With globalization weakening their borders and their sovereignty, are states now marginalized on the global stage?
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With over 150 publications issued each year
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Ifri enriches the international debate with a constant concern for
objectivity, intellectual rigor, transversality, openness, and support to public and private decision-making.
The Arab Spring has shaken dysfunctional states that were built upon the recurrent use of violence.
The election of Donald Trump is a symptom of a general crisis in international liberal order.
Since Xi Jinping became president of China, the number of think tanks has considerably increased.
Donald Trump is disrupting the established world order. But, despite his provocative declarations, is he really looking to challenge it?
Going beyond the numerous claims of rupture, is Trump overturning the international order and the place occupied in it by the United States?
Since Kim Jong-Un came to power, the North Korean regime has significantly strengthened its nuclear and ballistic capabilities.
Angela Merkel is gaining thanks to her international standing and the weakness of her Social-Democrat opponent.
The African National Congress (ANC), which has governed South Africa since the end of apartheid, is in decline.
Over the course of the next few years, France will have to renew its nuclear arsenal to ensure that it remains a credible dissuasion in the eyes of its potential enemies.