Jean-Louis Lozier is an Advisor to the Security Studies Center at the French Institute for International Relations (Ifri) and a naval officer who has served for 39 years in the French Navy. His career at sea has been mainly onboard submarines. Among others, he commanded two nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines (SSBNs) (2004-2006). Promoted flag officer in 2012, he held during eight years high responsibility assignments, among them head of the nuclear forces directorate and inspector of nuclear weapons. As vice-admiral, his last assignments were “préfet maritime de l’Atlantique” and commander of operations in the Atlantic and Arctic areas.

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