Maurice Vaïsse
Maurice Vaïsse (born 7 May 1942 in Algiers) is a French historian specialised in international relations and Defence. He is an Editorial Board member on "Journal of Intelligence and Terrorism Studies". Biography. Vaïsse graduated with a History "Agrégation" in 1967. He has been a professor of contemporary history at Reims university, and is now a professor at the Institut d'études politiques de Paris, where he teaches history of international relations. Since 2008, he has headed the scientific council for historical research at the Ministry of Defence. Vaïsse is a member of the Commission of diplomatic archives, and heads  the Commission de publication des documents diplomatiques français, tasked with the publication of diplomatic notes. From 1981 to 1995, he has headed the Association pour la recherche sur la paix et la guerre (Arpege). From 1985 to 1986, he was an auditor at the Institut des hautes études de la défense nationale. From 1986 to 2000, he headed the Groupe d'études français d'histoire de l'armement nucléaire (French study group for history of nuclear weapons). He presided the Centre d'études d'histoire de la défense (Centre for studies of Defence History), and has been a technical counsellor to the Charles De Gaulle  Foundation between 1995 and 2001. Vaïsse has, furthermore, sat on numerous peer committees, notably for "Relations Internationales", "Politique étrangère", "Défense nationale", "Cold War History Review", and the "Retour aux textes" collection of la Documentation française. Since 1991, he has co-directed the "Revue d'histoire diplomatique", and since 1996, the "Histoires" collection of Bruylant Editors. Vaïsse sits on the administration council of Liberté pour l'histoire. Vaïsse is the father of Justin Vaïsse, who also is a preeminent historian.