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International Conference organized by
the Austro-French Centre (AFC)
& the French Institute for International Relations (IFRI)
Avec notamment la participation de
Peter JANKOWITSCH, Secretary General, Austro-French Centre (AFC)
Dominique DAVID, Executive Director, French Institute for International Relations (IFRI)
H.E. René ROUDAUT, Ambassador of France to Hungary
H.E. Dr. Michael ZIMMERMANN, Ambassador of Austria to Hungary
H.E. Franz CEDE, Andrássy University Budapest
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A New Moment for Central Europe? Regional Cooperation in a Time of European Strategic Choices
Recent political developments in Central Europe have revived the debate about the future of regional cooperation and the Visegrád Group. Changes in Hungary, Poland, the Czech Republic and Slovakia, together with Austria’s growing interest in closer cooperation with its neighbours, could create new opportunities for dialogue and coordination around shared priorities.
China’s Nuclear Buildup: Developments, Drivers, and Implications for Major-Power Relations and Arms Control
China has been steadily expanding its nuclear arsenal for several years amid levels of geopolitical tension unseen since the end of the Cold War, marked by a resurgence in nuclear proliferation and a broader, global arms race.
Reinventing Coordination in an Age of Fragmentation
The world economy is being reordered. The certainties of the post-Cold War era, open trade, dollar centrality, predictable multilateral coordination, are giving way to a landscape shaped by rivalry between the United States and China, the weaponization of interdependence, and a scramble to secure supply chains, technologies and critical resources. What once looked like a stable architecture now appears fragile, contested, and in places actively being dismantled.