Opening of the International Session for the Indopacific

Lieutenant General Régis Colcombet, Director of Security and Defence Cooperation (DCSD), and Prefect Denis Conus, Deputy Director of the IHEDN, opened the 2nd International Session for the Indo-Pacific (SIIP): France and the Indo-Pacific, new challenges and joint responses.

The 2e integrated national session concludes module 1: the strategic context.

After scattering across France for their first cohesion activities, the auditors from the 2nd national integrated session met up again in Paris to study the strategic context. On Thursday 29 September, the auditors met up with Thomas Gomart, Director of the Institut français des relations internationales (IFRI), to discuss [...]

Wednesday 14 September was the start of the new academic year for IHEDN auditors.

®IHEDN-Séminaire de rentrée

Since 1936, IHEDN has been concerned with the defence of the nation and the collective phenomena that threaten the community, our sovereignty and our security. The IHEDN brings together civilians and military personnel to develop a community of thought, doctrine and action. In 1936, it was necessary to get the military to work together, on a joint basis, but also to bring together civilians [...].

The 3rd Strategic imaginaries

The 3rd Imaginaires stratégiques prize on newsstands this month. The 3rd Imaginaires stratégiques prize has been awarded to Lydie AUTHIER for "A la fin, c'est la nuit qui gagne" (In the end, it's the night that wins), which will be published in issue 161 of DSI magazine in September/October. This short story describes how the cohesion of a close-knit group collapses when it [...]