FORUM DE DEFENSE ET DE STRATEGIE
The Forum de Défense et de Stratégie seeks to provide exchange platforms for actors of the transatlantic community who work in the defence sector or in international relations. Seminars are regularly offered to bring together high-quality speakers and participants from several professional backgrounds: diplomats, soldiers, politicians, employees from defence-related industries, university professors, PhD students, experts from think tanks. Publications (articles, policy briefs, etc.) are also produced in connection with the programs implemented, including the Personnalités d’Avenir program.
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We are currently preparing:
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New round tables
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The 2026 edition of the PAFC programme
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The 2026 edition of the France–Canada–Germany trilateral seminar
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And other projects
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Stay tuned for upcoming dates, registrations, and calls for applications (PAFC), as well as other announcements.
Historically rooted in Franco-German cooperation, the Forum is now significantly expanding its activities with Canada, whether through academic exchanges, strategic dialogues, or military and diplomatic cooperation projects. The France–Canada relationship, and more broadly the Canada–Europe relationship, has become one of the pillars of our initiatives, notably through trilateral formats bringing together French, Canadian, and German participants to address issues such as the transatlantic security architecture, the Arctic, the North Atlantic, and defence industrial cooperation.
Franco-German cooperation remains, in our view, at the heart of any viable and solid project to develop a European defence capability (and, by extension, European strategic autonomy), despite existing differences between Paris and Berlin. Alongside this Franco-German foundation, we promote other existing and emerging collaborations within the transatlantic community—foremost among them cooperation between Canada, France, and Germany. Our events aim to bring together and foster exchanges among French, German, and Canadian participants, as well as actors from other European Union countries and NATO member states.