Speaking

Subjects offered

• What Security Architecture for the European Continent?

  From the “Greater Europe” stretching from the Atlantic to the Urals to the role of the OSCE: what was proposed, what failed, what remains open. Grounded in articles published in Revue Défense Nationale between 2003 and 2015.

• Democratic Control of Military and Nuclear Commitments

  Article 35 of the Constitution, the definition of co-belligerence, parliamentary debate on vital interests: the nine measures of the June 2026 collective op-ed, and what they would entail.

• NATO and the Transatlantic Relationship, from Bucharest to Today

  What the 2008 Bucharest summit revealed about America's relative decline, what the 2019 London summit confirmed, and what the sequence opens up for Europeans.

• The Paris-Rome Axis: Nice, the Mediterranean and the Quirinal Treaty

  Why the Franco-Italian pairing carries more weight than is generally said, what the Quirinal Treaty changed, and where Nice sits in that geography. Available in French and Italian.

• The Franco-German Pairing: What Came Apart, What Can Be Rebuilt

  From the Élysée Treaty to German strategy in the Ukraine war. A reading that does not settle for the commemorative narrative. Available in German.

• The Balkans and Central Europe: Serbia as a Hinge

  A reading informed by four years spent in Vienna and by work published as early as 2015 on Serbia's hinge position between the European Union and Moscow.

• Sovereignty Technologies: From 1960s Nuclear Power to Cloud and AI

  An argument set out in 2005 in Revue Défense Nationale and taken up again in October 2025 in a Figaro op-ed: a continent's autonomy is decided by the technologies it depends on. What that means today for data, compute and energy.

• Cross-Border Cooperation: The Lessons of the Strasbourg-Ortenau Eurodistrict

  Shared governance, common public services, daily life on both sides of a border. Drawn from a 478-page bilingual volume and from field practice. Available in German.

Documented engagements

1. 10 May 2024The National Impact of the European ElectionsParis · Cercle Colbert, Anciens de Sciences Po StrasbourgGuest: Gaspard GantzerCo-presenter and moderatorWatch the recording · 76 min (opens in a new tab)
2. 28 April 2024Local Authorities Between Change and Revolution — annual symposiumParis · Cercle ColbertModerator of the second panel, as a board member of the Cercle ColbertWatch the recording · 211 min (opens in a new tab)
3. 22 February 2024Exploring the World of TomorrowLe Keréden, Locarn (Côtes-d'Armor) · Le KerédenSpeaker, with Blandine Ripert
4. 9 October 2023Without the Commitment of Business Leaders, Our Democracy Is DoomedParis · Cercle ColbertGuest: Seth David RadwellModeratorWatch the recording · 81 min (opens in a new tab)
5. 8 February 2023Recruitment: Attracting the Young — What Answers to the Great Resignation?Paris · Fondation Jean-Jaurès, Alumni de Sciences Po Strasbourg, Cercle ColbertModerator, as a board member of the Cercle Colbert
6. 5 November 2022The Conference on the Future of Europe: What Prospects for European Democracy?Paris · Cercle Colbert, Alumni de Sciences Po StrasbourgGuest: Olivier Costa (CNRS, CEVIPOF)ModeratorWatch the recording · 55 min (opens in a new tab)
7. 9 December 2021A Prefect Speaks: Between Commitment and RiskTravellers Club, Paris · Cercle Colbert, Réseau du Protocole, Alumni de Sciences Po StrasbourgGuest: Cyrille SchottCo-presenterWatch the recording · 67 min (opens in a new tab)
8. 10 February 2020Diversity and Social Mobility: On What Conditions?Paris · Cercle ColbertModerator — seven speakersWatch the recording · 87 min (opens in a new tab)
9. 14 January 2018NATO: Protection or Potential Threat?Lieu d'Europe, Strasbourg · Cercle du Bon Sens, Ouest-Est, Forum CarolusSpeaker and co-organiser — introduced as “geopolitical analyst and essayist”
10. 5 October 2006Instruments for Europe's IndependenceConseil de l'Europe, Strasbourg · Académie européenne, Forum Carolus, association Rhin-Volga, la Lettre SentinelCo-organiser and rapporteur, for the Forum Carolus