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Following October 7, 2023: the Eastern Mediterranean under tension
This seminar, co-organized by Ifri, CAPS, and the GCSP, brought together a wide range of international experts to analyze political, security, and economic transformations in the Eastern Mediterranean, two years after October 7.
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.
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.
The Evolution of the U.S. Strategic Posture under Trump's Second Term
The United States’ strategic posture is currently marked by significant uncertainty and contradictory signals.
Conference with Badr Abdelatty, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Egypt
Egypt, with a population of over 115 million, is a key state in the Arab world. Its geographical position places it at the heart of regional tensions, which have been particularly heightened since October 7, 2023. Sharing a border with the Gaza Strip, it has been involved in providing humanitarian aid and in negotiating a ceasefire.
The Skills Front in the Global Geoeconomics Battle – Implications for the EU’s Clean Industrial Deal
In the global race for mastering and deploying clean energy technologies, the available and well-trained workforce is a crucial success factor, with China already a green skills superpower: 90% of its energy jobs growth are in the clean energy sector and the country accounts for about 80% of global employment in the batteries sector.
France-Ukraine Forum 2025
Three years after the start of Russia's full-scale war against Ukraine, the France-Ukraine 2025 Forum will welcome politicians, experts, academics, and civil society representatives from both countries to discuss three main topics: Ukraine's current military strategy and strategic perspectives; the country's resilience and recovery; Ukraine's European and transatlantic perspectives, including the EU accession process and its aspirations to join NATO.
Cracking the dilemma of international carbon credits in the EU 2040 target: can EU’s climate action turn geopolitical without losing domestic integrity?
With COP30 just around the corner, and as the EU is debating its 2035 NDC and 2040 targets, EU faces a key strategic dilemma of whether international carbon credits should be included in its 2040 emissions reduction target and if so, under which conditions?
Armenia at the Heart of the Changing Regional and Global Geopolitical Context
At the crossroads of regional dynamics in the South Caucasus and global geopolitical tensions, Armenia faces a necessary strategic repositioning.
War in Ukraine, continuation or end?
After more than three years, the war in Ukraine knows neither victor nor vanquished. However, the balance of power is gradually being reversed in the triple context of Russia’s resilience, Donald Trump’s arrival in the White House, and the consequent weakening of transatlantic ties.
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Is Fusion Coming Faster and Cheaper than Expected?
ITER was for long time the embodiment of fusion as an international, long standing R&D cooperation objective to seek a new way to produce safe, low carbon and abundant low carbon electricity. Yet over past years, fusion start ups, several governments and investors have decided to push fusion R&D and deployment to complement ITER. Major efforts are ongoing notably in the United States, China, Germany, Italy. Most attention has been drawn to the Commonwealth Fusion System, its new technology approach, billions in capital raised, and its ongoing construction of a demonstration fusion machine near Boston and the selection of their first 400MW fusion power plant site in Virginia.
This conference will discuss latest technology developments to generate more energy than consumed and stabilize the fusion process, deployment prospects and policy implications, not least amidst France's G7 presidency.
Paris Naval Conference 2026: Naval Rearmament and Operations in Contested Waters
This fourth edition of the Paris Naval Conference (CNP), bringing together high-level military, industrial, and academic speakers, will address the challenges associated with general naval rearmament and naval operations in increasingly contested environments.
Meeting with Mette Frederiksen, Prime Minister of Denmark, and Jens Frederik Nielsen, Prime Minister of Greenland
On January 28, 2026, Ifri hosted a debate with the Prime Minister of Denmark, Mette Frederiksen, and the Prime Minister of Greenland, Jens Frederik Nielsen. The debate was chaired by Thierry de Montbrial, Executive President of Ifri and a member of the Academy of Moral and Political Sciences.
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