As international relations are increasingly reorganized around the US-China rivalry, the tensions between these two great powers are shaping a growing number of sectors, and the exchange of sensitive technologies in particular. This is a critical issue for European companies today. <...>
Europe
European issues are transversely covered by most of Ifri's centers and programs.
Some programs pay particular attention to these themes: the Study Committee for French-German relations (CERFA), the French-Austrian Center for European Convergence (CFA).
All European themes — institutional, economic, citizenship, security — are subject to specific studies and debates.
Advisor to the Executive Chairman, editor-in-chief of Politique étrangère and co-director of RAMSES
...Special Advisor to the President for European Affairs
...Secretary General of the Study Committee on Franco-German Relations (Cerfa)
...Research Fellow, Study Committee on Franco-German Relations (Cerfa)
...Associate Research Fellow at the Austro-French Centre for Rapprochement in Europe (ÖFZ)
...Compared with other European countries, Germany’s management of the COVID-19 crisis has been efficient. Its health system has successfully coped with the challenge of the fight against the pandemic, the impact on employees has been mitigated thanks to allowances dedicated to furlough leave,...
The next few years will be tumultuous ones in the United States. The dependency of foreign policy on domestic policy is unlikely to diminish. Whether in the rivalry with China or the predominance of Israeli interests in Middle East policy, for example, it is hard to imagine Biden taking a big...
On October 3, 1990, after forty years of division, Germany once again became one state. Less than a year after the fall of the Berlin Wall, on November 9, 1989, the territories of the German Democratic Republic (GDR) became part of the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) under Article 23 of its...
Germany joined the creation of Economic and Monetary Union only with great hesitation and has tried to dictate the spirit and rules of operation of the Union.
When politics catches up to the economy. In the wake of the EU-China summit, what can we expect from the bilateral relations? 2020 was supposed to be the year of EU-China relations. However, the Covid-19 pandemic has quickly disrupted the positive expectations.
The recovery plan agreed upon by European Union leaders in July 2020 is unprecedented: for the first time, it creates a common debt that will help revive the economies impacted by the pandemic.
RAMSES 2021. At the Edge?, written by Ifri's research team and external experts, offers an in-depth and up-to-date analysis of geopolitics in today’s world.
More than ten years after joining the European Union (EU), the Central and Eastern European countries (CEECs) exhibit a puzzle of attitudes and conceptions regarding the EU.
France and Bavaria have a longstanding close and solid partnership. However, the relationship between France and Bavaria is not only marked by a common history and by the structures created over the decades.
How to reach a lasting peace in the Niger Delta
Déjeuner-débat introduit en anglais par Benjamin Augé, Chercheur associé au programme Afrique subsaharienne, IFRI et par Comrade Sunny Ofehe, Président-fondateur de l'ONG : HOPE FOR NIGER DELTA CAMPAIGN (HNDC).
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How to boost e-health and personalized medicine?
Déjeuner-débat introduit en anglais par Meni Styliadou, Head European Public Affairs, Novartis.
Ce débat s'inscrit dans la série des "Mardis de l'Ifri à Bruxelles".
Frais de participation (excepté membres): 10€
Anglo-French Cooperation in Africa: Bolstering or bypassing the EU?
Lunch debate introduced by Tony Chafer, University of Portsmouth and Gordon Cumming, Cardiff University.
This debate forms part of the "Ifri's Tuesdays in Brussels" and will take place exceptionally on Friday.
NATO after Lisbon
Lunch debate introduced in French by Etienne de Durand, Senior Research fellow, Director of security studies Center, Ifri and Xavier Païtard, Vice amiral d"escadre, Military Representative of France to the EU and NATO.
This debate forms part of the "Ifri...
L'autonomisation du Kurdistan irakien : effet sur les dynamiques régionales
Lunch-debate introduced in French by Dorothée Schmid, Research Fellow, in charge of Turkey program, Ifri.
This debate forms part of the "Ifri's Tuesdays in Brussels".
Participation fees (except members): 10€
Energy and Development
Lunch debate introduced by Andris Piebalgs, Commissioner for Development, European Commission.
This debate forms part of the "Ifri's Tuesdays in Brussels".
Participation Fee (Except members): 10€
Demography, Migration and European Identity: Challenges for Europe?
Conference organized by the Austro-French Centre (CFA) and IFRI.
With Peter JANKOWITSCH, Secretary General, Austro-French Centre; Dominique DAVID, Executive Director, French...
Public Debt: the New Accounting System (SEC 95 revision)
In the context of the economic crisis budget deficit became a major issue in public debate. This Ifri event will address questions as follows:
-What are the major changes to be expected by the SEC 95 revision?
-How is the debt of public enterprises integrated into the debt...
Barroso II: agenda and challenges
Lunch debate introduced by Johannes Laitenberger, Head of Cabinet of President Barroso, European Commission.
This debate forms part of the "Ifri's Tuesdays in Brussels".
Participation Fee (Except members): 10€