IHEDN (Institut des Hautes Etudes de Defense Nationale).
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France's official higher institute for national-defence studies; the common affiliation of the retired generals/admirals who authored the 1999 COMETA report.
IHEDN itself is an official state institution, but COMETA was produced by a PRIVATE association of IHEDN auditors and retired officers — not an official IHEDN or government report, despite frequent misrepresentation as such.