In a context of increasing regional and worldwide hostilities, global maritime issues are important topics to focus on.
The maritime and naval pole of the FMES is supported by the maritime department, which works on legal, environmental, economic, security and military issues specific to the seas and oceans.
Every year, the maritime department organizes the “High Maritime Studies Session”, a unique training program in France dedicated to major contemporary maritime issues.
FRANCE’S NAVY EXPOSED TO THE RETURN OF HIGH INTENSITY
The most recent conflicts show increased willingness to resort to violence and the multiplication of actors and forms of confrontation involving states. With Russia’s Black Sea Fleet undergoing slow but real attrition, and the world’s shipping giants shunning the Red Sea at times because of Iran’s growing threat from armed
WHAT TECHNOLOGIES ARE NEEDED TO DEAL WITH THE NEW FORMS AND THREATS OF NAVAL COMBAT?
In response to emerging forms of naval combat, the French Navy, constrained by real budgetary limits, must make drastic choices on technologies that allow it to adapt in the short and medium term in order to achieve the best operational gain. These choices will have to be accompanied by measures
FRENCH OVERSEAS: GEOPOLITICAL AND MARITIME ISSUES
France is often referred to as a maritime power because it has jurisdiction over the world’s second largest EEZ with 10.2 million km2. Above all, this presentation shows a poor understanding of the maritime dimension. For what makes power at sea is not the possession of “vast acres of sea,”
Orcas versus piranhas – ten lessons from naval warfare in the Black Sea and Red Sea
Attempting to draw lessons from the ongoing naval conflicts in the Black Sea and off the coast of Yemen is unavoidable: these heated clashes are fought over communication, which often yields to sensationalism, even romanticism. In addition, the particularities of these two theaters prompt precautions to be taken before any
Le jeune câblier (le Sophie Germain d’Orange Marine) et la vieille dame (la Convention de Paris de 1884)
Le 22 septembre prochain Orange Marine inaugurera à la Seyne sur Mer son nouveau navire câblier, le Sophie Germain, qui confirmera la place majeure de la France dans le domaine stratégique de la pose et de l’entretien des câbles sous-marins. Cet évènement majeur remet en avant un des atouts de
China’s military intimidation of Taiwan: breaking from the geopolitical status quo?
Arnaud Peyronnet, FMES associate member of the Strategic Observatory of the Mediterranean and the Middle East (OS2MO) ABSTRACT : Reacting to the visit to Taipei of Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House of Representatives of the United States Congress (August 2, 2022), China launched the following week major military exercises in
Le jeune câblier (le Sophie Germain d’Orange Marine) et la vieille dame (la Convention de Paris de 1884)
Le 22 septembre prochain Orange Marine inaugurera à la Seyne sur Mer son nouveau navire câblier, le Sophie Germain, qui confirmera la place majeure de la France dans le domaine stratégique de la pose et de l’entretien des câbles sous-marins. Cet évènement majeur remet en avant un des atouts de
WHAT TECHNOLOGIES ARE NEEDED TO DEAL WITH THE NEW FORMS AND THREATS OF NAVAL COMBAT?
In response to emerging forms of naval combat, the French Navy, constrained by real budgetary limits, must make drastic choices on technologies that allow it to adapt in the short and medium term in order to achieve the best operational gain. These choices will have to be accompanied by measures
China’s military intimidation of Taiwan: breaking from the geopolitical status quo?
Arnaud Peyronnet, FMES associate member of the Strategic Observatory of the Mediterranean and the Middle East (OS2MO) ABSTRACT : Reacting to the visit to Taipei of Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House of Representatives of the United States Congress (August 2, 2022), China launched the following week major military exercises in
FRANCE’S NAVY EXPOSED TO THE RETURN OF HIGH INTENSITY
The most recent conflicts show increased willingness to resort to violence and the multiplication of actors and forms of confrontation involving states. With Russia’s Black Sea Fleet undergoing slow but real attrition, and the world’s shipping giants shunning the Red Sea at times because of Iran’s growing threat from armed
Orcas versus piranhas – ten lessons from naval warfare in the Black Sea and Red Sea
Attempting to draw lessons from the ongoing naval conflicts in the Black Sea and off the coast of Yemen is unavoidable: these heated clashes are fought over communication, which often yields to sensationalism, even romanticism. In addition, the particularities of these two theaters prompt precautions to be taken before any
Le jeune câblier (le Sophie Germain d’Orange Marine) et la vieille dame (la Convention de Paris de 1884)
Le 22 septembre prochain Orange Marine inaugurera à la Seyne sur Mer son nouveau navire câblier, le Sophie Germain, qui confirmera la place majeure de la France dans le domaine stratégique de la pose et de l’entretien des câbles sous-marins. Cet évènement majeur remet en avant un des atouts de
China’s military intimidation of Taiwan: breaking from the geopolitical status quo?
Arnaud Peyronnet, FMES associate member of the Strategic Observatory of the Mediterranean and the Middle East (OS2MO) ABSTRACT : Reacting to the visit to Taipei of Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House of Representatives of the United States Congress (August 2, 2022), China launched the following week major military exercises in
SHEM Formation
The High Maritime Studies Session (Session des Hautes Etudes Maritimes – SHEM) is a program developed by FMES since 2022. This session offers its listeners a panoramic vision of the main maritime issues and enables them to grasp the strategies and policies implemented at sea to meet contemporary needs. In addition to the core curriculum, a research theme is defined each year, and is a key feature of the session.
