Mériadec Raffray

As a free lance journalist, Mériadec Raffray covers news about armies, operations and conflicts. He as written several books, including Afghanistan The Red army forgotten victories (Economica) and Touaregs The Blue men revolt (Economica), on the origins of civil war in Mali. Also familiar with the business world and macro economy topics, he edited during 17 years a monthly magazine for entrepreneurs.

Security and Stability in Cyberspace
Cybersecurity: why Japan is eyeing Europe
Worried about its cybersecurity and being respectful of private data, Japan is urgently seeking the right formula to defend itself. It is looking to Europe, on the verge of creating a “common ...
Security and Stability in Cyberspace
Fighting in the Metaverse: a virtual world that is already available to our Army experts
Inform, influence, lure, target, recruit, train. The new virtual, augmented, and hybridized world in the making is generating an ocean of data, which the “earthlings” intend to take ...
Digital Sovereignty
The Cloud: how do we renew trust?
Europeans have snapped out of their naivety, and they are now looking for the magic formula to secure their data without foregoing the efficiency of apps backed by American datacenters. France has ...
Cybercrime
Cybersecurity tools and challenges of international cooperation
A world without borders, fragile digital traces: Europe understood very early on the importance of police and judicial cooperation in the fight against cybercrime. To get around political reluctance ...
Security and Stability in Cyberspace
When the law becomes a political cyber-weapon
Economic warfare through law and standards is spreading to the digital economy and cyberspace. The United States, who wants to keep the Gafam monopoly in order to better control data, has taken a ...
Security and Stability in Cyberspace
The Special Operations Command (COS) in the cyberage
During the International Cybersecurity Forum (FIC), the COS launched its first cyber challenge: “Operation Kernel 3.0”. A discreet demonstration of its digital transformation, which ...
Digital transition | Opinions
[Interview] Guy Gourevitch: “It is urgent to fill the cracks”
The former president (2019-2021) of France Angels—the national federation of business angels (5,500 active angels in 65 networks)—has just launched two tools designed to improve the supply of ...
Digital transition
Who are the budding French cyber talents?
Although difficult to approach and not very fond of media exposure, young ethical hackers lent themselves to the game of questions and answers during the European Cyber Cup (EC2), organised as part ...
Cybercrime - Security and Stability in Cyberspace
What the cyber war in Ukraine says
Power grids neutralised, institutional websites hacked, personal data published on the net: the cyber offensive suffered by the country illustrates the new rules of the game of hybrid war.
Security and Stability in Cyberspace
Washington and London use cyber deterrence. When digital warfare changes scale
Can the grammar of nuclear weapons be duplicated in cyberspace? No, say French experts. Deciphering of the latest strong message sent by the Americans and their allies to the whole world.
Digital transition
Cybersecurity investment: can Europe catch up?
The available comparisons disqualify Europe. However, French experts remain hopeful that a national and European digital trust will emerge.
Security and Stability in Cyberspace
“Cyber influence warfare”: The French Armed Forces unveiled their new doctrine
On 20 October, the Minister of the Armed Forces and the Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces presented the third part of the military doctrine for operations in cyberspace. After the computer network ...