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16 Apr 2024

The Future of Nuclear Proliferation after the War in Ukraine Proliferation Papers, No.67, April 2024

By: Nicholas L. MILLER

In the context of deep changes to the international security environment, especially the war in Ukraine, the risks of nuclear proliferation seem quite high, especially in the Middle East and East Asia.

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15 Apr 2024

Decentralization and Its Effects on Urban Governance in Africa Ifri Studies, Ifri, april 2024

By: Lena GUTHEIL

The importance of African cities as economic, political and social actors is increasing. While Africa used to be perceived as a predominantly rural continent, it is estimated that by 2050, the urban population of the...

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11 Apr 2024

Global Gateway: Towards a European External Climate Security Strategy? Ifri Memos, April,11th,2024

Transport, energy, water and telecommunications infrastructures are vital for economic development. These infrastructures are also fundamental for the achievement of the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which have suffered a setback...

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09 Apr 2024

The United States’ Strategy for Securing Critical Minerals Supplies: Can It Meet the Needs of the IRA? Ifri Memos, Ifri, April 9, 2024

By: Raphael DEBERDT

The United States (US) reliance on foreign supplies of raw and processed critical minerals is pressing Washington to devise a strategy to secure short-, medium- and long-term solutions. Pressure only increased with the booming demand spurred...

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26 Mar 2024

Tailoring Deterrence for the High North: Nuclear Consequences of Sweden’s Accession to NATO Ifri Memos, Ifri, March 26, 2024

By: Karl SÖRENSON

The Finnish and Swedish accessions to NATO enable the Alliance to play a more active role in the Baltic region.

 

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22 Mar 2024

Russia’s Ideological Construction in the Context of the War in Ukraine Russie.Eurasie.Reports, No. 46, Ifri, March 2024

Since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022, the Russian government has been proactive in the ideological realm to ensure the sustainability of the war for Russian society. 

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18 Mar 2024

Germany’s Strategy on Climate Foreign Policy: Balancing Sustainable Development and Energy Security Ifri Studies, Ifri, March 2024

With the war in Ukraine, Germany’s “traffic light” coalition government has had to adapt its climate policy to the upheavals caused by this war, which has turned its economic, energy, and military model upside down. Against a backdrop of high...

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12 Mar 2024

Cross-border Dynamics in Terrorist Mobility and Infiltration along the East African Coastlines Ifri Studies, Ifri, March 2024

By: Fathima Azmiya BADURDEEN

This paper looks at how terrorism has thrived in the East African region, the evolving nature of criminality and terrorism, and the crime-terror nexus in the coastal and maritime areas of East Africa. The emphasis of the analysis is on the...

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04 Mar 2024

Why Chinese Fintechs Have Failed to Reshuffle International Finance Ifri Memos, Ifri, March 4, 2024

By: Martin CHORZEMPA

New Chinese financial technologies, including unparalleled electronic payment systems, have so far failed to threaten U.S. financial dominance.

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01 Mar 2024

Electric Vehicles: A Strong and Still Understated Performance Ifri Memos, Ifri, March 2024

Electric vehicles (EVs) are better for the climate – even in worst-case scenarios. Across its life cycle, a typical European electric car produces less greenhouse gas (GHG) and air pollutants or noise than its petrol or diesel equivalent....

06 May 2024

Macron sets Ukraine as top priority as China's Xi Jinping pays a...

Marc JULIENNE, cited by Sylvie Corbet for Associated Press News.
French President Emmanuel Macron will press China’s Xi Jinping to use his influence to move Russia toward ending the war in Ukraine during a...
03 May 2024

Presidents Emmanuel Macron and Xi Jinping are meeting in Paris on...

Marc JULIENNE, cited by Mailys Pene-Lassus for Nikkei Asia
Chinese President Xi Jinping is set to embark on his first European diplomatic tour in five years, starting in France before traveling on to Serbia...
27 Apr 2024

Paris Olympics may face security contractor shortage

PARIS — Three months before an Olympics that presents unprecedented security challenges at a globally tense time, French officials are facing a...
24 Apr 2024

Why does Macron want to renegotiate the proposed EU-Mercosur trade...

Marie KRPATA , quoted by Marcel Dirsus in 100 The Hundred
Last month, on a highly anticipated visit to Brazil, French President Emmanuel Macron expressed harsh criticism of the EU-MERCOSUR trade deal. He...
28 Mar 2024

China adds new moon base project partners, but struggles to attract...

Marc JULIENNE, quoted by Andrew Jones in Space News
China continues to add new members to its International Lunar Research Station initiative, but many of these are subnational, suggesting issues...
24 Mar 2024

How Macron and Scholz broke the Franco-German alliance at the heart...

Jeanette SÜẞ, quoted by Anne-Elisabeth Moutet in The Telegraph
Breakdown of continental partnership is a threat to Europe – and could be catastrophic for Ukraine. It was meant to be a patching up of the...