A common strategic culture: a prerequisite for a more integrated defence.

Une culture stratégique commune : condition indispensable d'une défense plus intégrée.© Pierremmanuel PROUX / IHEDN ©

The Egmont Institute (IRRI), the Bundesakademie für Sicherheitspolitik (BAKS) and the Institut des hautes études de défense nationale (IHEDN), in partnership with the European Security and Defence College (ESDC), jointly opened the first module of the European session on security and defence "European Advanced Strategic [...]" in Brussels on Sunday 20 September 2020.

The 73rd SN POLDEF at the Collioure National Commando Training Centre

©IHEDN | La 73e SN POLDEF : la montée des couleurs dans la cour du CNEC

The 73rd POLDEF left Perpignan on board an Air Force A310 and headed for Collioure, where the 99 auditors were welcomed by Guy LLOBET, Mayor of Collioure, and by the head of the National Commando Training Centre (CNEC), Lieutenant-Colonel Jérôme PASCAL, whose hospitality we would like to thank. The [...]

The Future of War

Speaker: Sir Lawrence Freedman, Emeritus Professor of War Studies at King's College London.

War and peace

Guerre et Paix - Olivier Schmitt

Olivier Schmitt The great powers are resuming their strategic competition, Donald Trump is spreading his isolationist vision of the world, terrorism is going global, China is becoming the new giant, Russia is regaining its aggressive stance, wars are going cyber... All these are signs that the international order as we know it has had its day. If one term had to sum up the [...]

MASTER THE INTERNET BEFORE THE INTERNET MASTERS YOU

L'école des nouveaux espions The world is changing, with the Internet and the digital revolution reconfiguring everything we have ever known. The stakes are immense, and the vast majority of the population is watching these upheavals as spectators.this book is aimed at managers and citizens alike: it reminds us of what it is essential to know in order to master [...].

Strategic energy issues for 2050

Speaker: Patrice GEOFFRON, Director of the Centre géopolitique de l'énergie et des matières premières, Professor at Dauphine PSL University.