Pierre Conesa

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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Published at 17 January 2017