Career
He has written two books by himself (Polices en réseaux L"expérience européenne and Pouvoir et obéissance en Centrafrique ) and has been the editor for many others He helped to found the peer-reviewed academic journal, International Political Sociology and as of 2014 was an editor for the French journal, Cultures et Conflits. Within the security studies discipline he considered one of the leading academics within the Paris School of security studies.