Général (2S) François CHAUVANCY
Saint-cyr officer, graduate of the Army War College, doctor in information and communication sciences (CELSA), holder of a postgraduate degree in international relations from the law faculty of Sceaux, General (2S) François CHAUVANCY served in the Army in the armored units of the marine troops. He left active duty in 2014.
Geopolitical consultant on LCI since March 2022, notably on Ukraine and the Gaza war (October 2023), he is an expert on doctrine issues related to the use of forces, tasks related to the training of foreign armies, counter-insurgency, and information operations. In this capacity, he was the national representative of France to NATO in working groups on strategic communication, information operations, and psychological operations from 2005 to 2012.
Since July 2023, he has been the editor-in-chief of the quarterly journal “Defense” of the Union of Associations of Auditors of the National Defense Institute for Higher Studies (IHEDN).
He has served in Kosovo, Albania, the former Yugoslavia, the United Arab Emirates, Lebanon, and on several occasions in the Republic of Côte d’Ivoire where, under the Ivorian uniform, he notably trained part of the officers of French-speaking West Africa for two years.
He teaches courses on defense issues and on influence and propaganda strategy at several universities.
Since 1988, he has authored numerous articles on influence, defense policy, strategy, the military, and civil society. Co-author or author of various books on strategy and geopolitics, his latest work translated into English and Arabic was published in September 2018 under the title: “Blockade of Qatar: the missed offensive. Information war, influence games, economic confrontation.” He received the 2010 Prize from the Maréchal Leclerc foundation for all the articles he produced at that time.
Since 2016, he has been a regular consultant on military issues in the Middle East for Radio Méditerranée Internationale.
Moderator of the blog “Defense and Security” on Le Monde’s website since August 2011, he joined the Theatrum Belli team in May 2019.
