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Alix Desforges

PostDoct, French cyber defense specialist

#Cyber Policy and Digital Affairs​

#Cartography of the Datasphere

#Cyber Warfare and Digital Operations

Alix Desforges is a PostDoctoral researcher at GEODE since September 2018. She holds a PhD in Geography with a specialization in Geopolitics from the French Institute of Geopolitics (Paris 8 University). Her thesis focuses on the geopolitical issues of defense and national security of cyberspace through the example of France.

Previously, she was a researcher for the Castex Chair of Cyberstrategy for 5 years from February 2013 to May 2018.

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Glasze, Georg, Amaël Cattaruzza, Frédérick Douzet, Finn Dammann, Marie-Gabrielle Bertran, Clotilde Bômont, Matthias Braun, et al. 2022. “Contested Spatialities of Digital Sovereignty.” Geopolitics, April, 1–40. https://doi.org/10.1080/14650045.2022.2050070.
Desforges, Alix, and Aude Gery. 2022. “So Much for a ‘World without Borders’? Countries Are Marking Their Territory in Cyberspace.” Atlantic Council (blog). January 4, 2022. https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/new-atlanticist/so-much-for-a-world-without-borders-countries-are-marking-their-territory-in-cyberspace/.
Gery, Aude, and Alix Desforges. 2021. “France Doesn’t Do Public Attribution of Cyberattacks. But It Gets Close.” Lawfare, September. https://www.lawfareblog.com/france-doesnt-do-public-attribution-cyberattacks-it-gets-close.
Desforges, Alix, and Aude Géry. 2021. “Cyberespace : d’un village global à un espace aux multiples frontières.” Diplomatie, no. 109 (mai-juin). https://www.areion24.news/produit/diplomatie-n-109/.
Desforges, Alix, and Didier Danet. 2020. “Souveraineté numérique et autonomie stratégique en Europe : du concept aux réalités géopolitiques.” Herodote N° 177-178 (2): 179–95. https://www.cairn.info/revue-herodote-2020-2-page-179.htm.
Danet, Didier, and Alix Desforges. 2020. “Souveraineté numérique et autonomie stratégique en Europe : du concept aux réalités géopolitiques.” Herodote N° 177-178 (2): 179–95. https://www.cairn.info/revue-herodote-2020-2-page-179.htm.
Desforges, Alix, and Nicolas Mazzucchi. 2019. “Web Wars: Preparing for the Next Cyber Crisis - New Perspectives on Shared Security: NATO’s Next 70 Years.” Carnegie Europe, November, 31–34. https://carnegieeurope.eu/2019/11/28/web-wars-preparing-for-next-cyber-crisis-pub-80420.
Desforges, Alix, Aude Géry, and François Delerue. 2019. “A Close Look at France’s New Military Cyber Strategy.” War on the Rocks, April 23, 2019. https://warontherocks.com/2019/04/a-close-look-at-frances-new-military-cyber-strategy/.
Douzet, Frédérick, and Alix Desforges. 2018. “Du cyberespace à la datasphère. Le nouveau front pionnier de la géographie.” Netcom. Réseaux, communication et territoires, no. 32-1/2 (December): 87–108. https://doi.org/10.4000/netcom.3419.
Desforges, Alix. 2018. “Défense et sécurité de l’espace numérique : la nécessité d’une stratégie globale et inclusive.” Les Champs de Mars N° 30 + Supplément (1): 327–34. https://www.cairn.info/revue-les-champs-de-mars-2018-1-page-327.htm?contenu=resume.