Astrid Chevreuil is a visiting fellow in the Europe, Russia, and Eurasia Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) in Washington, DC. Chevreuil is a career diplomat with the French Foreign Service, having most recently served in the Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Department at the French Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs. She is a graduate of Sciences Po Paris and the Ecole Nationale d’Administration, and has also studied at the University of California, Los Angeles.
Astrid Chevreuil
Visiting Fellow, Center for Strategic and International Studies
Content by Astrid Chevreuil
Commentary
Île-Longue revisited: Charting a Franco-German nuclear future
French President Emmanuel Macron’s recent speech at the Île-Longue submarine base introduced a long-awaited framework for reconfiguring European deterrence amid an increasingly dangerous and uncertain security landscape. Julia Berghofer and Astrid Chevreuil examine how France’s “forward deterrence” doctrine reshapes Franco-German cooperation, NATO dynamics, and Europe’s nuclear future while addressing emerging disarmament tensions.