Africa on the move: a seminar to rethink Franco-African partnerships
A seminar devoted to the contemporary dynamics of the African continent brought together experts and decision-makers with a common objective: to rethink the relationship between France and Africa in the light of current challenges.
90 years of IHEDN exhibition
To mark the Institute's 90th anniversary, this exhibition retraces the history of the IHEDN since it was founded in 1936.
A unique forum for meetings and dialogue between the nation's driving forces, both in France and internationally, the Institute has gradually opened up to civil society in order to work towards building a shared defence culture. For nine decades, it has pursued a singular mission: to train citizens from diverse backgrounds to better understand crises and threats, in the interests of national cohesion and resilience.
Sylvie Bermann: «In diplomacy, France often has a knock-on effect».»
From 2020 to 2026, French Ambassador Sylvie Bermann chaired the IHEDN Board of Directors. In this long interview, the former plenipotentiary in Beijing, London and Moscow looks back at the changing geopolitical context over these years and the way in which the Institute has adapted to it.
Business report 2025
The new edition of the IHEDN activity report is now available. This document reviews the highlights, initiatives and actions carried out by the Institute over the past year. It highlights the commitment of its teams, its students and all its partners in promoting a culture of defence and security.
General Bonnemaison: cyberspace «a field of operations in its own right»
Lieutenant General Aymeric Bonnemaison, Director of Defence Intelligence and Security, analyses the far-reaching changes in counter-intelligence in the digital age: changing threats, hybridisation of opposing modes of action, the rise of cyber and the proliferation of both state and non-state actors. Interview.
Invasion of Ukraine, four years on
To analyse the high-intensity conflict triggered by Russia on 24 February 2022, the IHEDN's special report includes an interview with the Director of the École de guerre on the state of the forces involved, and two articles on the use of drones and hybrid threats, with insights from military personnel, researchers and practitioners.
Hybrid threats: four years of acceleration and response
Since Russia's large-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, hybrid interference has been on the increase, targeting the vulnerabilities of European states in order to weaken their cohesion. Three specialists in the subject shed light on the aims and forms of these attacks, and on the responses put in place in France and Europe.
Ukraine-Russia: when drone warfare redefines the battlefield
In the space of four years, drones have taken on major importance in this conflict, to the extent that several thousand are now used every day by both belligerents. Three experts talk to IHEDN about the different uses, the impact and the lessons to be learned for Western armies.
General Vincent Breton: «Russia is unable to capitalise on its theoretical military superiority».»
Four years after the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Director of the École de guerre, Air Force Major General Vincent Breton, gives his analysis of developments in this conflict, the state of the forces involved and the lessons to be learned for Western armies.
IHEDN at the heart of a unique strategic ecosystem
To mark the 90e anniversary of the Institute, focusing on its place in the French strategic ecosystem and the role of its listeners in spreading the spirit of defence and strengthening national cohesion.
