Director of the Observatory on Radicalisation within the Violence and Exiting Violence Platform
Biography:
Pierre Conesa specializes in international strategic matters, especially in the military. Educated in international relations, he has worked for the French ministery of Defense for 20 years.
He is a lecturer at Sciences Po and ENA.
Recent publications:
Pierre Conesa, La fabrication de l'ennemi, ou comment tuer avec sa conscience pour soi. Préface de Michel Wieviorka, Robert Laffont, 2011
Pierre Conesa, Les mécaniques du Chaos : Bushisme, prolifération et terrorisme, La Tour d’Aigues, Éditions de l’Aube, 2007.
Pierre Conesa, Dr Saoud et Mr Djihad, préface d'Hubert Védrine, Editions Robert Laffont, septembre 2016
Research topics
military operations
international relations
stratégie
Closed project
Violence and Exiting Violence Platform
Understanding and overcoming contemporary violence
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