Patrice Bouveret is a journalist and the director of the Observatoire des armements, an independent expertise center founded in France in 1984. It supports the work of civil society in regard to defense and security issues and advocates for a gradual demilitarization of society. The Observatoire des armements focuses on two topics: armaments transfers and the armaments industry, and nuclear weapons and their consequences. It publishes studies and a newsletter, Damoclès.