Episode Notes:

Ankit sits down with Heloise Fayet to speak about French thinking on nuclear deterrence. The two discuss the steps France has taken in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, the debates in Europe about the sufficiency of U.S. extended deterrence, the relationship between the United Kingdom and France, and much more.

Heloise is a research fellow at the Security Studies Center of Ifri (French institute of international relations), where she coordinates the Deterrence and Proliferation research program.