Centre Français de Recherche sur le Renseignement

Name

Centre Français de Recherche sur le Renseignement

Legal name

Centre Français de Recherche sur le Renseignement

Website

https://cf2r.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2000

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Centre Français de Recherche sur le Renseignement is a Paris-based non-profit think tank founded in 2000 that promotes research on intelligence and international security, operating with 11-50 employees under Director Eric Denécé.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Security and Intelligence Research Services

NAICS

International Affairs (92812), Research and Development in the Social Sciences and Humanities (541720)

SIC

International Affairs (9721)

akta.pro industry

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Counterterrorism & Preventing/Countering Violent Extremism (P/CVE) Cooperation

Business & Public Services/International Organizations & Development/Peacekeeping, Conflict Resolution & Security Cooperation

Keywords

• Intelligence research
• Security think tank
• Geopolitical analysis
• Strategic intelligence
• International security

Headquarters

HQ city

Paris

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Core offering

The Centre Français de Recherche sur le Renseignement (CF2R) is a French non-profit think tank that conducts and promotes research on intelligence services and international security issues. It produces analytical content, publications, and expert commentary on geopolitical, defense, and security matters for a specialized audience.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Intelligence Research Publications
• Website and Online Content

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Broad incumbents

• RAND Corporation: Large US research institution conducting policy analysis including defense and intelligence; broader-incumbent peer in policy-oriented security R&D.
• Atlantic Council: US-based think tank with programs on global security, intelligence, and emerging threats; a broader-incumbent peer with thematic overlap on security and intelligence.
• Chatham House (Royal Institute of International Affairs): Highly established international-affairs think tank that publishes extensively on global security; a broad-incumbent peer with overlapping intelligence/security coverage.
• CSIS (Center for Strategic and International Studies): Major US think tank covering international security, defense, and intelligence topics at far greater scale; broader-incumbent peer in the security-research space.
• Brookings Institution: Major US policy think tank with extensive work on foreign policy and national security; broader-incumbent peer with adjacent intelligence/security programming.

Direct peers

• IISS (International Institute for Strategic Studies): Global think tank whose work centers on defense and security analysis, including intelligence-related research; a leading international peer in the same product category.
• RUSI (Royal United Services Institute): UK-based defense and security think tank producing analysis on intelligence, national security, and defense policy — a closely comparable think-tank peer.
• IFRI (Institut français des relations internationales): Leading French think tank on international and strategic issues with a research center covering security/defense; a leading French policy-research peer in the same ecosystem.
• Fondation pour la Recherche Stratégique: French non-profit research foundation based in Paris that produces analysis on defense, security, and international affairs — the closest domestic peer to CF2R's intelligence-focused remit.
• IRSEM (Institut de Recherche Stratégique de l'École Militaire): French Ministry of Defence research institute producing strategic and intelligence-related studies; a directly comparable French security-research peer.

Market position

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/cf2r_officiel

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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