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Vice-amiral (2s) Christian Girard - Photo © DR
Admiral Christian Gérard

Decoding: On the War in Ukraine

27 September 2026
The Essentials by Vice-Admiral Christian Girard (ret.) — Toulon, 25 September 2026. Ukraine has held. Ukraine is holding. The total war launched by Russia against its neighbour in February 2022 drags on. No reasonable prospect […]
Projection d’une frégate FDI naviguant en environnement arctique — illustration imaginant le futur rayon d’action des unités suédoises de classe Luleå, appelées à opérer bien au-delà de la seule mer Baltique — Illustration IA © Naval Group
Press Review

Who Loses Wins in the Far North?

1 September 2026
On Monday, August 31, aboard the frigate Amiral Ronarc’h moored in Stockholm, Emmanuel Macron and Ulf Kristersson sealed a ten-year-old Franco-Swedish defence partnership set to run for decades to come — four frigates, a strategic framework agreement, a nuclear steering group, French troops in the Swedish Arctic. In France, the event remained largely off the media radar. In Scandinavia, it made headlines, sparked debate, and, at times, controversy. A press review.

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Il ne s’agit pas de sauver le soldat Trump, mais de défendre l’Europe — Photo © European Security
Admiral Christian Gérard

The Strait of Hormuz Reopened?

29 August 2026
The renewed American military offensive against Iran resumed in February 2026, following the twelve-day war launched by Israel in June 2025. The last two months have been marked by geostrategic uncertainty — mutual threats of destruction, legal claims, bombardments in the Gulf, clashes in the strait, a ceasefire agreed and swiftly denounced. Yet an uncertain and unstable status quo now appears to have settled in between Iran and the United States, particularly regarding the Strait of Hormuz, as well as the conflict’s other stakes, with each side firmly holding its positions and claims.

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Jérôme Denariez — Photo © DR
Jérôme Denariez

Hormuz: The Return of Reality

9 July 2026
In his striking first essay, Clausewitz at Hormuz: The Impossible Memorandum, Jérôme Denariez immersed us in the intricacies of an absurd diplomacy, demonstrating the impossibility of drafting a rational compromise when the logic of pure […]
Vice-amiral (2s) Christian Girard - Photo © DR
Admiral Christian Gérard

Should We Save Soldier Trump? (2)

14 May 2026
In his hard-hitting first analysis, Admiral Christian Girard delivered an uncompromising assessment of the realities surrounding the Hormuz blockade. This led to three major conclusions: the blatant failure of the American security umbrella prompting a […]