Équipe

Biographie

Paul Charon is director of the Influence and Intelligence department at IRSEM (Institute for Strategic Research of the Military Academy). He holds a PhD in Political Studies from EHESS (School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences) and has also received training in Chinese language and civilization (BLCU - Denis Diderot), rhetoric (Harvard - Nanterre), and modern literature (Nanterre). Prior to joining IRSEM, he worked for over a decade as an intelligence analyst and then as a strategic foresight advisor within the Ministry of Armed Forces. He was an associate researcher at the Franco-Chinese Centre for Social Sciences and Humanities at Tsinghua University in Beijing. His research focuses primarily on state propaganda and informational strategies, particularly those of the People's Republic of China. He is specifically interested in the proliferation of narrative forms in state propaganda. Another aspect of his research is devoted to China's intelligence activities. On a theoretical level, he works on hybridizing tools from narratology and literary theory with those of strategic studies and international relations. Paul Charon is a member of the Francophone Network of Narratologists (RéNaF). He recently published, with Jean-Baptiste Jeangène Vilmer, Chinese Influence Operations. A Machiavellian Moment (IRSEM, 2021, https://www.irsem.fr/report.html) and Les Mondes du renseignement. Approches, acteurs, enjeux (PUF, 2024).

Publications

Publications IRSEM :

Avec Carine Monteiro da Silva « Le livre blanc sur la défense chinois 2019 : un effort de communication lacunaire », IRSEM, Note de recherche N° 76, 2019. (Etude disponible en anglais)