Shortly after his inauguration in May 2017, the President of South Korea, Moon Jae-In, announced a major policy shift away from nuclear and coal power, and toward renewables and gas. This would have meant a complete U-turn from previous policies, considering that nuclear and coal produced 40%...
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
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...India has committed to ambitious action on climate change, but financing its renewable energy goals remains a significant challenge.
Assessing the state of democracy in Asia is a challenge. While some countries, such as Japan and India, have been showing the way from early days, some others, such as in Southeast Asia are still struggling to ensure stable and sustainable democratic institutions and practices.
Papua New Guinea (PNG) is one of the most resource-rich countries in the world, but successive governments have failed to put the country on a stable development track.
The global environment for trade is undergoing significant changes. New emerging players such as China are aiming to adapt the rules and institutions inherited from the postwar Bretton Woods system.
Chinese investments in Europe have surged in recent years, becoming both a source of hope and growing concern across the continent.
As the 19th National Congress is now over, questions about foreign policy implications of China’s leadership reshuffle are raised.
Alice Ekman deciphers the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China in foreign policy terms.
India’s digital economy is characterized by “last mile” data protection, with privacy norms, data collection and sharing standards being set at the level of the application (“app”), operating system (OS) and the device. This practice lends itself to multiple, often crisscrossing rules...
Since Xi Jinping became president of China, the number of think tanks has considerably increased.
Since Kim Jong-Un came to power, the North Korean regime has significantly strengthened its nuclear and ballistic capabilities.
After the 30 August elections : What political, social and economic orientations in Japan ?
With Valérie Niquet, director of Centre Asie Ifri as Chair, Jean-Marie Bouissou, researcher at CERI et Evelyne Dourille-Feer, researcher at CEPII analyze the causes and implications of the Democratic party's victory in the 30 Auguts poll in...
The challenges for India after the general election
Round-table discussions with Jean-Luc Racine, research director (CNRS/CEIAS) and Ramesh Mulye, former Indian ambassador and strategic advisor in France for the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII). Few weeks after a convincing victory in the 15th Lok Sabha...
Is There a Civil-Military 'Gap' in China's 'Peaceful Rise'?
Andrew Scobell, Professor at the Bush School of Government and Public Service (Texas University), and editor of numerous books on Chinese defense strategy and military forces will make a presentation. The seminar will be chaired by Valérie Niquet, Director,...
Europe-Asia Dialogue on Regional Stability in Northeast Asia
This international conference, organized in Brussels with the support of the Délégation aux Affaires stratégiques (DAS) of the French Ministry of Defense, treated questions of regional stability in Northeast Asia. The conference brought together Japanese, American and European experts to...
Pakistan's Relations with Afghanistan: A Way Forward
Round-table discussion with Khalid Mahmood, former Ambassador of Pakistan in Asia and Europe, and with the participation of Pierre Lafrance, former ambassador of France to Pakistan. Moderator: Gilles Boquérat, Researcher, head of the India...
The Global Crisis: What Impact on East Asia?
This round table brings together three experts on Asia: Takashi Terada, Professor at the University of Waseda in Japan, Valérie Niquet, Director of the Centre Asie, Ifri, and Françoise Nicolas, Economist, Ifri.
8th France-Korea Forum
The 8th France-Korea Forum, co-organized by Ifri and the Korea Foundation, introduced by Thierry de Montbrial, Director-General of Ifri, and Yim Sung-Joon, President of the Korea Foundation, brought together a number of dignitaries, experts and specialists in order to facilitate an exchange of...
Pourquoi le Japon souffre-t-il plus de la crise que les autres pays ?
Réunion organisée dans le cadre du cercle de réflexion des économies asiatiques avec Patrick Artus, Directeur de la recherche et des études de Natixis, et présidée par Françoise Nicolas, économiste, Ifri.
Reforming China's Health Protection System
This seminar welcomes Ding Chun, Professor at the Centre for European Studies at Fudan University in Shanghai. This meeting is chaired by Valérie Niquet, Director of the Centre Asie, Ifri.
Afghanistan - Pakistan : zone de tous les dangers ?
Conférence-débat autour d'Olivier Louis, responsable du Programme " Inde et Asie du Sud " à l"Ifri, de retour du Pakistan et d'Etienne de Durand, directeur du Centre des études de sécurité à l"Ifri, de retour d"Afghanistan,...
Les réformes annoncées passent par une véritable recomposition de l'administration chinoise, qui risque de déboussoler les entreprises françaises. Au moins à court terme.
Par Alice Ekman, chercheur associé, Centre Asie, Ifri
Selon la directrice du centre Asie de l’Institut français de relations internationales (Ifri), le pouvoir thaïlandais réagit bien aux « provocations » de ses opposants. Elle rappelle néanmoins que les événements de 2010 n’avaient pas commencé autrement, ce qui rend...
L’événement de la place Tiananmen, lundi, réactualise la question des relations interethniques en Chine.
Un nouveau centre commercial vient d’ouvrir à Paris, et déjà son propriétaire songe à le vendre à un fonds chinois. Faut-il favoriser l’investissement chinois à l’international ?
...Le prochain sommet Asie-Pacifique se tient les 7 et 8 octobre 2013, dans l’île indonésienne de Bali. Regard sur les enjeux et les questions qui se posent à l’APEC aujourd’hui.
...Trop charismatique, trop ambitieux, trop brutal, trop corrompu, bref trop encombrant : Bo Xilai n’empêchera plus, avant un moment, les dirigeants chinois de gouverner en rond. L’ancien premier secrétaire du Parti communiste de Chongqing, une des plus grandes villes de...
Le premier ministre chinois Li Keqiang a récemment affirmé que le parti allait activement encourager l’investissement privé et étranger.
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