Alice Pannier is an expert on European security. Her research interests cover security and defense cooperation in Europe, transatlantic relations, and contemporary military interventions, with a particular focus on France, the UK and Germany. A graduate from King’s College London and Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, Alice received her PhD in International Relations from Sciences Po Paris, with joint supervision from King’s College London. Her work has appeared, inter alia, in
International Affairs, the
Journal of Strategic Studies,
European Security, and
Global Affairs. She is currently preparing a book, co-authored with Olivier Schmitt (University of Southern Denmark) on French defense policy since the end of the Cold War (under contract with Routledge) and a manuscript based on her dissertation on contemporary Franco-British defense relations.
Pannier is a an Associate Research Fellow at the Security Studies Center of the French Institute of International Relations, IFRI. She is also a member of the strategy committee of the German Marshall Fund (GMF) Paris. Prior to joining SAIS, she was postdoctoral fellow at the Institute for Strategic Research of the French ministry of Defense (IRSEM, Paris). In France, she has also been involved with the Association for the Study of War and Strategy (
AEGES), as as secretary-general of the association and as board member of the European Initiative for Security Studies. She is a member of the Nuclear and Strategy next-generation network (Réseau nucléaire et stratégie - Nouvelle génération) of IFRI and the Fondation pour la Recherche stratégique (FRS).
Pannier, A. (2019). European defence cooperation after Brexit: The Politics of Acronyms. Atlantic Community.
Pannier, A. (2019). To fight another day: France between the fight against terrorism and future warfare. International Affairs,95(4), 897-916.
Pannier, A. (2018). France’s defense partnerships and the dilemmas of Brexit. German Marshall Fund – GMF, Policy Brief, N.022.
Pannier, A. (2017). Operational lessons and cooperation among allies: State of play and avenues for improvement. IRSEM Research Paper. No.48.
Pannier, A. (2017). Macron’s ‘European Intervention Initiative’: More questions than answers. European Leadership Network.
Pannier, A. (2017). Between autonomy and cooperation: The role of allies in France’s new defense strategy. War on the Rocks.
In French:
Washington, Pékin et Moscou regardent l'Europe... d'assez loin, France Culture, 9 April 2019
Vers la fin du contrôle des armements stratégiques, l'Europe en première ligne, France Culture « Affaires Etrangères », 10 November 2018
De la SDN à l’ONU, un héritage exigeant de la guerre 14-18, Le Monde, 1 November 2018
La France et ses alliés les plus proches: évolutions, opportunités et défis d’un engagement multiple, Les Champs de Mars: Revue d’Etudes sur la Guerre et la Paix, No.30, 2018
This course is addressed to students with an interest in European affairs, international relations and security studies. It provides students with a complete overview of current empirical developments and academic debates on the theme of security on the European continent: multilateral security and defense organizations (especially, NATO and the EU), national defense policies, and contemporary security challenges. The course seeks to encourage students to think critically about Europe and what it means both geographically and in terms of actors (organizations and states). It addresses security threats and their construction, from human security to “hard” security issues, including military interventions and terrorism.