{"id":11916,"date":"2014-11-10T19:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-11-10T18:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/nrcc-12-in-paris\/"},"modified":"2026-01-15T09:09:59","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T08:09:59","slug":"nrcc-12-in-paris","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/nrcc-12-in-paris\/","title":{"rendered":"NRCC-12 in Paris"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/NRCC12_FS1_Paris_1_1.jpg\" alt=\"Roundtable on the strategic future of the Middle East with (l to r) Dr Dazi-Heni, Dr Samaan, Dr Razoux and Prof  Benantar\" \/><figcaption>Roundtable on the strategic future of the Middle East with (l to r) Dr Dazi-Heni, Dr Samaan, Dr Razoux and Prof  Benantar<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper\">On Wednesday 5 November, following the visit to Brussels and Mons where the group visited the NATO HQ and SHAPE, the NDC\u2019s Twelfth NATO Regional Cooperation Course (NRCC-12), led by Col Giuseppe Morabito (IT A), arrived in France. <\/p>\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper\">During their first day in Paris, the NRCC went to the <i>&#8220;Mus&#233;e des Invalides&#8221;<\/i>, one of the largest museums  of military history in the world, built in 1905 and which also houses the &#201;cole Militaire. There, they were briefed by Capt Alban Lapointe from the Directorate of Strategic Affairs, on the position of France within NATO, on current French military operations and its force structure.<\/p>\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper\">In the afternoon, Course Members attended specific lectures on France\u2019s policies and cooperation. Mr Karim Ben Cheikh, Policy Planning staff at the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs, focused on France\u2019s cooperation with North African countries. Then, Ms Brigitte Curmi, also from the Policy Planning staff at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, focused on France\u2019s policies in the Levant and in the Gulf. <\/p>\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper\">On the next and final day of the Field Study, NRCC Course Members returned to the <i>&#8220;Mus&#233;e des Invalides&#8221;<\/i>, where they heard a presentation given by the Director of the German Marshall Fund Office, Dr Alexandra De Hoop, who discussed the Transatlantic Agenda. This was followed by a roundtable session on the strategic future of the Middle East, directed by Prof Adbennour Benantar, Professor at University of Paris VIII, and including Dr Florence Gaub, Senior Fellow at the European Union Institute for Security Studies; Dr Pierre Razoux, Director of the Comparative Regional Security Division at l&#8217;Institut de Recherche Strat&#233;gique de l&#8217;&#201;cole Militaire; and Dr Faitha Dazi-Heni, Senior Fellow at IRSEM.<\/p>\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper\">This concluded the academic programme of the Field Study week for NRCC-12, before travelling back to Rome.<\/p>\n<p><em>NDC Public Affairs Office<br \/>(Prepared by Ms Natalia Valzano, ITA C)<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Roundtable on the strategic future of the Middle East with (l to r) Dr Dazi-Heni, Dr Samaan, Dr<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","advgb_blocks_editor_width":"","advgb_blocks_columns_visual_guide":"","editor_plus_copied_stylings":"{}","_EventAllDay":false,"_EventTimezone":"","_EventStartDate":"","_EventEndDate":"","_EventStartDateUTC":"","_EventEndDateUTC":"","_EventShowMap":false,"_EventShowMapLink":false,"_EventURL":"","_EventCost":"","_EventCostDescription":"","_EventCurrencySymbol":"","_EventCurrencyCode":"","_EventCurrencyPosition":"","_EventDateTimeSeparator":"","_EventTimeRangeSeparator":"","_EventOrganizerID":[],"_EventVenueID":[],"_OrganizerEmail":"","_OrganizerPhone":"","_OrganizerWebsite":"","_VenueAddress":"","_VenueCity":"","_VenueCountry":"","_VenueProvince":"","_VenueState":"","_VenueZip":"","_VenuePhone":"","_VenueURL":"","_VenueStateProvince":"","_VenueLat":"","_VenueLng":"","_VenueShowMap":false,"_VenueShowMapLink":false,"_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"post_badge":[],"class_list":["post-11916","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"featured_image_src":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"NDC","author_link":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/author\/admin_3rwqf6tj\/"},"modified_by":null,"author_meta":{"display_name":"NDC","author_link":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/author\/admin_3rwqf6tj\/"},"featured_img":null,"featured_image_urls":{"full":"","thumbnail":"","medium":"","medium_large":"","large":"","1536x1536":"","2048x2048":"","trp-custom-language-flag":"","morenews-featured":"","morenews-large":"","morenews-medium":""},"category_info":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/category\/news\/\" rel=\"category tag\">News<\/a>","tag_info":"News","comment_count":0,"coauthors":[],"tax_additional":{"categories":{"linked":["<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/category\/news\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">News<\/a>"],"unlinked":["<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">News<\/span>"]}},"relative_dates":{"created":"Publi\u00e9 12 ans il y a","modified":"Mis \u00e0 jour 6 mois il y a"},"absolute_dates":{"created":"Publi\u00e9 le novembre 10, 2014","modified":"Mise \u00e0 jour le janvier 15, 2026"},"absolute_dates_time":{"created":"Publi\u00e9 le novembre 10, 2014 19:00","modified":"Mise \u00e0 jour le janvier 15, 2026 09:09"},"featured_img_caption":"","series_order":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11916","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11916"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11916\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11916"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11916"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11916"},{"taxonomy":"post_badge","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post_badge?post=11916"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}