Integrated management of the European Union's external crises

Under the aegis of the European Security and Defence College (ESDC), the IHEDN Europe and International Affairs Department organised a course on EU Integrated Crisis Management from 23 to 25 February. The course brought together 39 participants, civil and military officials, [...]
The 221st session in the Grand-Est region

This morning, the 221st session in the Grand-Est region had the honour of welcoming Lieutenant General Christian Bailly, Military Governor of Metz, General Officer of the Est defence and security zone, Commander of the Nord-Est land zone and Commander of the French forces and civilian component stationed in Germany. The general was speaking at the [...]
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 [...]
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) [...].