Defence and strategy

Nicolas LALEMAND de DRIÉSEN

Shortly after his accession into the president’s office, Nicolas Sarkozy charged the defence minister Hervé Morin with writing a new White Book of Defence to reflect the up-to-date defence policy of France as well as adapt to the current and future threats. The book should be finished in spring 2008. Following the previous issues from 1972 and 1994, this will be the third White Book of Defence since the origin of the French Fifth Republic. We shall attempt at outlining some of its main concepts.