Laurent BORZILLO, winner of the thesis award: “Defense & Aerospace” Chair

In addition to its own research activities, the“Defense & Aerospace” Chairis committed to supporting the work of young researchers whose research is recognized as being of interest to the defense sector.

With this in mind, the chair reinstated a dissertation award in 2021 to recognize dissertation work addressing security and defense issues of national or European interest.

On October 13, Laurent BORZILLO received an award for his dissertation titled: “Bi- and Multinational Expeditionary Forces in Europe: A Comparative Analysis of French and German Alliance Policies (1991–2016).”

A member of CEPEL (CNRS – University of Montpellier) and the Strategic Analysis Network, Laurent Borzillo is also a research associate atthe CCÉAE at the University of Montreal.

His dissertation was completed at the ED461 Doctoral School of Law and Political Science at the University of Montpellier, in a joint supervision arrangement with the Department of Political Science at the University of Montreal in Canada, under the supervision of Jean JOANA, his dissertation advisor, and Frédéric MÉRAND, his co-advisor.

On behalf of the laboratory, we would like to extend our warmest congratulations to him for his work.