Cloé BERGER
Researcher of the Centre for Security and Defence Studies

Biography
Chloé Berger has over 10 years of professional experience in security and defence studies, curriculum development and capacity building in the MENA region. She served as a researcher and as faculty adviser at the NATO Defense College in Rome, where she used to oversee the curriculum planning of courses dedicated to NATO Southern partnerships and MENA/Sahel security-related issues. As a researcher at the NATO Defense College (NDC), her work focused mainly on the broader MENA region and NATO’s Agenda for the South (Projecting Stability, partnerships, etc.).
Since 2023, she has served at the United Arab Emirates National Defence College (UAE NDC) as an assistant professor, where she teaches strategy and national security decision-making, and oversees the development and execution of regional and national complex crisis management exercises.
Before joining these institutions, Chloé Berger held different positions in French public and private educational institutions in Syria and Egypt. She also worked as a consultant for risks analysis and strategic monitoring on Middle Eastern issues (Levant, North Africa, Sahel), and Euro-Atlantic security affairs, and as an adjunct lecturer at Sciences Po Paris and Sciences Po Aix. She is now an associate researcher to the Belgian Centre for Security and Defence Studies (CSDS) and the French Fondation méditerranéenne d’études stratégiques (FMES).
Chloé Berger is a graduate from the Political Studies Institute of Paris (Sciences Po Paris), and holds degrees from Paris II – Assas University (PhD) and from Pierre-Mendes France University, France (master 2).
Publications
BERGER, Chloé, and Didier LEROY. “Pax Israeliana, Stalemate on All Fronts, or Regional Conflagration? Three Scenarios for the ‘Post-October 7’ Middle East.” Security & Strategy (Royal Higher Institute for Defence), no. 154 (December 2024): 1-90. https://www.defence-institute.be/en/publications-2/security-strategy/ss-154/.
BERGER, Chloé, et Didier LEROY. « Israël : quelles perspectives pour l’après-guerre? » (synthèse actualisée). Moyen-Orient, n° 63 (juillet-septembre 2024) : 68-73. https://www.areion24.news/produit/moyen-orient-n-63/.
BERGER, Chloé, et Didier LEROY. « Quelles perspectives pour Israël après la guerre?, » Radices : Interdisciplinary Journal for the Study of Terrorism and Extremism, Volume 4, Issue 1 (2024), https://openjournals.ugent.be/radices/article/id/91599/.
LEROY, Didier, et Chloé BERGER. « Quelles perspectives pour la Palestine après la guerre Israël-Hamas? » (synthèse actualisée). Revue militaire suisse, n° 03 (2024) : 31-34. https://revuemilitairesuisse.ch/ebook/presentation-du-numero-3-2024/?ebook_key=98fbbb1b1b5c5529359db3ac4ba3d9fa&action=cancel.
LEROY, Didier, et Chloé BERGER. « Quelles perspectives pour la Palestine après la guerre Israël-Hamas? » L’Artichaut (revue du CEPULB – Université inter-âges de l’Université libre de Bruxelles), n° 41/3 (avril 2024) : 28-35. https://cepulb.ulb.be/fr/lartichaut-41-3-avril-2024.
BERGER, Chloé, et Didier LEROY. “What Perspectives for Israel after the War?” e‑Note 56 (Royal Higher Institute for Defence), March 15, 2024. https://www.defence-institute.be/en/publications-2/e-note/e-note-56/.
LEROY, Didier, et Chloé BERGER. “What Perspectives for Palestine after the War?” e‑Note 55 (Royal Higher Institute for Defence), February 14, 2024. https://www.defence-institute.be/en/publications-2/e-note/e-note-55/.