Defense as you have never approached it, on the IHEDN campus on June 6
(B2)" Defense is too vital an issue to be the domain of experts and professionals. Defense engages the survival of the Nation. Its institutions, its territory, its vital interests, as well as its values and its ability to resist adversity. Defense is of course a policy. It is a commitment for the men and women who have chosen the profession of arms. But it is also the expression of a people's desire to remain in control of its destiny. »
Here in a few sentences, the objective and the foundation of the "IHEDN Meetings" organized by the Institute for Advanced National Defense Studies, on the campus of the Ecole Militaire in Paris, next Saturday (June 6, 2015).
The program is intended for "a large audience" and is quite explosive in its approach, rather unusual for a French defense, often quite rigid of codes and uses. We are closer to the relaxation observed for example among the British. I have only one advice. Go for it !
(NGV)
Four spaces for debate
The debates take place around four spaces with transfigurative names:
- Terminator (the war of the machines) for " become aware of our role as a player in collective defense »;
- Minotaur (symbol of the destructive impulses of man) for " ensure that defense concerns every citizen »;
- Valmy 2.0 (imagine tomorrow's war), for " identify our vulnerabilities to deal with today's threats »
- Gladiatorwhen the spectacle of force unfolds in the arena) for " thinking about defense and anticipating future violence »
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