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PROGRAM
10-11:30am : Outlook from both sides on the eve of the presidential primaries
Ramesh Ponnuru, Senior Editor for National Review, Bloomberg View Columnist and Visiting Fellow at American Enterprise Institute
Joan Walsh, National Affairs Correspondent, The Nation, MSNBC Political Analyst
Moderator : Vincent Michelot, Director of Sciences Po Lyon University and Full Professor of American Politics
(The discussion will be held in English)
12-1pm : The U.S. economy
Florence Pisani, Economist at Candriam and Professor at Paris-Dauphine University
(The presentation will be given in French, with supporting documents in English)
3-5pm : U.S. leadership in the face of current international crises
James Goldgeier, Dean of the School of International Service at American University and President of the Association of Professional Schools of International Affairs
Maya Kandel, Head of the U.S. Program at the Institute for Strategic Research, Ecole Militaire (IRSEM) and Associate Researcher at Sorbonne University (CREW/CRAN Lab)
Alissa Johannsen Rubin, New York Times Bureau Chief in Paris, formerly in Afghanistan
Moderator : Laurence Nardon, Head of IFRI's North America Program
(The discussion will be held in English)
In collaboration with the U.S. Embassy in Paris
With the support of Viel & Cie and Clarence Westbury Foundation
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Since the end of the Cold War, the number of US nuclear weapons stationed in Europe has fallen more than seventy-fold, yet their presence in Belgium, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, and Turkey remains a quiet pillar of NATO's deterrence posture. This "nuclear sharing" arrangement, central to the Alliance since its founding, has long been contested by public opinion, political parties, and civil society across Europe, without ever being abandoned by host governments. This paradox lies at the heart of the seminar: why does such an unpopular policy persist?