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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 views on various topics concerning the economic crisis, sustainable development, regional security in Northeast Asia, and bilateral economic and cultural relations between France and Korea.
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The Future of Space Cooperation: Challenges and Opportunities in the Trump II Era
The policy orientations of the Trump II administration profoundly challenge the foundations of international cooperation in space science and exploration. This shift reflects a broader trend of strategic disengagement and weakening of multilateral mechanisms in the space domain.
Strategic Autonomy and Asia amid Rising Geoeconomic Competition
Amid growing strategic and geopolitical uncertainty, Europe is grappling with the notion of its strategic autonomy. For Europe’s partners in Asia, the concept is also becoming increasingly salient as the world enters an era of structural transformation.
France-Germany, The Engine Under Pressure
Faced with a profoundly disrupted strategic and economic environment, Franco-German cooperation is more than ever the central pillar of Europe's future. The war in Ukraine, energy and technological dependence, and uncertainty about the strength of the transatlantic ties require urgent deepening of European sovereignty, both in terms of defence and economic and industrial competitiveness.