Laurence NARDON
Chercheur, responsable du programme Amérique du Nord de l'Ifri
Domaines d'expertise:
- Histoire des idées politiques aux Etats-Unis
- Politique étrangère américaine et relations transatlantiques
- Politique commerciale de l'administration Trump
Laurence Nardon dirige le programme Amérique du Nord de l'Ifri. Elle édite et contribue à la collection de notes de recherche en ligne des Potomac Papers, qui porte sur les Etats-Unis. Elle est membre du comité de rédaction des revues Politique étrangère, Questions internationales et The Washington Quarterly. Elle est également chroniqueuse pour l'hebdomadaire Réforme.
Avant de rejoindre l'Ifri, Laurence Nardon a été chargée de recherches à l'Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales (EHESS), puis, de 2001 à 2003, Visiting Fellow au Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) à Washington.
Laurence Nardon est docteur en science politique de l'Université de Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne. Elle a étudié à l'Université du Kent à Canterbury après avoir reçu son diplôme de Sciences-Po Paris. A l'automne 2000, elle a été Fulbright Scholar à George Washington University à Washington.
Europe is increasingly considering space as a useful tool to support Civil Protection (CP). Through a demand-driven approach, it intends to create new services tailored to the needs of the CP community.
Many voices denounce the institutional gridlock that has gripped Washington. Indeed, filibustering in the U.S. Senate is not the only issue. Hopes of a reform are limited however.
Although often overshadowed by a focus on security concerns, Space weather and NEOs are important elements of Europe’s SSA program.
The EU is currently developing a Maritime Security Strategy. Space should be integrated in that effort, given its potential for maritime surveillance.
Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs) could help to enhance the societal benefits of communication satellites. However, European public entities must avoid the mistakes made during the Galileo concession negotiations.
The Global Monitoring for Environment and Security (GMES) Program is often overshadowed by what is perceived to be the flagship program of European space, Galileo. As a matter of fact, GMES is just as important and faces many similar challenges.
Galileo is one of the most ambitious programs ever managed by the EU. As such, it illustrates the challenges and the opportunities offered by the development of a European Space Policy at the political, industrial, economic and international level.
Today, Europe is taking initiatives both to prevent space weaponization and to develop space militarization. While national States remain the central players in this regard, the intergovernmental European Space Agency is increasingly involved in security-related activities and the European...
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After hurricane Katrina in 2005, images of the miserable and abandoned black community of New Orleans surfaced. This portrait of a black underclass mired in poverty is not throroughly representative of African Americans in the U.S., however. A dynamic middle class is also present, and is more...