Getting involved by writing: young people have their say
"To arms, citizens! Ever since the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen recognised the right to revolt against oppression, everyone's commitment to the defence of the nation has been an integral part of republican identity.
Extraterritoriality and economic coercion.
Committee 2
What are the solutions for France and Europe when faced with international practices involving the extraterritoriality of law?
On 30 June 2014, BNP pleaded guilty to two counts and to pay a record fine of nearly $9 billion as part of a settlement with the US judicial authorities.
France's sovereignty in 2050. How is the armaments sector changing?
Committee 6
Back in 2008, in its report Global trends 2025: a Transformed World, the US National Intelligence Council (NIC) warned of the very high probability of a pandemic occurring before 2025, originating in a region of the world with a high human population density marked by promiscuity between humans and animals, such as China. The SARS COV2 or Covid-19 pandemic proved him right.
Europe's defence and strategic autonomy: harmonising NATO and EU capability responses
Committee 1
At the end of the Second World War, when Europe had just experienced six years of major conflict, a new kind of opposition emerged, resulting from the confrontation of two blocs. With the advent of the Cold War came the need and desire to promote collective security and defence for Europe.
After AUKUS: France in the Indopacific
On 15 September 2021, after eighteen months of confidential negotiations, the "AUKUS" tripartite military alliance between the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia was made public. This alliance involves the development of trilateral cooperation in many areas of defence, including cyber and artificial intelligence. As part of this project, the Australian Navy's acquisition of American- or British-built nuclear attack submarines effectively puts an end to the €56 billion contractual commitment made with France in 2016.
Defence players: the role of human capital in national sovereignty
Committee 3
The aim of this report is to determine the role of the human capital of defence players (in the sense of knowledge and skills to be developed) in maintaining or even consolidating national sovereignty, which we have defined as the freedom to decide and the power to act based on a long-term strategy.
Defence for Europe: harmonising the capability response
Committee 1
If we consider Europe as a geographical entity, its collective security rests on the two pillars of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO), a politico-military alliance focused on the collective defence of its members, and the European Union (EU), a political and economic partnership that has extended its action to the security of its territory and its populations. In a changing geostrategic and political context (Brexit, the United States' Asian pivot, the global health crisis, etc.), European states have many different perceptions of European defence, especially given their different memberships in different organisations and their different post-World War II histories.
IHEDN: our history
"To arms, citizens! "Since 1936, the Institut des hautes études de défense nationale (IHEDN) has been bringing this appeal to life among France's elite. Leaders from the civil service and the business world share a training course with future military leaders. Together, they think about defence. Together, they have been developing [...] for several decades.
The situation in Afghanistan
"Historians date the birth of contemporary Afghanistan back to the 1880s, when the country's borders were largely the result of Russian-British colonial commissions. The first emir, Abdur Rahman, theorised what was to become Afghan politics for almost a century.
Anticipating and preventing the security dimensions of climate change
Committee 6-1
The aggravation of existing stresses, the real risk of France becoming involved in resolving crises linked to climate change, the strain on the State budget and potential price inflation, as well as the possibility of having to intervene on several fronts at the same time, have led the authors of this report to make 10 recommendations relating to the national territory and the conduct of domestic and external operations from a strategic perspective.
