PROGRAM

10-11:30am : Outlook from both sides on the eve of the presidential primaries

Ramesh Ponnuru, Senior Editor for National Review, Bloomberg View Columnist and Visiting Fellow at American Enterprise Institute

Joan Walsh, National Affairs Correspondent, The Nation, MSNBC Political Analyst

Moderator : Vincent Michelot, Director of Sciences Po Lyon University and Full Professor of American Politics

(The discussion will be held in English)

12-1pm : The U.S. economy

Florence Pisani, Economist at Candriam and Professor at Paris-Dauphine University

(The presentation will be given in French, with supporting documents in English)

3-5pm : U.S. leadership in the face of current international crises

James Goldgeier, Dean of the School of International Service at American University and President of the Association of Professional Schools of International Affairs

Maya Kandel, Head of the U.S. Program at the Institute for Strategic Research, Ecole Militaire (IRSEM) and Associate Researcher at Sorbonne University (CREW/CRAN Lab)

Alissa Johannsen Rubin, New York Times Bureau Chief in Paris, formerly in Afghanistan

Moderator : Laurence Nardon, Head of IFRI's North America Program

(The discussion will be held in English)

In collaboration with the U.S. Embassy in Paris

With the support of Viel & Cie and Clarence Westbury Foundation

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