Henri Hude

Professor of moral philosophy, he was born in France in 1954. He is married with four children and directs the Centre d'Ethique et de Déontologie militaires at the Ecole Spéciale Militaire de Saint-Cyr-Coëtquidan.

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Middle East and Africa

The Caliph and his Converging Enemies

What is the origin of the IS and what does it aim at ? An expert in the ethics of war identifies the origin and main political consequences of the caliphate: the position of China, the strange unprecedented convergence between Saudi and Shi’ites in front of a common enemy, the new role of the Kurds.

18.04.2018

Henri Hude

Islam

Waging War after 1989

A philosophy of empire. Military action has become a matter of policing and in the name of international law it seeks to establish a new world order. The protagonist of this is the United States of America which, having a technical and economic superiority, has tried to govern the world. But by now the single-pole epoch belongs to the past.

08.04.2015

Henri Hude

Classics