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...

Themes
The research question of this paper is related to the role of Norway in the European gas and oil market. This study aims to give a presentation of the energy policy in Norway and Norwegian participation at the European level.
In collaboration with IFRI, the Paris-based Fondation pour la Recherche Stratégique (FRS), as well as the Berlin-based Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik (SWP), the European Space Policy Institute (ESPI) joined in the drafting of a policy-memorandum on Franco-German space cooperation. This...
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...
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...
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...
La présidence de George Bush se solde par un désastre : l'Irak, la corruption, l'incompétence, l'irresponsabilité financière et, en toile de fond, une économie qui rappelle celle de la fin de XIXe siècle, douce aux riches, dure pour les pauvres et surtout menaçante pour les classes moyennes....
The Crisis of Migrants' Integration in Europe? An International Comparison
Since the beginning of the 2000s, a new politics has developed in Europe about the "crisis" of migrants' integration.
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Carbon Trading
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,
REACH. A new paradigm for the management of chemical risks.
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...
Electricity Supply in the Baltic Region after the Phasing out of Ignalina NPP
Dans le cadre de l'Ifri Energy Breakfast Roundtable, un séminaire avec Maksim Kozlov, Head of Baltic NPP Project, Interrao UES, Wladyslaw Mielczarski, European Coordinator for the Northern European Power Link, Professor in Power Engineering,...
Have we Definitely Avoided the Worst?
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...
The "Drug War" in Mexico
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...
Quelles trajectoires énergétiques pour l'Inde ?
Conférence avec Gilles Boquerat, chercheur, responsable du programme Inde et Asie du Sud, Ifri, Jacques Lesourne, président du Comité scientifique du Programme Energie, Ifri, Prem Shankar Jha, analyste politique et économique indien,...
Toward a US Nuclear Renaissance
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 :
Human Terrain System
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.
Electricity Interconnections in Europe
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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