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Alice
PANNIER

Former Associate Research Fellow, Former Head of Ifri's Center for Geopolitics of Technology, Ifri

Research Interests:

  • Geopolitical dimension of new technologies
  • European tech sovereignty & strategies (e.g. quantum, cloud, AI, semiconductors)
  • Industrial, research and innovation policies
  • France and EU's technology partnerships

Alice Pannier was the head of Ifri's Center for Geopolitics of Technology, launched in October 2020. Before that, she was an associate research fellow. Her research focuses on the geopolitical dimension of new technology, European technology policies, and transatlantic relations. She has also worked for a long time on European security and the foreign and defense policies of European countries, especially France and the United Kingdom.

Prior to joining Ifri, she was Assistant Professor in International Relations and European Studies at the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) at Johns Hopkins University in Washington (2017-2020). Previously, she was a postdoctoral researcher at the Institute of strategic research (IRSEM) at the French ministry of armed forces. She is a graduate of King’s College London and Panthéon-Sorbonne University and holds a doctorate in political science from IEP Paris, co-supervised with King’s College.

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Balancing Security and Openness for Critical Technologies: Challenges for French and European Research

11 October 2023

While matters related to research security and international partnerships in critical domains are certainly not new, they have become increasingly central to governments, research institutions and industry since the turn of the 2020s.

Alice PANNIER
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China/United States: Europe off Balance

01 April 2023

As French President Emmanuel Macron (accompanied by Ursula von der Leyen) is on a state visit to China, some twenty Ifri researchers decipher the stakes of the U.S./China/Europe strategic triangle.

Thomas GOMART Marc HECKER Alain ANTIL Jérémy BACHELIER Marc-Antoine EYL-MAZZEGA Diana-Paula GHERASIM Marc JULIENNE Tatiana KASTOUÉVA-JEAN Éric-André MARTIN Laurence NARDON Françoise NICOLAS Céline PAJON Alice PANNIER Isabelle SAINT-MEZARD Jean-Loup SAMAAN John SEAMAN Élie TENENBAUM Mathilde VELLIET
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Software Power: The Economic and Geopolitical Implications of Open Source Software

12 December 2022

Open source is at the heart of the Internet infrastructure, of the software used by individuals or governments, and of the innovation processes of tech companies. Faced with threats to the security and sustainability of the open source model, governments are getting a hold of the topic, which is becoming increasingly geopolitical.

Alice PANNIER

Europe’s Quest for Technological Power

19 March 2022

Computing power plays a key role in enabling data analytics and machine learning, in cybersecurity, for scientific research, and in military domains like nuclear warhead design and detonation simulation.

Alice PANNIER
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Digital Sovereignty Review of Macron’s Term and Debates in the 2022 Presidential Campaign

15 March 2022

One month before the French presidential election, this briefing assesses the actions undertaken during Macron's term as well as the presidential candidates' proposals concerning France's digital sovereignty.

Alice PANNIER
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How to Keep France Engaged in NATO

04 February 2022

France’s policy vis-à-vis the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) has always been ambivalent. On paper, France’s strategic culture fits well within NATO’s nature and agenda. Yet, in practice, French membership of NATO has always been uneasy. Several intra-alliance developments will likely affect the quality of French-NATO relations over the next few years.

Alice PANNIER
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Strategic Calculation: High-Performance Computing and Quantum Computing in Europe’s Quest for Technological Power

06 October 2021

Computing power plays a key role in enabling machine learning, for scientific research, and in the military domain. Therefore, the race for computing power has become a key element of the US-China technological competition, and it is also a strategic priority for Europe.

Alice PANNIER
Memos

The Changing Landscape of European Cloud Computing: Gaia-X, the French National Strategy, and EU Plans

22 July 2021

Non-European cloud service providers host the vast majority of European data, which is viewed as an economic as well as a political problem. Gaia-X, European governments and the European Union aim to bolster the European cloud market while responding to data privacy and cybersecurity concerns.

Alice PANNIER
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Europe in the Geopolitics of Technology: Connecting the Internal and External Dimensions

09 April 2021

To respond to growing global competition, the EU has made notable progress on the internal dimension of technology policy over the past 3 years. It is now also seeking to adapt its foreign policy – from the transatlantic relationship to global partnerships – to technological challenges.

Alice PANNIER
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