Senior Research Fellow, Foundation for Strategic Research, France

Dr. Tertrais graduated from the Institut d’études politiques de Paris in 1984. He also holds a Master’s degree in Public Law of the University of Paris (1985), and a Doctorate in Political Science of the Institut d’études politiques de Paris (1994). In 1990-1993, he was the Director of the Civilian Affairs Committee, NATO Assembly. In 1993, he joined the Policy Division of the French Ministry of Defense. In 1995-1996, he was a Visiting Fellow at the RAND Corporation. From October 1996 until August 2001, he was Special Assistant to the Director of Strategic Affairs at the French Ministry of Defense. He is now a Senior Research Fellow at the Fondation pour la Recherche Stratégique (FRS). In 2007-2008, He was a member of the Presidential Commission on the White Paper on Defense and National Security and a member of the Ministerial Commission on the White Paper on Foreign and European Policy. Bruno Tertrais is also a member of the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS), and a member of the editorial board of the Washington Quarterly. In 2010, he was awarded the Vauban Prize for his distinguished career. His latest book in English is War Without End (The New Press, 2005).