (Fondation Descartes)
- Tom Morin-Robinson (NATO’s Public Diplomacy Division)
11h50-12h00 – Closing Comments
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