32nd European Session of Senior Armament Officials (SERA)
Armaments cooperation on a European scale On Monday 11 October 2021, the second week of the 32nd European Session of Senior Armaments Officials (SERA) began at the Royal Military Academy in Brussels, after an 18-month break. The participants, from all the member states of the European Union, Switzerland and Norway, have [...]
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.
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 [...]
Tribute from the 223rd session in the PACA region to Master Corporal Maxime Blasco
It was with great emotion that the auditors of the 223rd session in the PACA region joined in the tribute to Master Corporal Maxime Blasco, a mountain commando with the 7th Battalion of Alpine Chasseurs, who died for France in the Sahel on 24 September 2021. A minute's silence was observed from the Fort des Têtes in [...].
21st IHEDN Forum on the African continent (FICA)
Africa and France face up to new threats The 21st session of the IHEDN Forum on the African continent, organised by the Institut des Hautes Etudes de Défense Nationale and the Directorate for Security and Defence Cooperation, opened on Tuesday 28 September 2021. On this occasion, Lieutenant General Benoît [...]
The 223rd session in the PACA region at the Palais préfectoral in Nice
The Prefect of the Alpes-Maritime, Bernard Gonzalez, welcomed the auditors of the 223rd session in the PACA region to the Palais préfectoral in Nice on 24 September at 6pm, in the presence of the sub-prefect Jean-Michel Delvert, representing Lieutenant General Benoît Durieux, Director of the IHEDN, and Christine Fix, representing the Mayor of Nice. [...]
18e ambassadors' briefing
Mr Olivier POIVRE d'ARVORAmbassador for the Poles and Maritime Issues, presented the consequences of global warming.
