Our selection
Currency wars: «The rise of crypto-assets poses a real challenge to governments».»
The book «La nouvelle guerre des monnaies» (The new currency war) by Christian de Boissieu and Marc Schwartz has just been awarded a prize by the Association des auditeurs de l'IHEDN. In
Greenland: «The Arctic now seems to be divided into three blocks».»
Associate researcher at the University of Cambridge, geographer Émilie Canova analyses for IHEDN the latest developments around the autonomous territory of Denmark. In her view, since the
In Venezuela, «the scenario is extremely uncertain».»
Two weeks after the capture of Nicolás Maduro, researcher Thomas Posado, a specialist in the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela and Cuba, analyses the context and consequences.
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Mission to Djibouti: at the heart of France's strategic balances in Africa and the Indo-Pacific
For five days, students in the Defence Policy and Maritime Issues and Strategies majors...
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Cycles IES 2026: Action-based teaching to promote economic sovereignty
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Final curtain for the 246e IHEDN regional session in Normandy!
Immersion in French Guiana for listeners of Radio 5e national session
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