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Luncheon debatte dedicated to Ifri's corporate members, by invitation only.
With Alain ANTIL, Researcher and Head of the Research Programme about Subsaharian Africa, Ifri.
The Ivorian experience gave a dramatic image of the election processes on a continent that will organise 21 major elections this year. What lessons can be drawn from this experience? Can the elections constitute a method to get out of a crisis? Can be democracy reduced to an election process? What is the role of the international community?
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Nuclear Sharing in Europe: A Contested Policy That Endures
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?