Power through image
States and their public diplomacy How do states try to win over world opinion? What tools and techniques are used in public diplomacy, a lever of power pioneered by the United States and now used throughout the world? The first book in France to address these issues, [...]
War through law
Alongside a legal system set up by aid workers and undermined by corruption, the Taliban set up hundreds of rural courts in Afghanistan, gradually establishing themselves as a rare form of functional institution. This "war through law" is said to have enabled the Taliban to win the confidence of the population and to establish itself in the [...]
The first 21st century
De la globalisation à l'émiettement du monde After noting the decline of the nation-state model in La Fin de la Démocratie (1993), and informing us about the relationship between the market economy and democracy in L'Avenir de la Liberté (1999), Jean-Marie Guéhenno has produced a geopolitical essay looking back at our 'crises of society' [...].
21st IHEDN Forum on the African continent (FICA)
Africa and France in the face of new threats On Tuesday 5 October 2021, the 36 auditors of the 21st IHEDN Forum on the African Continent (FICA) presented the conclusions of their four respective committees dedicated to the study of governance, development, transnational threats and peacekeeping operations in Africa.
Climate change and security
Africa and France in the face of new threats, a conference organised by the European Security and Defence College (ESDC)
3rd cycle "Attachés to the Ministry of the Armed Forces
On Monday 4 October 2021, Prefect Denis Conus, Deputy Director of the IHEDN, opened the 3rd cycle of the Ministry of Defence's administrative attachés programme at the École Militaire.
FROM THE ISRAEL-PALESTINIAN CONFLICT TO IRANIAN NUCLEAR ENERGY: humiliation, the forgotten variable in negotiations
The Israeli-Palestinian agreements of 1993 and the Iranian nuclear agreement of 2015 represented a hope for peace that was quickly dashed by the failure to implement them, plunging the Middle East back into uncertainty. At a time when the region is ablaze, tensions are resurfacing, and the Iranian nuclear issue is at the top of the agenda, the [...]
Humiliation: the forgotten variable in international negotiations
Marie Durrieu, a doctoral student at the University of Clermont-Auvergne associated with the Strategic Research Institute of the École Militaire (IRSEM), has just published her dissertation with l'Harmattan in partnership with @iREMMO. In it, she examines international negotiations in the light of the notion of humiliation. Her aim is to show how this 'forgotten variable' can act as a factor in international [...].
Closing of the 74th economic and strategic intelligence cycle
The 74th Economic and Strategic Intelligence (IES) cycle of the Institut des hautes études de défense nationale (IHEDN) came to a close on the afternoon of Wednesday 29 September 2021 at the École militaire. In the presence of prefect Denis Conus, deputy director of the IHEDN, sub-prefect Jean-Michel Delvert, head of the department of regional activities [...]
Protected: Visite de la Grande Halle de la Villette en vue de la Fabrique Défense
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