MARITIME VIEWS
5th NATIONAL SESSION "MARITIME CHALLENGES AND STRATEGIES 2019-2020
For its fifth national session on "Maritime Challenges and Strategies" in 2019-2020, IHEDN has chosen a particular focus: the impact of climate change and protection of the marine environment on defence and security issues.
Lectures, round tables and visits provide academic and operational input that feeds the auditors' thinking and nourishes their committee work. In this way, the testimonies of leading figures and the diversity of the expertise on offer compare and interact with the professional experiences of the auditors to give rise to original and constructive ideas.
This document Regards maritimes de la session is intended to be plural. It brings together, in a thematic and structured way, the summaries of the conference-debates, round tables and visits written by the auditors at the end of the activities proposed to them. In addition to reporting the views and opinions of the people they met, these reports were written under the sole responsibility of the auditors. Their compilation of the subjects dealt with is therefore naturally non-exhaustive and in no way represents the official position of the IHEDN or the Institut FMES.
This edition illustrates the uniqueness and openness of IHEDN. It demonstrates the diversity of viewpoints on a wide range of issues. I would like to thank all our students who, each year, contribute to enriching the debates at the IHEDN, thereby helping to spread the spirit of defence within our nation and, as far as the students of this fifth session on "Maritime issues and strategies" are concerned, helping to make many of our fellow citizens aware of the importance of the sea and the oceans.
Lieutenant General Patrick Destremau
Director of IHEDN
Contents :
Foreword
THE SEA AT THE HEART OF MULTIPLE GLOBAL CHALLENGES
Seas and oceans: vectors of globalisation
Maritime climate and environmental protection issues
The digital challenges of information management
The sea: a highly strategic environment
A growing number of maritime safety challenges
THE EUROPEAN UNION'S MARITIME INVOLVEMENT
Tensions at Europe's maritime borders
The difficulty of setting up European maritime action
The European maritime economy and the impact of Brexit
France and the maritime challenges of the 21st century
FRANCE'S MARITIME ASSETS
A French maritime policy in need of clarification
The players in French maritime governance
French resources to meet maritime challenges
PRIORITY AREAS FOR MARITIME ACTION TO CONSOLIDATE FRANCE'S STRATEGIC AUTONOMY
Mastering cognitive issues
Guaranteeing France's freedom of economic action
Strengthening France's freedom of diplomatic and military action
APPENDIX 1: DJIBOUTI
Dynamic demonstrations of the capabilities of the French forces in Djibouti
Rubis Energy in Djibouti
The United Nations presence in Djibouti
APPENDIX 2: THE FRENCH NAVY
The challenges of conducting naval air operations
The forces of the French Navy
The naval aviation force (Alavia)
The marine force of fusiliers marins and commandos
APPENDIX 3: NAVAL GROUP
The Naval Group site in Lorient
Naval Group in Ollioules
APPENDIX 4: ATLANTIC SHIPYARDS
APPENDIX 5: CMA CGM
APPENDIX 6: ACRONYMS
