Friday, 21 Nov 2025
Deciphering the militarizing effect of military practices of threat forecasting: the French Red Team Project and its relevance for contemporary civil-military relations
Imagine being a part of a government-backed initiative that recruits artists and scientists to envision future threat scenarios. Isn’t that a promising way to overcome organizational biases and group-thinking? In my recent article published in Security Dialogue, I examined the French Red Team project, a recent initiative of the French Ministry of Armed Forces that appears fascinating at first hand and more concerning at a closer look.