The SGMer emphasised its responsibilities in terms of State action at sea (AEM), firstly by mentioning the risks and threats that have changed in nature, foremost among which are the impact of illegal immigration, drug trafficking and illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing. Before answering the audience's many questions, he went on to address the major challenges of maritime spatial planning, aimed at reconciling the uses of the sea by an ever-growing number of stakeholders. This gave the audience a clearer idea of the eminently interministerial nature of the SGMer's role within the State.
In a scenario with strong maritime connotations, the Serious game that followed took listeners, for the next thirty years, to the heart of power rivalries that were particularly illustrative of the triptych "competition, contestation, confrontation" often evoked by the Chiefs of Staff of our armies. Suddenly, our listeners found themselves Heads of State having to devise a strategy in the face of those of the great competing powers. There was no quarter given, as they quickly got into the game under the no less impassioned gaze of the IHEDN authorities: its director, Lieutenant General Benoît DURIEUXand two of his department heads, Engineer General of Armaments Florence PLESSIX and Dr Guillaume LASCONJARIAS. Â
Despite the setbacks experienced by some who are unlucky at the throw of the dice, it is certain that listeners will no longer perceive international current affairs in the same way, because, despite the fiction, the implementation of a global strategy that takes into account the various aspects of power can take on a particularly realistic aspect.
