Archive · Inaugural Conference

2017 — Paris

13 — 14 January 2017 · University Panthéon-Assas (Paris 2), Paris, France.

The beginning

Where EISS started

The first European Initiative for Security Studies conference, convened in January 2017 at University Panthéon-Assas, brought together scholars from across Europe to build a shared forum for security studies — the founding act of EISS.

Keynote: Professor Sir Hew Strachan (University of St Andrews). The conference was organised around nine permanent thematic sections that the ESSC still tracks today.

From the archive

Conference programme

The full programme of panels, roundtables and papers, as it ran. Open a session to see its papers and speakers.

Day 1 — Friday 13 January

  1. Opening Remarks & Keynote Speech

    Salle des conseils

    Chair:Dr. Hugo Meijer (Institute for Strategic Research (IRSEM) / European University Institute (EUI), Academic Director of the EISS)

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    1. Keynote Speech

      Presenter: Professor Sir Hew Strachan (University of St. Andrews)

  2. Panel 1: Change and Continuity in War

    Salle des conseils

    Chair:Prof. Beatrice Heuser (University of Reading)

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    1. The Future in the Past: Victory, Defeat, and Comparative Grand Strategy

      Presenter: Dr. Paul van Hooft (European University Institute)

    2. France’s Colonial Wars in the XIX and XX Centuries, and its Military Interventions in the XXI Century: Continuities or Discontinuities?

      Presenter: Dr. Julie d’Andurain (Université Paris-Sorbonne (Paris 1))

    3. Grey Zones, Deterrence and Signaling: the Case of the US-Japan Alliance

      Presenter: Dr. Matteo Dian (University of Bologna)

    4. Continuity and Change in Terrorist Strategies

      Presenter: Dr. Jenny Raflik-Grenouilleau (University of Cergy-Pontoise)

  3. Lunch

    Salle Goullencourt

  4. Panel 2: Arms Procurement and Transfers

    Salle 3

    Chair:Prof. Matthew Uttley (King’s College London)

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    1. States vs. Markets in Rising Powers: Functional and Political Sources of Institutional Resilience in India’s Defense Sector

      Presenter: Dr. Moritz Weiss (Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich)

    2. A Science and Technology Studies Approach to Drone Politics in Europe

      Presenter: Samuel Longuet (Université Libre Bruxelles)

    3. New Wine in Old Bottles? United Kingdom Defence Procurement and Defence Industries in the post-Brexit Era

      Presenter: Dr. Benedict Wilkinson (King’s College London)

    4. Arms Procurement in the Gulf Region: Evolving Trends and Implications for the Client State–Supplying State–Industry Triangle

      Presenter: Emma Soubrier (University of Auvergne (Clermont-Ferrand))

    Panel 3: Emerging Domains: Cybersecurity

    Salle des fêtes

    Chair:Dr. Brandon Valeriano (Cardiff University)

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    1. Cyber Compellence: Applying Coercion in the Information Age

      Presenter: Dr. Brandon Valeriano (Cardiff University) · Dr. Benjamin M. Jensen (Marine Corps University) · Dr. Ryan C. Maness (Northeastern University)

    2. American Military-Technological Superiority in the Age of Cyber Espionage, Globalization and the Rise of China

      Presenter: Dr. Mauro Gilli (ETH Zurich) · Dr. Andrea Gilli (Stanford University)

    3. Cybersecurity and the Public Sector: The Italian Case

      Presenter: Dr. Raffaele Marchetti (LUISS University) · Roberta Mulas (University of Warwick & LUISS University)

    4. Issues and Frames: Explaining Coercion in Cyberspace

      Presenter: Miguel Gomez (ETH Zurich)

  5. Coffee Break

    Salle Goullencourt

  6. Panel 4: Defense Cooperation and Military Assistance

    Salle 3

    Chair:Prof. Ulrich Krotz (European University Institute)

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    1. Transatlantic Defence Cooperation after Brexit and Trump

      Presenter: Prof. Magnus Petersson (Norwegian Institute for Defence Studies)

    2. The Future of American Power in Europe and European Strategic Cooperation

      Presenter: Dr. Paul van Hooft (European University Institute)

    3. Military Cooperation in Unstable Places: Explaining American Failures in the Sahara-Sahel

      Presenter: Dr. Edoardo Baldaro (Scuola Normale Superiore)

    4. Towards Nodal Defense? US Strategy and European Security

      Presenter: Dr. Luis Simón (Vrije Universiteit Brussels) · Dr. Alexander Lanoszka (City, University of London)

    Panel 5: Private Security Contractors

    Salle des fêtes

    Chair:Prof. Elke Krahmann (Witten/Herdecke University)

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    1. Private Security Logos: a Visual Analysis of PMSC’s Legitimation Strategies

      Presenter: Dr. Eugenio Cusumano (University of Leiden)

    2. Dynamics of Security Privatization and the Evolution of the Regulatory State in Security: Explaining Anglo-Saxon and Continental European Trajectories

      Presenter: Dr. Andreas Kruck (Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich/Free University Berlin)

    3. The Co-Evolution of the Private Military and Security Companies and their Environments: Explaining the Multi-Faceted Nature of the PMSC Industry

      Presenter: Berenike Prem (Witten/Herdecke University)

    4. Private Military and Security Companies on Twitter: Hiding in Plain Sight

      Presenter: Prof. Andrea Schneiker (University of Siegen)

  7. Cocktail

    Salle Goullencourt

Day 2 — Saturday 14 January

  1. Panel 6: Military Interventions

    Salle 3

    Chair:Prof. Peter Viggo Jakobsen (University of Southern Denmark)

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    1. The Trouble with Internationally Proclaimed Safe Areas

      Presenter: Dr. Stefano Recchia (University of Cambridge)

    2. Military Interventionism and the Responsibility to Protect: The Crisis in Syria

      Presenter: Dr. Šárka Kolmašová (Metropolitan University Prague)

    3. Barefoot Soldiers and Skiing Nations: Incoherence, Coping Strategies and the Making of Meaning in the UN Mission in Mali

      Presenter: Dr. Chiara Ruffa (Uppsala University) · Dr. Sebastiaan Rietjens (Netherlands Defense Academy)

    4. Do You Hear Me Major Tom? Media, Narratives and Contemporary Military Operations: the Case of the Italian Mission in Afghanistan

      Presenter: Dr. Fabrizio Coticchia (University of Genoa) · Silvia D’Amato (Scuola Normale Superiore)

    Panel 7: Non-Proliferation and Arms Control

    Salle 4

    Chair:Dr. Ulrich Kühn (University of Hamburg)

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    1. Global Nuclear Order, Hegemony and Resistance

      Presenter: Dr. Nick Ritchie (University of York)

    2. Banning Nuclear Weapons? The Dilemma for the NATO Non-Nuclear Weapon States

      Presenter: Prof. Tom Sauer (University of Antwerp)

    3. Scholarly Responsibility, Non-proliferation and Deterrence: the Effects of Self-Censorship

      Presenter: Dr. Benoit Pelopidas (Sciences Po Paris)

    4. Why a Nuclear Weapons Ban Treaty Is a Bad Idea

      Presenter: Dr. Michal Onderco (Erasmus University Rotterdam)

  2. Coffee Break

    Salle Goullencourt

  3. Panel 8: Terrorism and Counter-Terrorism

    Salle 3

    Chair:Prof. Isabelle Duyvesteyn (Leiden University)

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    1. The Origins of Transnational Terrorist Waves

      Presenter: Dr. Andreas Gofas (European University Institute / Panteion University of Athens)

    2. Transnational Terrorism and Strategic Culture: A New Understanding of State Counterterrorism Response

      Presenter: Silvia D’Amato (Scuola Normale Superiore)

    3. NATO Perceptions and Assessments of International Terrorism 1978-1983

      Presenter: Dr. Dionysios Chourchoulis (National and Kapodistrian University of Athens)

    4. Bridging the Academic – Practitioner Divide in Counter-Terrorism

      Presenter: Prof. Marianne van Leeuwen (University of Amsterdam)

    Panel 9: Theoretical Developments in Security Studies

    Salle 4

    Chair:Prof. Thierry Balzacq (University of Namur)

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    1. The Procurement and Adoption of Innovations in Modern Naval Warfare

      Presenter: Aldo Carone (London School of Economics)

    2. The Book that Leaves Nothing to Chance: How The Strategy of Conflict and Its Legacy Normalized the Practice of Nuclear Threats

      Presenter: Dr. Benoit Pelopidas (Sciences Po Paris)

    3. Empathetic Practices in International Security

      Presenter: Claire Yorke (King’s College London)

    4. Tools, Concepts, and Weapons: Intellectual History and Strategic Studies

      Presenter: Dr. Grey Anderson (Sciences Po Paris)

  4. Concluding Remarks

    Salle des conseils

    Chair:Prof. Serge Sur (Emeritus Professor, University Panthéon-Assas (Paris 2), Founder of the Center Thucydides), Prof. Jean-Vincent Holeindre (University of Poitiers, President of the AEGES), Dr. Hugo Meijer (IRSEM/EUI, Academic Director of the EISS), Prof. Yves Surel (University Panthéon-Assas (Paris 2), Deputy Director of the CERSA)

Reconstructed from the conference's final printed programme.

Host & venue

University Panthéon-Assas (Paris 2)

12 place du Panthéon, 75005 Paris, France.

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