The Intelligence College in Europe has officially become an associate member of ACADEM (Académie de Défense de l’Ecole Militaire – Defence Academy of the Military School), formalised by a signing between Army Corps General Hervé de Courrèges, Director of IHEDN (Institut des Hautes Etudes de Défense Nationale), and Mr François Fischer, Director of the College.
This signing took place at the conclusion of a morning full of exchanges: following a roundtable on French Intelligence Studies with the participation of Messrs Philippe Baumard and Floran Vadillo, young doctoral candidates had the opportunity to present their work during a session chaired by Dr Clément Renault.
The Intelligence College in Europe (ICE), an active member of the Military School’s ecosystem, is thus honoured to formally join the ACADEM network. The College already maintains excellent working relationships with four very active members of ACADEM, in addition to ACADRE (Académie du Renseignement), IHEDN, IHEMI (Institut des Hautes Etudes du Ministère de l’Intérieur), and IRSEM (Institut de Recherche Stratégique de l’Ecole Militaire – IRSEM Paris and IRSEM Europe), and will continue its active involvement in PDSF 2026, as it did in 2024 and 2025.
We would like to extend our special thanks to General de Courrèges, Nicolas Bronard, the entire ACADEM team, as well as all the guests who contributed to a morning that was both rich and engaging!
Our thanks also go to Dr Philippe Baumard and Floran Vadillo for their active participation in the first roundtable, to Dr Sébastien-Yves Laurent who presented and signed his latest book, winner of ACADRE’s 2024 grand prize, and to the young researchers of the IRSEM roundtable chaired by Dr Clément Renault.