What's Old is New Again :
Cold War Lessons for Countering Disinformation
The issue of disinformation as a weapon continues to be topical. This weaponisation of (dis)information, which draws on the old ideas of subversion and is accentuated by the speed of technological tools, is in fact nothing new. This article looks at two past examples of the fight against similar methods and suggests ways of developing a [...]
Maritime spaces faced with the triptych of competition-contestation-clash.
In October 2021, General Burkhard, Chief of the Defence Staff, presented his "strategic vision". He warned of a profound change in the strategic context, in which the notion of conflict is becoming more complex, diffuse and permanent: "Conflicts used to be based on a 'peace-crisis-war' model. Nowadays, it's more like a triptych of 'competition-contestation-clash' (...). Through this analysis, General Burkhard points to the need to adapt our defence tools to forms of conflict that break with the model for which our armies were calibrated.
Because of their specific nature and growing importance, maritime areas are at the forefront of this new dynamic of power relations, where a multitude of players are using hybrid strategies to upset existing balances, without necessarily resorting to open conflict.
The 2e IHEDN national session visits Évreux air base
On Thursday 10 November, the AED, POLDEF and DSE majors from the 2nd national session of the IHEDN visited Commander VIOT at Evreux Air Base 105 for a presentation of the missions and capabilities of the French Air Force and Space Ministry.
The gist of his speech in 5 questions.
EDTIB in war time: replenishment and other challenges of high intensity conflict
The Ares with Anne FORT, Head of unit, European Commission, DG DEFIS, Didier GONDALLIER DE TUGNY, Group Head, MBDA Brussels Office, Burkard SCHMITT, Defence & Security Director, ASD, 9 November 2022. Listen to
What the war in Ukraine is doing to Arctic cooperation
Based on a study of the impact of the war in Ukraine on the functioning of the Arctic Council, of which Russia is a member, the article analyses the prospects for cooperation in this region. ESCUDE Camille, Le Rubicon, 9 November 2022. See
Lt-Gen Benoît Durieux: "Total war forbids any subsequent peace".
Total war is a very topical issue, yet it is a poorly defined concept: absolute war, high-intensity war, major war... Lieutenant General Benoît Durieux, Director of the IHEDN, gives a definition and a few ideas to help us understand it better.
Developing a common intelligence culture within the EU
This is the aim of the "Intelligence Security Challenges and Opportunities in the EU" course organised by IHEDN from 8 to 10 November at the European Security and Defence College in Brussels.
Waging war through economics
Le Collimateur with Agathe DEMARAIS, Director of Forecasting at The Economist Intelligence (EIU), IRSEM, 8 November 2022.
On the climate front. Introductory episode
Observatoire Défense et Climat with Julia TASSE and François GEMENNE, co-directors of the Observatoire, 4 November 2022.
Pierre Haroche invites you to the next strategic debate!
Tuesday 15 November 2022 - 6.30pm
