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)
Moderator : Manon Fitzpatrick (Université de Genève) Jean F. Crombois (Université américaine en Bulgarie) Maxime Audinet (IRSEM) Magdalena Dembińska (UDEM)
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)…
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…
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