Piracy and armed robbery at sea are a threat to security in the hydrocarbon-rich Gulf of Guinea.
Publications
With over 150 publications issued each year
under an open access policy in French, English, German and Russian,
Ifri enriches the international debate with a constant concern for
objectivity, intellectual rigor, transversality, openness, and support to public and private decision-making.
Having been formed in large part by the legacy of the post-independence diplomatic process, by forced withdrawal during the civil war and fixation on a few regional issues, Algerian diplomacy has to redefine itself in a rapidly changing world.
The current crisis in the Mediterranean is a part of an unprecedented global migratory movement.
China’s “One Belt, One Road” project, also known as the “New Silk Road”, aims to create a vast infrastructure network connecting three continents, with China playing the central role.
When President Bouteflika came to power in 1999, he sought to liberalise the country’s economy. But these reforms were reversed after only a few years.
Successive attempts to institutionalise Islam in France have not resulted in an entirely satisfactory outcome.
Since gaining independence in 1960, Somalia has enjoyed only a few periods of stability.
At the close of World War I, denial of the Armenian genocide became a central point in Turkey’s official doctrine.
The 100th anniversary of the Armenian genocide will not mark a great historical moment in Armenian-Turkish relations.