Élie Tenenbaum
Director of the Security Studies Center at the French Institute of International Relations
Dr Élie Tenenbaum is the Director of the Security Studies Center at the French Institute of International Relations (Ifri). Trained as a military strategy and defence policy expert, he follows French and Euro-Atlantic military doctrine, capabilities, and strategy and works in particular on issues of irregular warfare, the fight against terrorism, and hybrid threats. Dr Tenenbaum was a visiting fellow at Columbia University and has taught international security at Sciences Po and the history of international relations at the University of Lorraine. He is the author of numerous articles and books on history and strategy, including his latest book, co-authored with Marc Hecker, La guerre de vingt ans: djihadisme et contre-terrorisme au XXIe siècle [The Twenty Years’ War: Jihadism and Counterterrorism in the XXI Century], published by Robert Laffont in 2021. Dr Tenenbaum holds a PhD in history (2015) and is a Sciences Po graduate (2010).
Updated: September 6, 2024