129th IHEDN Youth Cycle in Hauts-de-France
17 February 2022 Participants in the 129th "IHEDN-Youth" cycle in the Hauts-de-France region visited the detachment of the 12th equipment support base (BSMAT) in Douai, which is a centre of expertise for the regeneration of the French Army's VABs. After a presentation of the site and the organisation of the [...]
Strategic imaginations: the form
legal issues and economic coercion - legal tools and extraterritoriality" seminar
For its fifth seminar for 33 students on 9, 10 and 11 February 2022, the 'Defence and Economic Security' (DSE) major addressed the legal issues and economic coercion associated with the extraterritoriality of the law, particularly in the USA and China. This series of lectures and round tables is designed to address the [...]
Mediterranean stopovers for students in the "Maritime issues and strategies" major at the IHEDN national session
Maritime transport and routes, naval technologies and industries, submarine cables, data centres and yachting - these are the major themes of the blue economy that brought the students of the 'Maritime Issues and Strategies' (ESM) major of the IHEDN national session to Marseilles and Toulon for a two-day seminar. They were welcomed [...]
The Defence Factory
Active participation by IHEDN in the Fabrique Défense Friday 28 January 2022 Endowment fundPresentation by Bertrand Demandre, Secretary General 3AED-IHEDNPresentation of the association and the book "Premières plongées" by Captain François Guichard, Vice-Chairman of 3AED-IHEDN Paris Île-de-FranceDiscussion on maritime issues and policy by Maïté Verdol (AR16), Head of the 3AED-IHEDN Paris Île-de-France [...]
After AUKUS: France in the Indopacific
On 15 September 2021, after eighteen months of confidential negotiations, the "AUKUS" tripartite military alliance between the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia was made public. This alliance involves the development of trilateral cooperation in many areas of defence, including cyber and artificial intelligence. As part of this project, the Australian Navy's acquisition of American- or British-built nuclear attack submarines effectively puts an end to the €56 billion contractual commitment made with France in 2016.
Auditors from the "Economic Defence and Security" major join the Val d'Oise Departmental Gendarmerie Group
As part of the field trips offered to IHEDN auditors, four auditors from the "Economic Defence and Security" major were invited to "embark" on an evening with the Val d'Oise Departmental Gendarmerie Group (GGD95).
The national session welcomes the DGSI
On 28 January, the 1st national session welcomed Nicolas Lerner, Director General of Internal Security, to the prestigious Foch amphitheatre. Through a rich exchange of views with the Director General, the five majors were able to grasp the various issues at stake in our homeland security, its developments and its challenges. After a presentation on the [...]
Closing of the 85th "International Risk Management/Ethics and Compliance" short course
On Wednesday 26 January 2022, the Institut des hautes études de défense nationale (IHEDN) concluded its 85th "International Risk Management / Ethics and Compliance" short course. During the 14 hours of training, spread over two days, participants strengthened their knowledge of ethics and compliance issues through [...].
Seminar for first-time Ambassadors at the Diplomatic and Consular Institute (IDC)
Feedback on the relationship between the head of post and his defence attaché during the armed conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh On Wednesday 26 January 2022, IHEDN's Europe and International Affairs Department organised a feedback session on the essential link between the Ambassador and his defence attaché, for the benefit of [...].
