COVID-19 acts as a catalyst in international relations.
Publications
With over 150 publications issued each year
under an open access policy in French, English, German and Russian,
Ifri enriches the international debate with a constant concern for
objectivity, intellectual rigor, transversality, openness, and support to public and private decision-making.
The term “arms race” does not accurately reflect the events of the Cold War, let alone the multipolar logics that have followed it.
In 2016, Donald Trump ran as the candidate for change, and, once elected, he set about deconstructing the legacy of his predecessors.
The COVID-19 crisis has hit the countries of the European Union (EU) hard.
The results of the US presidential election in November 2020 are very uncertain.
The unforeseeable COVID-19 crisis raises fundamental questions on a number of levels.
The geopolitical shadow of the Gulf now extends far beyond the Middle East as a function the external dealings of Iran and the countries of the Arabian Peninsula.
The economies of the Persian Gulf are highly dependent on their petrol exports, particularly to Asia.
Amid the shift in major powers, the Persian Gulf is asserting its position at the heart of the Middle East.
An irreplaceable reservoir of biodiversity and freshwater, the Amazon basin has become extremely important in this age of climate disruption.