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Marc-Antoine Eyl-Mazzega on Global Energy, Valdai Discussion Club

14 March 2019
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Marc-Antoine Eyl-Mazzega, director of Ifri’s Centre for Energy, discusses various issues related to the energy market, from the strategic move of Russia towards Saudi Arabia and the role of the United States to the recent prices collapses and gas crises.

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The US-EU Rivalry for Data Protection: Energy Sector Implications

Date de publication
22 February 2019
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The General Data Protection Regulation and the energy sector

The energy sector is undergoing a ‘digital revolution’, whereby information and communication technologies (ICTs) are increasingly deployed throughout energy infrastructure, leading to the growing digitization of production, storage and consumption processes. With potentially hundreds of millions of smart meters to be installed in the European Union (EU) and the United States (US) in the coming years, ICTs make it possible to collect and analyze large amounts of complex data to optimize the whole energy system, while providing consumers with a number of customized services. Firms in the energy sector are gradually turning into massive data collectors. As a result, the energy industry is one of the sectors that has been most impacted by the requirements outlined in the EU’s new General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), launched in May 2018. The GDPR contains a number of strict and far-reaching requirements for firms that process EU citizens’ data. The regulation is explicit that these cover not only EU-based firms, but any company anywhere in the world that processes the data of EU citizens or residents. As a result, the extra-territorial reach of the GDPR is considerable. Since the EU is the first trading partner of the US, many American firms will have to abide by the new rules set out in the GDPR.
Arnault BARICHELLA
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Trade Wars: A French Perspective

Date de publication
31 May 2018
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The Section 232 tariffs on steel and aluminum announced by the United States in March would, if applied, have little direct impact on the French economy, but rather point toward a broader trend of protectionism and economic nationalism and a widening gap in transatlantic relations that is likely to have far-reaching implications for France.

How will Middle America vote in 2020? (Lara Putnam)

17 December 2018
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An interview with Lara Putnam, Professor and Chair, History Department, University of Pittsburgh.

How will Middle America vote in 2020? (Henry Olsen)

17 December 2018
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An interview with Henry Olsen, Senior Fellow, Ethics and Public Policy Center (EPPC).

The Indo-Pacific Vision in Strategic Limbo: A Foreign Policy Case Study for the Trump Era

Date de publication
26 November 2018
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The Trump Administration’s Indo-Pacific security strategy is a case study in foreign policymaking under a non-unitary executive.

Mira RAPP-HOOPER

The roots of anti-environmentalism in the U.S.

19 November 2018
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An interview with Peter Jacques, Professor of Political Science, University of Central Florida. 

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WPC 2018 - Statement by Thierry de Montbrial

30 October 2018
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Thierry de Montbrial makes a statement on the 11th edition of the World Policy Conference (WPC) held from October, 26-28, 2018, in Rabat, Morocco.

An interview led by John Andrews, contributing editor, The Economist.

Beyond national styles. Towards a connected history of Cold War counterinsurgency

Date de publication
05 January 2017
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This book is a major new study of the extent to which national mentalities, or 'ways of war', are responsible for 'national styles' of insurgency and counterinsurgency

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The Next Wave of Global LNG Investment Is Coming

Date de publication
16 October 2018
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With an annual growth of 10% in 2017 to 290 million tons (Mt) and 8.3% in the first half of 2018,​ Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) demand is rising faster than expected. Accounting for 44% of global demand growth in 2017, China is the main driver of the growth as the government has made natural gas a key policy choice to reduce air pollution and restructure its high-carbon energy mix. 

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