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Cycle of seminars about United States “The Obama Presidency - Year 2: A Defining Moment?”
Seventh seminar organised by IFRI and the French-American Foundation.
With Douglas Besharov, Professor, University of Maryland, Neil Gilbert, Professor University of California, Berkeley, Patrick Weil, Head of Research, University Paris-1 Panthéon-Sorbonne. Chaired by Jacques Mistral, Head of Economic Studies at Ifri.
The seminar will be held in english.
In partnership with : les Services d"Information et de Relations Culturelles de l"Ambassade des Etats-Unis d"Amérique.
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