Non-governmental organisations, and among them political foundations, have become important actors in international relations, especially since the end of the Cold War. Americans and Germans hold a prominent position, many of their foundations acting either as a support or as an opposition to...
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In 2003, many calls were made in favor of an economic boycott both in the United States and in some European countries that disagreed with the Iraq war, but they had no serious economic consequences. Several factors can explain why trade was not sensitive to transatlantic tensions, the first...
The new American administration offers a window of opportunity to solve the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. The United States and the European Union will hold a prominent position in the negotiations, but they must draw the lessons of past failures. Mediators must be active, international...
Far from mirroring the perversity of the financial system, the current crisis reflects the complexity of social practices. Wrong interpretations that are seemingly obvious must be kept at arm’s length, as they are misleading and hide real dangers. Risk aversion, which engenders insecurity, is...
American and European positions on climate change are based on historical choices concerning energy use as well as on different international and economic strategies.
After a rather long span of high growth rates, slow inflation and financial stability, the world faces a period of prices volatility, economic uncertainty, social instability and loss of confidence. In order to implement anti-deflationist and fiscal pro-growth policies, and to organise...
Will the new American government be able to clarify the conditions under which it will engage with Asia? Washington must bring an answer to the fears and expectations of different actors. What will the American position be before China’s difficulties due to the crisis? How could Japan be...
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Cyberspace may be physically, syntactically and semantically identified. But the cyberwar is more difficult to define, as it seems to adopt rather classical conceptions. Even though a big bang sending us far from...
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The first World Policy Conference (WPC) organized by the French Institute for International Relations (Ifri) was held in Evian, on October 6, 7 and 8 2008. It aimed at helping to single out the main elements for...