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IRSEM
The Institute for Strategic Research (in French: Institut de recherche stratégique de l'École militaire), known by its French acronym IRSEM, is a research institute of the French Ministry of Armed Forces. Located in the complex of buildings of the École militaire, it has a staff of around forty people. It was managed from 2009 to 2015 by Frédéric Charillon and from 2016 to 2022 by Jean-Baptiste Jeangène Vilmer. Fully financed by the Ministry of the Armed Forces, IRSEM is an independent part of the ministry. IRSEM was benchmarked among the top Western European policy institutes in the University of Pennsylvania's "2019 Top Think Tanks in Europe".
Article summary
The Institute for Strategic Research (in French: Institut de recherche stratégique de l'École militaire), known by its French acronym IRSEM, is a research institute of the French Ministry of Armed Forces. Located in the complex of buildings of the École militaire, it has a staff of around forty people. It was managed from 2009 to 2015 by Frédéric Charillon and from 2016 to 2022 by Jean-Baptiste Jeangène Vilmer. Fully financed by the Ministry of the Armed Forces, IRSEM is an independent part of the ministry. IRSEM was benchmarked among the top Western European policy institutes in the University of Pennsylvania's "2019 Top Think Tanks in Europe".
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Discussion questions
- Summarise the article in your own words. Which single claim would you verify first, and why?
- Which claim in this article is most likely to be revised as the sources update? How would you check its current status?
- If two sources disagreed about one of these facts, what would you need in order to trust one over the other?
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