Héloïse Fayet is a research fellow at the Security Studies Center of the French Institute of International Relations (Ifri) and head of its Deterrence and Proliferation research program. She is also an associate research fellow at the French Institute of Geopolitics (University of Paris).
Her work focuses on nuclear proliferation in the Middle East, the impact of emerging technologies on strategic risk reduction and strategic stability, and Nuclear Weapons States’ doctrines. She also writes on strategic competition in the Middle East and strategic foresight methods.
Before joining Ifri, she worked as an analyst on the Middle East at the French Ministry of Armed Forces, and at the French National Cybersecurity Agency. Héloïse Fayet graduated from Sciences Po Paris with a dual master’s degree in international security and journalism, and a B.A. in political science.
