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03/12/2008
By: John GORDON IV

The term "transformation" is often heard in Western - especially U.S. - military circles. "Transformation" is generally intended to convey the notion of major, productive change for the future that will result in improved military capabilities. A major issue that faces the militaries of most...

03/11/2008

The concept of strategic surprise has rarely been defined precisely and generally conveys the idea of a badly or non-anticipated threat which unexpectedly hits a state, shaking its conceptions and its position towards security. Until the 1980s strategic surprise would take the form of a...

01/10/2008

We are concerned here with what makes the political problem of the politics and policies of international migration today. Our aim is to identify some of the major blind spots in migration policies the way they are in general. This broad approach makes it possible to identify the most critical...

17/09/2008
By:

From Afghanistan to the Central African Republic, through Haiti and Guinea Bissau, 'failed' or fragile states have finally turned out to be much more resilient than planned to the Security Sector Reforms (SSR) and other imported reforms of governance. Their ability to let any reform coming...

17
Nov
2009
Tuesday 17 November 2009
from 12:30 to 14:30 - External Events

Session organized by the CSIS (Center for Strategic & International Studies) and Ifri. Introduction by David Pumphrey, Senior Fellow and Deputy Director, CSIS, with Barbara Buchner, Senior Energy and Environment Analyst, International Energy Agency,

16
Nov
2009
Monday 16 November 2009 to Wednesday 16 December 2009
from Monday 16 November 2009 15:00 to Wednesday 16 December 2009 17:30 - Seminars and Round-table Conferences

With the Regulation REACH (EC) No 1907/2006, adopted on December 2006, the 18th, the European Union (EU) aims to ensure a high level of protection of human health and the environment while enhancing innovation and competitiveness. This new regulation regime represents a shift in the paradigm...

30
Oct
2009
Friday 30 October 2009
from 07:45 to 09:15 - Seminars and Round-table Conferences

Conference organised by the IFRI and the CEPII around Jeffry A. Frieden, Professor, Department of Government, Harvard University. Moderator: Jacques Mistral, Head of Economic Studies, IFRI. Discussants: Patrick Allard, Counsellor, Centre...

29
Oct
2009
Thursday 29 October 2009
from 11:30 to 13:00 - Seminars and Round-table Conferences

Le Centre des études de sécurité de l'Ifri organise, dans le cadre du quatrième cycle de "séminaires-sandwichs" septembre 2009-juin 2010, le deuxième séminaire autour de Mark Joyce, Chercheur associé au RUSI (Londres) et Analyste chez Stirling Assynt, cabinet...

05
Oct
2009
Monday 05 October 2009
from 09:00 to 11:30 - Seminars and Round-table Conferences

As part of the Ifri Energy Breakfast Roundtable, a seminar with John Brodman, former Deputy Assistant Secretary at the US Department of Energy. Chairman : Jacque Lesourne, Chairman of the Scientific Committee of the Ifri Energy Program. Moderator :

06
Jul
2009
Monday 06 July 2009
from 17:30 to 19:00 - Seminars and Round-table Conferences

De retour d'une tournée de six semaines en Irak et en Afghanistan, Montgomery McFate, anthropologue à l'origine du HTS et le Colonel Steve Fondacaro, directeur du programme HTS, présenteront les principes et les résultats de ce programme.

06
Jul
2009
Monday 06 July 2009
from 09:00 to 11:30 - Seminars and Round-table Conferences

Dans le cadre de l'Ifri Energy Breakfast Roundtable, un séminaire avec Susanne Nies, Chercheur, Responsable d'Ifri Bruxelles, Sophie Dourlens, Analyste, Cross Border Power Trade Department, CRE et François Meslier, Directeur de la...

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