Thérèse Delpech
 Thérèse Delpech      (propagandist, deep state operative) | |
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| Born | 11 February 1948 Versailles |
| Died | 17 January 2012 (Age 63) Paris |
| Nationality | French |
| Alma mater | École normale supérieure de jeunes filles |
| Member of | International Institute for Strategic Studies |
| Interests | • neoconservatism • transatlanticism |
French representative of a neoconservative/transatlantic clique that took control over the political and strategic direction of France in the 1990s. Attended the 2012 Bilderberg | |
Thérèse Delpech was a French neoconservative propagandist. She was central in a group of neoconservative advisors, nicknamed "the sect" by its detractors, that took control over the political and strategic direction of France over a fifteen year period and steered it away from an independent foreign policy, dominating governments on both the right and on the left.
She was an adviser to Alain Juppé during his tenure as French Prime Minister (1995–1997). She was favorable to transatlanticism and a member of the Cercle de l'Oratoire ('Oratory Circle'), a neoconservative think tank committed to the war on Iraq in 2003 and other similar causes.
She was a research associate at the think tank Center for International Studies and Research (CERI, FNSP) and board member of the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS).
Career
Thérèse Delpech is a former student of the École normale supérieure de jeunes filles (1969).
She devoted most of her professional career to international relations and defense issues, on which she regularly published in foreign policy magazines, as well as in French dailies.
She was technical advisor in the cabinet of Alain Savary for secondary education and higher teacher training colleges (1981-1984) and of Alain Juppé for politico-military questions (1995-1997). She was Director of Strategic Affairs at the Atomic Energy Commission.
A longtime companion of the anticommunist historian François Furet, she gathered around her a whole group of senior officials of the Foreign Ministry specialized in strategic affairs and the fight against nuclear proliferation, quickly nicknamed the "sect" by their detractors.[1]
She was part of the work of the Analysis and Forecasting Center of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (1992-1995), and a long association with the Centre d'études et de recherches internationales (CERI). In 2006 she left the board of directors of the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS), the deep state geostrategic research think tank based in London, after two successive terms.
Delpech served as French Commissioner to the UN Commission chaired by Hans Blix between 2000 and 2003, where she made sure to underline all the gaps present in the declarations of the Iraqi authorities to the international inspectors. Since 2003 she also supported sanctions and possible war for supposed clandestine nuclear activities in Iran.
Neoconservative
Delpech was favorable to transatlanticism, the supranational deep state dominated by the United States. She was also a member of the Cercle de l'Oratoire ('Oratory Circle'), a neoconservative think tank committed to the war on Iraq. Journalist Vincent Jauvert has studied the French neoconservative sphere, and according to him, Thérèse Delpech was a central figure and a French national representative for the American neocons. [2]
This neocon circle continued to see its influence grow, especially since the return of France to the integrated command of NATO decided by President Nicolas Sarkozy in 2008 (but prepared at the end of Jacques Chirac's five-year term).[1]
Former Foreign Minister Hubert Védrine complained: “In about fifteen years, these “Westernist” diplomats, who consider that France must defend “Western values” cannot have an overly autonomous foreign policy, have taken over the political and strategic direction of the country."[1]
Events Participated in
| Event | Start | End | Location(s) | Description |
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| Bilderberg/2005 | 5 May 2005 | 8 May 2005 | Germany Rottach-Egern | The 53rd Bilderberg, 132 guests |
| Munich Security Conference/2009 | 2009 | 2009 | Germany Munich Bavaria | The 45th Munich Security Conference |
