Studying War

Editorial of the Réseau Asie & Pacifique, June 2017


The Institute for Strategic Research (IRSEM) is the research institute of the French Ministry of Armed Forces. Its purpose is to lie at the intersection of defense and academia. Created in 2010 by the merging of four Ministry research centers, it consists of around forty staff, both civilian and military. Its principle goals are to improve French research into security and defense issues and eventually generate dedicated “War Studies”, which has so far not been consolidated as a field in France.

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