Control of Foreign Investments in France
In the 2023 edition of the annual report on the control of foreign investment in France (IEF), the Treasury's Directorate General assesses the control policy for 2022. IEF control activity remained stable in 2022, with 325 cases submitted to the Treasury Department, compared with 328 in [...].
Meatgrinder: Russian Tactics in the Second Year of Its Invasion of Ukraine
This report examines the adaptation of Russian tactics in the war in Ukraine and the challenges this poses for the Ukrainian armed forces. It offers a precise military interpretation of the transformation of combat in this conflict. Special Report, WATLING Jack, REYNOLDS NickRUSI, 19 May 2023. See
Point of no Return ? The Transformation of the Global Order after the Russian Invasion of Ukraine
In this report, a dozen Polish experts look at the transformation of the international order since Russia's massive invasion of Ukraine in 2022. The subjects covered in their analyses range from the prospects for European security to the changing role of China and the global South, not forgetting the question of [...].
The Russo-Ukrainian War. The Return of History
A historian and professor of Ukrainian and Eastern European history at Harvard University, Serhii Plokhy traces the historical background and cultural aspects of Ukraine and Russia to analyse the origins and course of the current war between the two countries. Going back to the imperial collapse of the [...]
The bear and the fox. Immediate history of the war in Ukraine
This book offers a military analysis of the Russian-Ukrainian war. As well as providing useful insights into Russian-Ukrainian history, the authors look at the fighting, the strengths and weaknesses, and the new features of this conflict, which has already claimed more than 350,000 victims. GOYA Michel, LOPEZ Jean, Paris, Perrin, 2023. Further information
The new face of war
Holy war, cold war, total war, hybrid war, high-intensity war... War takes such changing forms that Clausewitz likened it to a chameleon, changing its appearance according to the environment around it. But doesn't war remain timeless in its aims, motivations and principles?
Winners of the 2022-2023 IHEDN scientific awards
For the "theses" category First prize COUDERC, Agathe Sous le sceau du secret. Les coopérations internationales des Chiffres britanniques et français, militaires et navals pendant la Première Guerre mondiale Sorbonne université (history thesis directed by Olivier Fourcade). For the "Master 2 research thesis" category First prize CANIAUX, Claire Viser la lune. The space ambitions of [...]
First "Banks and defence industries" cycle organised by IHEDN
On 11 May 2023, the first Banking and Defence Industries course was held at the Ecole Militaire, organised by the IHEDN in association with the FBF (French Banking Federation) and GICAT.
AED mission in Korea
La 59e AED major in 2e national session of the IHEDN arrived in South Korea on Thursday 11 May.
What is national defence and security? IHEDN's vocation
How can we define this fundamental concept that the IHEDN is tasked with studying? Lieutenant General Benoît Durieux proposes to draw its perimeter using four concentric circles.
