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The "Continuum security-defence" programme in a nutshell Aimed at students aged 18 to 30 in the Paris region who are preparing a higher education diploma with a professional focus, the "Continuum security-defence" course has been organised every year since 2011 by the IHEDN Endowment Fund with the support of the Sûreté ferroviaire du...

The "Continuum security-defence" course in a nutshell Aimed at students aged between 18 and 30 in the Paris region who are preparing a higher education diploma with a professional focus (from BTS to Master's degrees), the "Continuum security-defence" course (previously known as the "Discovery" course) has been organised every year since 2011 by the IHEDN Endowment Fund...

After more than ten years at the head of the Chair, Jean Belin is handing over to Julien Malizard, who until now has been deputy chairholder. Since its creation in January 2014, the Defence Economics Chair at the Institut des hautes études de défense nationale IHEDN has continued to produce...

The "Découverte" cycle in a nutshell Organised once a year since 2011 with the support of the SNCF, the "Découverte" cycle is aimed at students aged between 18 and 30 in the Paris region who are preparing a vocational higher education diploma (BTS, BUT, bachelor's degree, master's degree, etc.). The aim of the "Discovery" cycle is to...

The Defence Academy of the École Militaire (ACADEM) was officially launched on 26 October 2023 On 26 October 2023, Sébastien Lecornu, Minister for the Armed Forces, delivered the founding speech of the Defence Academy of the École Militaire (ACADEM) in the Foch amphitheatre of the École Militaire. More than 800 people attended the event...

Organised in partnership with the SNCF, the 10th «Discovery» cycle took place from Monday 27 to Wednesday 29 March 2023. For three days, the 19 participants, all students in BTS, BUT, bachelor's or professional master's degrees from the Paris Region, were offered in-depth information about our Defence as well as...

The Chair offers you a summary of the 4th edition of the webinar series “Les entretiens de l'ECODEF”, which focused on the financing of the defence effort in the new economic and financial context. In order to give its audiences a better understanding of the economic issues involved in the...

"Virtuality: tomorrow's reality? Jean Peeters, Chairholder, took part in the PhilosoFIC workshop, organised on 8 June by the EOGN Research Centre (CREOGN) as part of FIC 2022. "Virtuality: tomorrow's reality? This was the theme of the...

In the presence of Lieutenant General Benoît Durieux, Director of the IHEDN and Higher Military Education (EMS), who came to give a welcome speech, the participants, mostly from the Digital Sovereignty and Cybersecurity major of the IHEDN National Session, attended a round table discussion on Wednesday 13 April....

Jean Belin presented the challenges of the DTIB to the students at the 225th regional session of the IHEDN (Nouvelle-Aquitaine) on Friday 4 February in Limoges. Jean Belin, holder of the Chair, presented an overview of the DTIB (Defence Information and Technology Base) to listeners at the 225th regional session of the IHEDN (Nouvelle-Aquitaine)....

Watch all the debates on the Chair's YouTube channel. The Chaire Économie de Défense - IHEDN organised its annual 2021 conference on the afternoon of 15 December, at the École Militaire (Foch amphitheatre) and online. Nearly 500 participants attended the conference, which focused on the theme “What kind of defence export policy for France? The programme...

Wednesday 15 December 2021 from 2 pm École militaire (Paris 7e) - amphithéâtre Foch (also accessible by videoconference) The Chair of Defence Economics - IHEDN is pleased to invite you to the conference it is organising on the afternoon of 15 December 2021 at the École Militaire on the theme : What kind of...

You can find all the Chair's videos on its YouTube channel. In order to give its audience a better understanding of the economic issues involved in defence activities, the Chair is offering “Les entretiens de l'ECODEF”, a series of webinars in which the results of its researchers' work are presented in the form of...

Julien Malizard, Deputy Chair of Defence Economics - IHEDN, was invited to France Culture to talk about the French defence industry in the context of the Australian submarine crisis. Julien Malizard appeared on France Culture's Cultures Mondes programme, presented by...

Wednesday 13 October 2021 | 8.30am - 9.30am Online To raise awareness of the economic issues surrounding defence activities, the Economics of Defence Chair - IHEDN has taken the initiative of offering "Les entretiens de l'ECODEF". This series of webinars highlights the results of the work of the...

Professor Jean Peeters, holder of the Cyber and Digital Sovereignty Chair - IHEDN, spoke at the International Cybersecurity Forum (FIC 2021) at a workshop on the social acceptability of digital technologies, on 8 September 2021. Moderated by General Marc Watin-Augouard, the PhilosoFIC workshop brought together more than 150 participants to...

You can find all the Chair's videos on its YouTube channel. In order to give its audience a better understanding of the economic issues involved in defence activities, the Chair is offering "Les entretiens de l'ECODEF", a series of webinars in which the results of its researchers' work are presented in...

Wednesday 7 July 2021 | 8.30am - 9.30amOnline In order to raise awareness of the economic issues surrounding defence activities, the Chair of Defence Economics - IHEDN has taken the initiative of offering "Les entretiens de l'ECODEF". This will give you the opportunity to take part in regular webinars in which the...

Julien Malizard will be speaking on Friday 18 June at a conference entitled "Les leçons militaires de la guerre du Golfe" (The military lessons of the Gulf War) organised by the Ministry of Defence's Service historique de la défense. Registration is now open. Julien Malizard, deputy holder of the Chair, will be speaking on Friday 18 June from 2.30 pm to 4 pm...

Jean Belin, holder of the Chair, gave a talk on space economics at the Defence & Space 2021 summer school. Organised online by the Defence & Aerospace Chair, the Defence & Space summer school welcomed Jean Belin, holder of the Chair, on Thursday 10 June...

Maxime Menuet, a research associate at the Chair, has published an article in the journal Economic Inquiry on overconfident players in the theoretical framework of wars of attrition. Maxime Menuet, lecturer at the University of Orléans and associate researcher at the Chair, has published an article in the journal Economic...

"What European defence industrial policy in the face of the challenges ahead?" This was the theme of the annual conference of the Economics of Defence Chair - IHEDN, held on 2 December 2020 in Paris (École militaire, amphithéâtre Foch) and broadcast live. We...

In the latest issue of the Revue historique des Armées, researchers from the Chaire Économie de Défense - IHEDN have published an article on the preferences of European states for fighter aircraft since the Cold War. Josselin Droff, Chair researcher, Julien Malizard, Deputy Chair...

Jean Belin, holder of the Chair of Defence Economics - IHEDN, is the guest of the Aquitaine Regional IHEDN Association (Aqui-IHEDN) for a videoconference on the subject of the French DTIB, on Thursday 29 April 2021 at 6.30pm. Aqui-IHEDN launches its 2021 series of videoconferences on the theme of the...

The Cyber and Digital Sovereignty Chair - IHEDN organised a videoconference round table on 24 March 2021, in partnership with the IHEDN Digital Sovereignty and Cybersecurity National Session team. A round-table discussion on the theme of human resources in relation to digital sovereignty and cybersecurity...

Jean Peeters, holder of the Cyber and Digital Sovereignty Chair - IHEDN, spoke at the New Brunswick CyberSummit. Professor Jean Peeters, holder of the Cyber and Digital Sovereignty Chair - IHEDN, took part in the New Brunswick CyberSummit on Thursday 18 March. He moderated a round table presenting the French ecosystem...

The French Ministry of Defence has appointed Jean Belin, holder of the Chair, to the jury for the Defence Economics Prize.

In the latest issue of Défense, Union-IHEDN's bi-monthly magazine, you can read the speech given on 2 December by Professor Christian de Boissieu, introducing the conference "What European defence industrial policy to meet the challenges ahead". Christian de Boissieu, Chairman of the Conseil scientifique de la...

Watch all the debates on the Chair's YouTube channel. The Chaire Économie de Défense - IHEDN organised its annual conference on the afternoon of 2 December 2020 at the École Militaire (Foch amphitheatre) and as a webinar. It brought together over 400 participants to discuss the theme “What European industrial policy...

DUE TO THE HEALTH SITUATION, THE CONFERENCE HAS BEEN POSTPONED. A NEW DATE WILL BE ANNOUNCED AS SOON AS THE SITUATION RETURNS TO NORMAL. The Chaire Économie de Défense - IHEDN is holding its annual conference on the afternoon of 15 April 2020 at the National Assembly, in the Salle Victor Hugo, with the participation of Florence Parly,...

The regional delegation of Young IHEDN in New Aquitaine is pleased to invite you to the conference : Defence industries: economic issues and prospects With Jean Belin, Senior Lecturer and holder of the Chair in Defence Economics - IHEDN Monday 2 December 201917:30 - 19:00 Campus campus - Salle...

Organised with the support of the SNCF, the 9th edition of the «Discovery» cycle took place from Monday 1 to Wednesday 3 April 2019. For three consecutive days, the 37 participants, all apprentices (BTS, Licences and professional Masters) in the Paris region, were offered in-depth information about our...

Innovation in Defence The Chair of Defence Economics organised the Research Innovation and Defence conference on Wednesday 20 March 2019 at the French National Assembly. The event brought together nearly 200 people around two round tables, for high-level discussions on innovation in Defence. Member of Parliament Didier...

In the run-up to the centenary of the Armistice, the Economics of Defence Chair organised a study day on 10 October 2018 at the École Militaire on the theme: «The dead of the Great War: Chance or determinism?».Wanted by Jean Belin, holder of the Chair, and Antoine Parent, Professor of...

Organised by our Chair in Defence Economics and the French Ministry of Defence, this conference on 17 November at the Maison de la Chimie was devoted to the theme of defence funding. Here you can read the speeches by Florence Parly (Minister for the Armed Forces), Jean-Jacques Bridey (Chairman of the...

IHEDN Encounters Defence as you have never seen it before 26 May 2018 10am - 5pm École militaire 21 place Joffre - 75007 Paris ► register Defence is too vital an issue to be the preserve of experts and professionals. Defence involves the survival of the Nation. Its institutions,...

Organised with the support of the SNCF, the 8th edition of the «Discovery» cycle took place from Monday 26 to Wednesday 28 March 2018. For three consecutive days, the 39 participants, all apprentices (BTS, Licences and professional Masters) in the Paris region, were offered in-depth information about our...

Sponsored by Renault Trucks Defense, Sofema and Spema, a «National Cohesion and Citizenship» day was held on 16 November in Châteauroux, in partnership with the regional association IHEDN - Centre (AR7) and with the support of Châteauroux Métropole, the département, the...

National Cohesion and Citizenship Day Young people's commitment Le Havre, Tuesday 5 December 2017 École Nationale Supérieure Maritime (ENSM) The Institut de hautes études de défense nationale (IHEDN) and the Association régionale des auditeurs IHEDN de Normandie are pleased to invite you to the «National cohesion and citizenship» day that they are organising on...

Rencontres IHEDN - 20 May 2017 at the École Militaire “Defence as you have never approached it: 13 round tables, thinkers, experts, NGOs, books, paintings ...and a council of war”. Registration: here 6 themes covered : THE WAR OF MACHINES War is a chameleon. Its causes, its forms, its...

Organised with the support of the SNCF, the 7th «Discovery» seminar took place from Monday 27 to Wednesday 29 March 2017. This seminar offered the 36 participants, all apprentices (BTS, Licences and professional Masters) in the Paris region, in-depth information about our Defence as well as...

Organised on 22 March 2017 by our Defence Economics Chair and the Cercle des économistes, the aim of this seminar, 2 months ahead of the presidential election, was to provide the general public with a clear understanding of the economic challenges facing the defence sector. In fact, since the attacks on...

A "National cohesion and citizenship" day was organised on 1 December in Amiens with the support of the IHEDN - Picardie regional association. It focused on the theme of young people's commitment and followed on from the previous session held in Amiens on 25 November 2013. It brought together...

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On 26 April in Clermont-Ferrand, the IHEDN Endowment Fund and the IHEDN Auvergne regional association organised a «National Cohesion and Citizenship» day on the theme of resilience, in the presence of Danièle Polvé-Montmasson, Prefect of Puy-de-Dôme, Marie-Danièle Campion, Rector of the Clermont-Ferrand academy,...

Supported by the patronage of the SNCF, the 6th edition of the «Discovery» seminar took place from Monday 21 to Wednesday 23 March 2016. This year, 37 young adults took part, all of them on post-baccalaureate vocational training courses from BTS, Licences and professional Masters in...

The Defence Economics Chair of the IHEDN Endowment Fund invites you to attend its conference on "Defence industries and international issues" on 16 December. This event is organised in partnership with the Ministry of Defence and the University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne. To register, click here or on the programme below. To register...

How to respond to the attacks? Committing to the defence of republican values and national cohesion. In January and November 2015, France suffered two series of despicable attacks on its territory. Unfortunately, these were not the first attacks to hit our country, and it would be naive to...

The Defence Economics Chair is now on Twitter and Linkedin! Get in touch with the Chair and follow the latest news, publications and events related to defence economics, as well as the publication of articles by Jean Belin, Julien Malizard and the network of researchers at the...

Around sixty people who have taken part in one of the sessions of the «National cohesion and citizenship» seminar, organised since 2006 in Paris by the IHEDN and extended to the provinces since 2010 by the Cercle des partenaires de l'IHEDN, met on Thursday 9 July at the École militaire (Paris...