Maritime spaces faced with the triptych of competition-contestation-clash.
In October 2021, General Burkhard, Chief of the Defence Staff, presented his "strategic vision". He warned of a profound change in the strategic context, in which the notion of conflict is becoming more complex, diffuse and permanent: "Conflicts used to be based on a 'peace-crisis-war' model. Nowadays, it's more like a triptych of 'competition-contestation-clash' (...). Through this analysis, General Burkhard points to the need to adapt our defence tools to forms of conflict that break with the model for which our armies were calibrated.
Because of their specific nature and growing importance, maritime areas are at the forefront of this new dynamic of power relations, where a multitude of players are using hybrid strategies to upset existing balances, without necessarily resorting to open conflict.
Lt-Gen Benoît Durieux: "Total war forbids any subsequent peace".
Total war is a very topical issue, yet it is a poorly defined concept: absolute war, high-intensity war, major war... Lieutenant General Benoît Durieux, Director of the IHEDN, gives a definition and a few ideas to help us understand it better.
Jean Peeters :
"cybersecurity, far from being a given, must remain an objective".
For many users, digital technology may seem like a virtual world, but the fact remains that it is based on a material layer, with infrastructures that are often cross-border. Jean Peeters, holder of the Cyber and Digital Sovereignty Chair at the IHEDN, deciphers the European Commission's recommendations in the regulatory and legislative fields to strengthen [...].
Alexandra Goujon: "Ukraine, between subject and object of History".
For its first strategic debate since the start of the academic year, the IHEDN has chosen a topical subject: Ukraine. Alexandra Goujon is the author of Ukraine from independence to warpublished by Le Cavalier bleu, in the Idées reçues collection. The gist of his talk is based on 5 received ideas.
Marc Watin-Augouard :
"cyber-security will increase in quantity and quality".
October is European Cyber Security Month. For the past ten years, the institutions of the European Union have been taking advantage of this dedicated period to run awareness-raising campaigns designed to promote and strengthen cybersecurity. Army General (2S) Marc Watin-Augouard, head of the "digital sovereignty and cybersecurity" major at the IHEDN, explains current developments in the field of [...].
Colonel Remi Pellabeuf:
Our aim is to "modernise to outperform our rivals in terms of power, agility and speed".
During the presentation at the Institut de hautes études de défense nationale, Colonel Rémi Pellabeuf of the French Army Staff gave a lecture entitled "Modern capabilities for combat: the French Army's project".
The gist of his speech in 5 questions.
The weapons of disinformation
Special guests: Jean-Baptiste JEANGENE VILMER, Director of IRSEM, Jean-Dominique MERCHET, journalist with L'Opinion and Catherine JENTILE, journalist with TF1/LCI.
For a "realpolitik" for Europe?
Special guest: Jeremy GALLONa graduate of Harvard University and HEC Paris, and an alumnus of Tsinghua University in Beijing.
IHEDN: our history
Special guest: Philippe VIALeducational adviser to the Higher Military Education Department
Address by the Prime Minister to the Institut des Hautes Études de Défense Nationale
Major strategic issues https://vimeo.com/629984878 Madam Minister, dear Florence, Members of Parliament, Chief of Staff of the French Armed Forces, Secretary General for Defence and National Security, Delegate General for Armaments, Secretary General for the Administration of the Ministry of the Armed Forces, General Officers, Mr [...]
