 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 is formally associated to the French Joint Defence College and the ECOSOC of the United Nations.Among its faculty are antiterrorism and 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.