Centre d'Etudes Diplomatiques et Stratégiques
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The Center for Diplomatic and Strategic Studies (French: Centre d'Etudes Diplomatiques et Stratégiques, CEDS) is an accredited postgraduate school and a think tank
in diplomacy
and international relations
headquartered in Paris. Its founder as a specialized graduate school for officers, diplomats, and future executives is Pascal Chaigneau of the HEC School of Management
and Paris Descartes University. It is accredited as a Premier College by the (Accreditation Service for International Colleges
. As the exclusive partner postgraduate school of the French Ecole Militaire
it is comparable to the U.S. Naval Postgraduate School
of which it may be considered a French equivalent, although it now admits civilians and non-diplomats for studying at the PhD level.
Initially a non-academic institution reserved to serving diplomats and either generals or senior officers, it also admits commissioned officers at large, executives, and senior civil servants (Hauts Fonctionnaires) linked to the diplomatic career. Among others, its Greek branch has educated the commanding officer of the Greek Navy's Frigate Command between him attending the Naval Postgraduate School
and the Harvard Kennedy School of Government. Its Paris campus also educated Naela Chohan
before her attending the Harvard Kennedy School of Government.
on September 25, 2009 for the inauguration of a Curriculum in International Relations delivered jointly with the Institut Français à Athènes. One of its academic advisers and professors is Carlos Antonio Carrasco, ambassador
of the Republic of Bolivia
.
.
. Among its faculty are antiterrorism an ICTY intelligence
expert Raymond Carter, Jacques Walch of the French Army, and peace operations expert and military staff committee
representative Dominique Trinquand, who is also a former alumni of CEDS. Most of the military faculty of the CEDS also comes from the French Institut des Hautes Etudes de la Défense Nationale.
), Carlos Carrasco (Bolivia
), Cristina Aguiar (Dominican Republic
), Mickaël Lebedev (Russian Federation), George Ayache (France
), former cabinet member Dominique de Villepin
, and Patrick Boursin (France
) all teach at the CEDS, along with Andrei Gratchev, former spokesperson of Mikhail Gorbachev
and member of the World Political Forum.
The Center for Diplomatic and Strategic Studies (French: Centre d'Etudes Diplomatiques et Stratégiques, CEDS) is an accredited postgraduate school and a think tank
Think tank
A think tank is an organization that conducts research and engages in advocacy in areas such as social policy, political strategy, economics, military, and technology issues. Most think tanks are non-profit organizations, which some countries such as the United States and Canada provide with tax...
in diplomacy
Diplomacy
Diplomacy is the art and practice of conducting negotiations between representatives of groups or states...
and international relations
International relations
International relations is the study of relationships between countries, including the roles of states, inter-governmental organizations , international nongovernmental organizations , non-governmental organizations and multinational corporations...
headquartered in Paris. Its founder as a specialized graduate school for officers, diplomats, and future executives is Pascal Chaigneau of the HEC School of Management
HEC School of Management
HEC Paris or École des Hautes Études Commerciales de Paris is one of the foremost business schools in France and in Europe. It was created in 1881 by the Paris Chamber of Commerce and Industry on the model of French Grandes Ecoles and has progressively become one of the most selective graduate...
and Paris Descartes University. It is accredited as a Premier College by the (Accreditation Service for International Colleges
Accreditation Service for International Colleges
Accreditation Service for International Colleges is a private body in the business of validating institutions.- External links :* *...
. As the exclusive partner postgraduate school of the French Ecole Militaire
École Militaire
The École Militaire is a vast complex of buildings housing various military training facilities located in the 7th arrondissement of Paris, France, southeast of the Champ de Mars....
it is comparable to the U.S. Naval Postgraduate School
Naval Postgraduate School
The Naval Postgraduate School is an accredited research university operated by the United States Navy. Located in Monterey, California, it grants master's degrees, Engineer's degrees and doctoral degrees...
of which it may be considered a French equivalent, although it now admits civilians and non-diplomats for studying at the PhD level.
Initially a non-academic institution reserved to serving diplomats and either generals or senior officers, it also admits commissioned officers at large, executives, and senior civil servants (Hauts Fonctionnaires) linked to the diplomatic career. Among others, its Greek branch has educated the commanding officer of the Greek Navy's Frigate Command between him attending the Naval Postgraduate School
Naval Postgraduate School
The Naval Postgraduate School is an accredited research university operated by the United States Navy. Located in Monterey, California, it grants master's degrees, Engineer's degrees and doctoral degrees...
and the Harvard Kennedy School of Government. Its Paris campus also educated Naela Chohan
Naela Chohan
Naela Chohan is a Pakistani diplomat and feminist artist. She has been a member of the Board of Governors of the Pakistan Film Censor Board, and of the Board of Directors of the Overseas Employment Corporation of Pakistan, and Inter State Gas System...
before her attending the Harvard Kennedy School of Government.
Specific relationship with diplomats
Along with the French Cultural Centers Overseas, the CEDS is a de facto lever of the French diplomatic influence (Action Française à l'étranger). It received French politician Jack LangJack Lang (French politician)
Jack Mathieu Émile Lang is a French politician. A member of the Socialist Party, he served as France's Minister of Culture from 1981 to 1986 and 1988 to 1992, and as Minister of Education from 1992 to 1993 and 2000 to 2002. He was also the Mayor of Blois from 1989 to 2000...
on September 25, 2009 for the inauguration of a Curriculum in International Relations delivered jointly with the Institut Français à Athènes. One of its academic advisers and professors is Carlos Antonio Carrasco, ambassador
Ambassador
An ambassador is the highest ranking diplomat who represents a nation and is usually accredited to a foreign sovereign or government, or to an international organization....
of the Republic of Bolivia
Bolivia
Bolivia officially known as Plurinational State of Bolivia , is a landlocked country in central South America. It is the poorest country in South America...
.
Research
The CEDS edits the peer-reviewed journal Enjeux Diplomatiques et Stratégiques. It also publishes a limited number of its students' doctoral thesis as books either independently or via the publishing house l'Harmattan in Paris, in English, in the series "Diplomacy and Strategy". The CEDS staff also delivers seminars at the International Institute for Strategic StudiesInternational Institute for Strategic Studies
The International Institute for Strategic Studies is a British research institute in the area of international affairs. It describes itself as "the world’s leading authority on political-military conflict"...
.
Military
The CEDS is formally associated to the French Joint Defence College and the ECOSOC of the United NationsUnited Nations
The United Nations is an international organization whose stated aims are facilitating cooperation in international law, international security, economic development, social progress, human rights, and achievement of world peace...
. Among its faculty are antiterrorism an ICTY intelligence
Intelligence
Intelligence has been defined in different ways, including the abilities for abstract thought, understanding, communication, reasoning, learning, planning, emotional intelligence and problem solving....
expert Raymond Carter, Jacques Walch of the French Army, and peace operations expert and military staff committee
Military Staff Committee
The Military Staff Committee is the United Nations Security Council subsidiary body whose role, as defined by the United Nations Charter, is to plan UN military operations and assist in the regulation of armaments....
representative Dominique Trinquand, who is also a former alumni of CEDS. Most of the military faculty of the CEDS also comes from the French Institut des Hautes Etudes de la Défense Nationale.
Diplomatic
Ambassadors Michel Raimbaud (FranceFrance
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
), Carlos Carrasco (Bolivia
Bolivia
Bolivia officially known as Plurinational State of Bolivia , is a landlocked country in central South America. It is the poorest country in South America...
), Cristina Aguiar (Dominican Republic
Dominican Republic
The Dominican Republic is a nation on the island of La Hispaniola, part of the Greater Antilles archipelago in the Caribbean region. The western third of the island is occupied by the nation of Haiti, making Hispaniola one of two Caribbean islands that are shared by two countries...
), Mickaël Lebedev (Russian Federation), George Ayache (France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
), former cabinet member Dominique de Villepin
Dominique de Villepin
Dominique Marie François René Galouzeau de Villepin is a French politician who served as the Prime Minister of France from 31 May 2005 to 17 May 2007....
, and Patrick Boursin (France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
) all teach at the CEDS, along with Andrei Gratchev, former spokesperson of Mikhail Gorbachev
Mikhail Gorbachev
Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev is a former Soviet statesman, having served as General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1985 until 1991, and as the last head of state of the USSR, having served from 1988 until its dissolution in 1991...
and member of the World Political Forum.
Alumni
- Naela ChohanNaela ChohanNaela Chohan is a Pakistani diplomat and feminist artist. She has been a member of the Board of Governors of the Pakistan Film Censor Board, and of the Board of Directors of the Overseas Employment Corporation of Pakistan, and Inter State Gas System...
- Pakistani diplomat - Michael J. Strauss - U.S. journalist and strategist
- Idriss Aberkane - French political thinker and strategist
- Gérard Amable - CEO, graduate of the École nationale supérieure de l'aéronautique et de l'espaceÉcole Nationale Supérieure de l'Aéronautique et de l'EspaceThe École Nationale Supérieure de l'Aéronautique et de l'Espace , founded in 1909, is one of the most prestigious and selective grandes écoles in France. It was the world's first dedicated aerospace engineering school and is considered to be one of the best in Europe in that field...
- Jean Tenneroni - Contrôleur général des armées, graduate of Institut d'études politiques de LyonInstitut d'études politiques de LyonThe Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Lyon also known as Sciences Po Lyon, was established following an executive decree by General de Gaulle in 1946. This prestigious and highly selective institute is modeled on the former Paris "École Libre des Sciences Politiques"...
- Michel Radelet - French senior civil servant (Haut Fonctionnaire)
- Claude Pernès - Politician, graduate of the Conservatoire National des Arts et MétiersConservatoire National des Arts et MétiersThe Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers , or National Conservatory of Arts and Crafts, is a doctoral degree-granting higher education establishment operated by the French government, dedicated to providing education and conducting research for the promotion of science and industry...
, former mayor of Rosny-sous-BoisRosny-sous-BoisRosny-sous-Bois is a commune in the eastern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the center of Paris.It is the seat of the national centre of road information of the national gendarmerie.- Heraldry :-Transport:...
, precursor of the Grand ParisGrand ParisGrand Paris is the name of an initiative launched by French President Nicolas Sarkozy for "a new global plan for the Paris metropolitan region" It has led to a new transportation master plan for the Paris region and to plans to develop several areas around Paris.-Development:The plan was first... - Xavier Roze - French senior civil servant (Haut Fonctionnaire), graduate of Sciences Po Paris
- Guy Jaulin du Seutre - CEO
- Xavier Pelletier - French senior civil servant, alumnus of the École nationale d'administrationÉcole nationale d'administrationThe École Nationale d'Administration , one of the most prestigious of French graduate schools , was created in 1945 by Charles de Gaulle to democratise access to the senior civil service. It is now entrusted with the selection and initial training of senior French officials...
- Frank Melloul - CEO
- Calixte Batossie Madjoulba - Togolese diplomat, Ambassador of Togo in Paris
- Cristina Aguiar - Dominican Diplomat, former minister
- Jean-Marc AractingiJean-Marc AractingiJean-Marc Aractingi is a French engineer, diplomat, and author of Lebanese origin and CEO of Groupe Arcore-Solarcore S.A., a leader of solar energy in the Middle East....
- Lebanese diplomat, graduate of AgroParisTechAgroParisTechAgroParisTech or Paris Institute of Technology for Life, Food and Environmental Sciences was founded on January 1, 2007 by merging three Graduate Institutes in Science and Engineering:* Institut National Agronomique Paris-Grignon founded in 1826...
, Grand Master of the Grand Orient Arabe - Konstantinos Karageorgis - Naval Attache at the Embassy of Greece in Paris, graduate of the Kennedy School of Government
- Carlos Carrasco - Bolivian Diplomat, former minister
- Dominique Trinquand - French general
- Walid Naamane - Algerian politologist, graduate of the ENA of Algiers
- Marcella Frisani - Researcher at the EHESS
- Henri Alain Baniakina - Former diplomat, research fellow at Harvard University