Citizens and institutions in the event of a major threat to national defence and security following large-scale climatic events. How can such a crisis be anticipated, prevented and managed?
Committee 1-2
The auditors from Comité 1-2 carried out a simulation exercise to highlight the impact of a series of major climatic events on the cohesion and resilience of French society. Based on a scenario, they put forward a number of recommendations on how best to anticipate and prevent this type of crisis.
Defence diplomacy and environmental security: prospects for cooperation in the Indo-Pacific
Mélissa Levaillant Based on the initiatives taken by France in the field of environmental security, Mélissa Levaillant examines possible areas of multilateral cooperation in the Indo-Pacific region. This article is part of a collective publication by the Young Fellows of the Raisina Dialogue, organised by India on 14 and 15 April 2021. [...]
ALLIANCES AND COALITIONS SINCE 1945
Olivier SCHMITT This fourth volume marks the end of the history of Worlds at War: from 1945 onwards, nuclear weapons changed the situation and security challenges became global. This period is sometimes referred to as the "long peace", but that does not mean that there were no major, deadly conflicts: from the first [...]
WarTime. Temporality and the Decline of Western Military Power
Olivier SCHMITT The end of the Cold War has locked the Western world into a new wartime paradigm, with two characteristics: a praise of speed over patience and a reduction of war to a simple expeditionary risk management tool. Largely supported by the [...]
The world is changing, and so is IHEDN
La Revue Parlementaire - February 2021 - Registration is now open for the new 2021 national session of the Institut des Hautes Etudes de la Défense Nationale (IHEDN). This year's auditors will benefit from renewed training that will enable them to grasp new defence and security issues. Tailored to the professional requirements of active senior officials, the [...]
The sword and the map
Olivier SCHMITT Global power or European player? World cultural reference or forgotten nation? France's position in the world and its room for manoeuvre raise many questions today. Recent geopolitical upheavals, such as the rise of Asia, Brexit and the development of illiberal populism, mean that we need to [...]
14e ambassadors' briefing
At the invitation of Lieutenant General Patrick Destremau, Director of the IHEDN and the EMS, the first 2021 Ambassadors' Briefing took place on Wednesday 3 February by videoconference. Ambassador Xavier Laypere de Cabanes, Secretary General of the French Presidency of the European Union, took the opportunity to brief the 95 ambassadors on the [...]
La Correspondance économique
La Correspondance économique - 25 January 2021 - The Institut des Hautes Études de Défense Nationale launches a new course dedicated to Defence and Economic Security issues The Institut des Hautes Études de Défense Nationale (IHEDN), whose board of directors is chaired by Mrs Sylvie BERMANN, Ambassador of France, and whose director is General de [...]
Jean-Christophe CARDAMONE
Major general (Engineering - Armement corps) Armament and Defense Economy Advisor Deputy Director of the Directorate for the Institute for Higher National Defence Studies, in charge of National ActivitiesMajor general (Engineering - Armement corps) Jean-Christophe Cardamone began his career in 1984 in the French Defense Procurement Agency (DGA) of the Ministry of Defense. He first [...]
Jean-Christophe CARDAMONE
Ingénieur général de 1re classe des études et techniques de l'armement "Armaments and defence economics" adviser Deputy director of the Institut des hautes études de défense nationale in charge of "National activities "Jean-Christophe Cardamone, ingénieur général de 1re classe des études et techniques de l'armement, began his career in 1984 at the Direction des constructions aéronautiques / Délégation [...]
