International trade is one of the themes that used to constitute the very raison d’être of the G7, alongside international security and energy policy.
Asia
Asia is now a nerve center for global economic activity and a theatre of some of the most critical political and security developments of our time. The Center for Asian Studies provides documented expertise and a platform of discussion on Asian issues that seeks to accompany decision makers and explain and contextualize developments in the region for the sake of a larger public dialogue.
Ifri's Center for Asian Studies’ research is organized along three major axes: regionalism and intra-regional relationships in Asia; relations between Asia’s major powers (China, Japan, India) and the rest of the world; and internal political, economic and social dynamics of Asian countries. This research focuses primarily on China, India and Japan, but also increasingly covers the Korean peninsula, Southeast Asia, the Pacific Islands and the Indo-Pacific Strategies.
The Center organizes closed-door roundtables, expert-level seminars and a number of public events, including an Annual Conference, that welcome experts from Asia, Europe and the United States. The Center’s researchers regularly participate in international conferences, particularly in Asia. Their work, as well as that of their partners, is regularly published in the Center’s electronic journal Asie.Visions.
Research Fellow, Head of Japan Research, Coordinator of the Program on Pacific Islands,
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Research Fellow, Center for Asian Studies
...Advisor to the Program on Pacific Islands, Center for Asian Studies
...Senior Advisor, Center for Asian Studies
...Associate Research Fellow, Center for Asian Studies
...How Can Europe Shift from Back Foot to Front Foot?
On June 26, French President Emmanuel Macron will make his first, what is deemed to be a long overdue visit to Japan, a year after his previous travels to Asia led him to China (January 2018), India (March 2018), and Australia (May 2018).
The EU is currently undergoing serious challenges from inside such as Brexit and strengthening Euroscepticism, rising populism and changing political geography, anti-immigration moods as well as retarded economic recovery.
China increasingly sees its flagship foreign policy project as a tool for restructuring global governance and a vector for promoting a new form of globalization.
Japan’s policies in post-Soviet Central Asia, similarly to its actions in other Asian subregions, have often been interpreted recently as reactions to China’s advances – in particular, the Belt and Road Initiative. This first impression can be misleading.
Since mid-2012, in the wake of the global financial crisis, China has sought to reinvigorate relations with Central and Eastern Europe (CEE), notably through the creation of the 16+1 formula.
Under President Macron, France has staked out a positive but principled position towards China's BRI.
The last four decades have witnessed the profound transformation of the very foundations of the international system: the globalization of trade, technical revolutions, the upheaval of the hierarchy of powers, the emergence of China, the explosion of the Middle-East, the mutation of conflicts...
Despite Indonesia’s reputation for a traditionally moderate brand of Islam, religious conservativism is gaining considerable political traction in the lead up to this April’s presidential election.
India's Role in Global Affairs
Conference chaired by Dominique Moïsi, Special Advisor to Ifri.
The discussions will be held in English.
Japan in the aftermath of the catastrophy: What consequences for the energy and economic policies
Japan has just experienced its most serious crisis since 1945. Beyond the drama of human suffering, this dual natural and nuclear catastrophe will have profound consequences for the country's economic, industrial and energy strategies.
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What Solution for the Japanese Economy?
This seminar is organized around Richard Collasse, CEO of Chanel K.K. in Japan. It will be chaired by Françoise Nicolas, Director, Center for Asian Studies Ifri.
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Indonesia: Economic Prospects and Investment Climate
a seminar with
Hon. Agus D.W. Martowardojo
Minister of Finance
Republic of Indonesia
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OECD
Conference Room 9
by invitation only
Economic Developments and Future Challenges in Southeast Asia
To mark the release of the OECD's
Southeast Asian Economic Outlook 2010
Territorial Disputes in the South China Sea: What are the Risks of Conflict?
This seminar is organized around Ralf Emmers, Associate Professor and Coordinator of the Multilateralism and Regionalism Programme, S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS), Singapore. Among his latest publications are: Geopolitics and Maritime Territorial...
Chinese and European Green Growth Strategies
Workshop co-organized by
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Ideology and Geopolitics: the Triangular Relationship between Pakistan, Iran and Saudi Arabia
This seminar welcomes Dr. Nazir Hussain, Associate Professor of International Relations at Quaid-i-Azam University in Islamabad, Visiting Fellow in the India and South Asia Program of the Centre Asie, Ifri, and author of numerous articles and books.
...A Hong Kong, le bras de fer se poursuit entre les autorités chinoises et les dizaines de milliers de protestataires qui veulent plus de démocratie. Ils veulent que Pékin tienne sa promesse : laisser les Hongkongais élire leur chef de l'exécutif en 2017 au suffrage universel...
À Pékin, les autorités célèbrent ce mercredi l'anniversaire de la création de la Chine communiste. Au même moment, des dizaines de milliers de Hongkongais profitent de ce jour férié pour descendre dans les rues et exiger le respect de leurs libertés publiques. À la mi...
A Hong Kong, le bras de fer se poursuit entre les autorités chinoises et les dizaines de milliers de protestataires qui veulent plus de démocratie. Ils veulent que Pékin tienne sa promesse : laisser les Hongkongais élire leur chef de l'exécutif en 2017 au suffrage universel...
Une histoire commune douloureuse, des îles disputées, les relations entre la Chine et le Japon sont pour le moins compliquées. Les tensions entre les deux géants sont toujours intenses, et la montée du nationalisme, dans les deux pays, joue un rôle important.
...Nearly three decades after Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping famously instructed his diplomats to "be good at maintaining a low profile and never claim leadership," a new generation of rulers has made it clear that they're ready to shed the humility and show off their country's...
China is increasingly asserting its influence economically and militarily throughout Asia. But its impact can also be felt further afield, through foreign aid and investment, particularly in Africa.
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It was 25 years ago that a lone young man in a white shirt defied the tanks rolling into Beijing's Tienanmen Square. A day earlier, authorities had started cracking down on unprecedented student protests. On the surface of it, one quarter century on, the civil liberties...
La Chine et sa région au programme du débat du jour.
...Etat des lieux des conséquences de l’évolution de la situation en Afghanistan, à l’heure des élections présidentielles afghanes et du départ des troupes américaines. Regard sur les nouvelles stratégies diplomatiques d’Islamabad.
Alors que des manifestants vietnamiens ont incendié et pillé des usines chinoises installées au Vietnam, le gouvernement chinois accuse Hanoï de soutenir ces mouvements de violence.
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