Renewal of the agreement between the IHEDN and the MEAE
On Monday 15 February 2021, Lt-Gen Patrick Destremau signed the partnership agreement between the IHEDN and the MEAE in the company of Ambassador Gilles Garachon, Director of Human Resources at the Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs, to continue the many training initiatives for diplomats at the Quai d'Orsay. Each year, two [...]
The 6th national session of IHEDN's "Maritime Challenges and Strategies" virtually heads south
Maritime transport and routes, innovation and naval technologies, submarine cables, digital data management, yachting - these are the major themes of the maritime economy that should have taken the participants in the 6th national session of the IHEDN's 'Maritime Issues and Strategies' (ESM) to Marseilles and Toulon for a two-day seminar. However, in [...]
The sword and the map
Olivier SCHMITT Global power or European player? World cultural reference or forgotten nation? France's position in the world and its room for manoeuvre raise many questions today. Recent geopolitical upheavals, such as the rise of Asia, Brexit and the development of illiberal populism, mean that we need to [...]
72nd "Economic and Strategic Intelligence" cycle
Thursday 4 February 2021 saw the start of the 72nd Economic and Strategic Intelligence (IES) course, which was conducted entirely by videoconference. The course was opened by Préfet Denis Conus, Deputy Director of the IHEDN. The opening lectures on economic intelligence and security were given by Mr Philippe CLERC (CCI France, Académie de l'Intelligence économique) [...].
14e ambassadors' briefing
At the invitation of Lieutenant General Patrick Destremau, Director of the IHEDN and the EMS, the first 2021 Ambassadors' Briefing took place on Wednesday 3 February by videoconference. Ambassador Xavier Laypere de Cabanes, Secretary General of the French Presidency of the European Union, took the opportunity to brief the 95 ambassadors on the [...]
A Europe that protects
Special guest : Pierre MOSCOVICI, First President of the Court of Audit
The main witness : Sylvie Bermann, Ambassador of France
The future of war
IHedn Mondays with Sir Lawrence Freedman, Emeritus Professor of War Studies at King's College London
La Correspondance économique
La Correspondance économique - 25 January 2021 - The Institut des Hautes Études de Défense Nationale launches a new course dedicated to Defence and Economic Security issues The Institut des Hautes Études de Défense Nationale (IHEDN), whose board of directors is chaired by Mrs Sylvie BERMANN, Ambassador of France, and whose director is General de [...]
Armaments and the defence economy
La Revue Défense Nationale - January 2021 - "The great powers are realising that they need to practise their armament manoeuvres on a permanent basis". Pierre Marie Gallois European Union and defence issues: the challenges of European strategic autonomy - There is a real challenge in defining European strategic autonomy, given the diversity of approaches [...].
Jean-Christophe CARDAMONE
Major general (Engineering - Armement corps) Armament and Defense Economy Advisor Deputy Director of the Directorate for the Institute for Higher National Defence Studies, in charge of National ActivitiesMajor general (Engineering - Armement corps) Jean-Christophe Cardamone began his career in 1984 in the French Defense Procurement Agency (DGA) of the Ministry of Defense. He first [...]
