A training course organised by the Royal Higher Institute for Defence with the support of the Royal Institute for International Relations – Egmont
Seminars: dates 2024-2025
1st Sem 06-07 September 2024: Belgium
2nd Sem 18-19 October 2024: Key Factors and Tendencies in World Politics
3rd Sem 22-23 November 2024: Instability factors I
4th Sem 13-14 December 2024: Instability factors II
5th Sem 24-25 January 2025: The European Union
6th Sem 21-22 February 2025: Superpower Politics
7th Sem 14-15 March 2025: Crisis zones – (1) Former Soviet Union
8th Sem 25-26 April 2025: Crisis zones – (2) The Middle East and Northern Africa
9th Sem 16-18 May 2025: Crisis zones – (3) Sub-Saharan Africa
10th Sem 20-21 June 2025: Summary, Conclusions and Evaluation
Selection process
Applications, in the form of a CV and a letter of motivation using the online form.
Registration opening: 6 November 2023
Registration closure: 31 January 2024 at 11.59 p.m.
Selection interviews from November 2023 to February 2024
Selection by the HSSD steering committee in late April 2024
Auditors list approval in June 2024.
Contact: irsd-hsd@mil.be
Registration is closed
For more information on the training course ‘High Studies for Security and Defence’, click here.
Practical details
Where? Brussels.
When? From September 2024 to June 2025, once per month from Friday 9 a.m. until Saturday 6 p.m. The auditors are accommodated on-site.
Costs? 1950 € (for non-Defence participants).
Use of languages
The auditors use their mother tongue (French or Dutch). The speakers use French, Dutch or English. A more than passive knowledge of these three languages is therefore essential.
Chatham House Rule
The participants must adhere to the non-attribution policy in order to allow everyone, whether participant or speaker, to express his real views.
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