The 219th regional session takes place in Grenoble

This week, the 219th session in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region continues in Grenoble. However, the health situation means that a few changes have to be made. So, rather than having a lecturer travel across France, the Institute's teams are adapting and reacting quickly to maintain the quality of the training delivered via videoconferencing. [...]
IHEDN-CESD : Climate change and security

Organised as part of the European Security and Defence College (ESDC), the course entitled "Climate Change and Security" opened today in Brussels with a speech by Lieutenant General Destremeau, Director of the Institut des Hautes Etudes de Défense Nationale (IHEDN). IHEDN-CESD-Climate change and security Prepared and led by [...]
Mission "Europe" and final docking for the 5th National Session on "Maritime Challenges and Strategies

The "Europe" mission, postponed to 28 and 29 September 2020 due to the confinement imposed by the pandemic, enabled the auditors to meet up one last time as part of the session. They travelled to Brussels, the heart of the European institutions, where they were able to discover the major maritime [...]
The future of planning

IHedn Mondays" with Mr Jean-Ludovic SILICANI, Honorary State Councillor, Civil Mining Engineer, DEA in Economics, ENA (Class of 1980)
The future of planning

Speaker: Mr Jean-Ludovic Silicani, Honorary Conseiller d'État, civil mining engineer, DEA in economics, ENA (class of 1980).
The future of planning

Jean-Ludovic Silicani is an honorary member of the Conseil d'État, a civil mining engineer, with a post-graduate diploma (DEA) in economics from ENA (class of 1980).
Drawing on a wide range of operational experience, Jean-Ludovic SiIlicani will examine the future of planning at a time when François Bayrou has just been appointed High Commissioner for Planning.
Opening of the 70th "economic and strategic intelligence" course

Friday 2 October 2020 saw the start of the 70th Economic and Strategic Intelligence (IES) cycle. The course was opened by Préfet Denis Conus, Deputy Director of the IHEDN. The opening speech on economic and strategic intelligence was given by Mr Bernard Besson. Public policy on national and territorial security was presented [...].
SIEOCAC 2020

The "Armaments and Defence Economics International Session" for Eastern Europe, the Caucasus and Central Asia opened today, Monday 28 September, with a speech by Lt-Gen Patrick Destremau. IGA Thomas LORNE then presented the DGA's missions. IHEDN | SIEOCAC 2020 : International session on Armaments and Economics [...]
Franco-German strategic dialogue IHEDN BAKS: reduced virtual session

A reduced session of the bilateral strategic dialogue seminar between the IHEDN and the German Bundesakademie fur Sicherheitspolitik (BAKS) took place on Friday 25 in a virtual format using WebEx videoconferencing software. In view of the current health restrictions, the fourth Franco-German strategic dialogue has been postponed until the first half of 2021, for a face-to-face [...].
Back-to-school seminar of the 3rd national session on "Digital Sovereignty and Cybersecurity".

On Wednesday 23 September 2020, the 46 students taking part in the 3rd national session on "Digital Sovereignty and Cybersecurity" (cyber) were welcomed by Lieutenant General Patrick DESTREMAU, Director of the IHEDN and Higher Military Education, and Professor Olivier SCHMITT, Director of the Studies Department. The session's supervisory team gave them a [...]