The Institut des hautes études de défense nationale (fr: Institute of Advanced Studies in National Defence) is a French public institution for expertise and sensibilisation towards defence matters, founded in 1936 by Admiral Raoul Castex.
United States Department of Defense | Israel Defense Forces | United States Secretary of Defense | Des Moines, Iowa | Bibliothèque nationale de France | École des Beaux-Arts | Der Ring des Nibelungen | National Defense Service Medal | École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts | Des Moines | Josquin des Prez | Théâtre des Champs-Élysées | Defense Superior Service Medal | Saint-Germain-des-Prés | Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force | Institut de France | Gap, Hautes-Alpes | Air Defense, Tactical Air Command | United States Deputy Secretary of Defense | Ordre des Arts et des Lettres | Jardin des Plantes | Des O'Connor | Des Hasler | Saint-Maur-des-Fossés | Réseau des sports | Promenade des Anglais | Ordre des Palmes Académiques | La Défense | Hautes-Alpes | Aerospace Defense Command |
As a commander, he graduated from the United States Army Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth and then from the Institute of Higher National Defence Studies (IHEDN) in Paris.