This book questions the reality of a crisis of immigrant integration and citizenship in Europe, a crisis that has gained a huge attention in the public and political debates since the 2000s. More often than not,...
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The crisis, it is now widely accepted, means that markets failed. Meeting for the first time in Washington in November 2008, the G20 embarked in a ride of re-regulation. Months of negotiations later, it dramatically appears different to agree on principles and broad objectives, and to write...
Since the 1990s, cooperation between Europe and Russia in space has steadily expanded and became institutionalised. While successful projects were undertaken in areas like human spaceflight, launchers, space science or exploration, cooperation in the field of Earth observation (EO) has...
Migration is a universal phenomenon rising complex issues in sending countries as in receiving or transit countries. Yet, issues and stakes linked to the migratory phenomenon are often simplified by public debates as in public policies supposed to solve this “problem”.
The potential synergy between development and migration has become a key feature of most international migration politics. However, this relationship is far from evident.
An ominous resource crunch in the so-called “rare earth elements” is now threatening the development of a number of key industries from energy to defense to consumer electronics. As key components in the latest generation of technologies, including specialized magnets for windmills and hybrid...
The Yearbook on Space Policy aims to be the reference publication analysing space policy developments. Each year it presents issues and trends in space policy and the space sector as a whole. Its scope is global and its perspective is European. The Yearbook also links space policy with other...
The article provides a comprehensive overview of global space activities in 2008/2009 with a special focus on Europe. It first acknowledges the transversal nature of space activities by linking them to the broader economic and political trends. It then analyses worldwide space policies and...
2008 and 2009 saw particularly important developments in the specific areas of space transportation, space sciences and exploration, satellite applications and technology developments. The article conducts a thorough review of these trends, adopting both a geographical approach and a thematic...
Gas Prices: Divorcing Oil?
As part of the Ifri Energy Program, a seminar with Miharu Kanai, Senior Associate, Menecon Far Eastern markets, Jean-Arnold Vinois,Head of Unit, Security of Supply and Networks, DG Energy, European Commission, Industrial Representative (tbc). Chaired by: ...
Practising Green Growth: Challenges and Opportunities
Despite the consensus around and the popularity of the concept, the transition of “green growth” from theory to practice runs into a number of challenges. As the Earth Summit 2012 (Rio + 20) on Sustainable Development draws near, it is crucial for actors to...
Will Afghanistan be the end of NATO?
Luncheon Debatte dedicated to Ifri's corporate members, by invitation only.
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Low-Hanging Efficiency Fruit: Still Hanging
As part of the Ifri Energy Program, a seminar with Claude Breining, Head of European Affairs and Standardization Strategy, Schneider Electric Industries, Yamina Saheb, Senior Building Energy Policy Analyst, Energy Efficiency Unit, IEA, and a...
Carbon Markets: Down but not Out
As part of the Ifri Energy Program, a seminar with Sarah Ladislaw, Senior Fellow, Energy and National Security Program, CSIS, Whashington, Oliver Sartor, Senior Fellow, European Climate Policy, CDC Climat, Paris, and Isabelle Curien, Carbon...
European Jihadists in Afghanistan and Pakistan: The Case of the Germans in Waziristan
In recent years, dozens of Europeans have travelled to Afghanistan and Pakistan to receive training and carry out jihad. Among them, Yassin Musharbash has identified a quasi-“German colony”, located in Waziristan and typified by the example of Eric Breininger. Drawing on this case...
European Unconventional Gas Developments: Environmental Issues and Regulatory Challenges in the EU and the US
A conference hosted by the Atlantic Council of the United States and l'Institut français des relations internationales. Unconventional gas production has recently seen rapid growth in the United States, and brought with it its share of technical, environmental and social issues. Despite...
THE ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF THE IFRI ENERGY PROGRAM
The annual Conference of the Ifri Energy Program. Opening with Herman Van Rompuy, President of the European Council, Thierry de Montbrial, President of Ifri, Günther Oettinger, Commissioner for Energy, European Commission.
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Rare Earths and other Critical Raw Materials: Towards a Security of Supply?
26 January 2011
14:00 - 16:00
The G20, 2011 and Beyond
Conference organized in partnership with The centre for International Governance Innovation, CIGI, Toronto, Canada.
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