International research project: technical legitimization of military violence through strategic thinking and military
doctrines.The expressions of violence and the way they are comprehended or not - notably by international institutions - form a rich field for
investigation. A link can be made with Barbara Delcourt's research related to the emergence of international norms and the
analysis of structuring principles of international relations. It is a fact that the issue of violence legitimization or the attempts
aiming at neutralizing its impact are closely linked to the way sovereignty is conceived in the domestic and international spheres
and to the prevalence of more technocratic ideas ensuing from the success of the notion of governance, as precisely demonstrated by
the way international institutions build their 'crisis management' policies.Within this frame, particular attention has been
brought to the phenomenon of privatizing violence and the emergence of private military and security companies being increasingly
involved in violent political crisis scenes.