Michael Benhamou
Michael Benhamou is the co-director of European defence consultancy OPEWI – Europe’s War Institute. Former political advisor to French, EU and NATO operational commanders across land, maritime and air components: KFOR Kosovo, ISAF Afghanistan, Persian Gulf (GCC), Libya, Lyon Air Base, Indian Ocean with the aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle. He specialises in defence logistics, climate change impact on capabilities and the future of command and control systems.
More by Michael Benhamou
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Should Europe Send Troops to Ukraine?
Blog - Ukraine
16 Apr 2024
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Understanding (unloved) France
Blog
31 Mar 2023
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Vital Questions on the Ukraine Crisis
Other News - Ukraine
23 Feb 2022
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The Week in 7 Questions with Michael Benhamou
Multimedia - Other videos
03 Dec 2021
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#ComeTogether – Ep. 3 with Matej Tonin and Michael Benhamou
Multimedia - Other videos
29 Oct 2021
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Online Event ‘The Geopolitical Impact of Covid-19 on the Middle East’
Live-streams - Multimedia
29 Apr 2020
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From Kabul to conservative politics: a book review of Rory Stewart’s “The Marches”
Blog
23 Apr 2018
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Hollywood, Trump and the Fringes of America
Blog
13 Jan 2017
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The West and the return of violence
Blog
01 Dec 2015
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More Europe, Less Egoism: European civil society to the rescue in the migrant crisis
Blog
04 Sep 2015
Publications written or edited by Michael Benhamou
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The 7Ds
The 7Ds - Defence Extended
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The 7Ds
The 7Ds - Defence in Depth
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IN FOCUS
East Versus West: Is There Such a Thing as a European Society?
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Research Papers
Innocence and War: Searching for Europe’s Strategy in Syria
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