06/12/2018
The opioid crisis in the U.S. has reached increasingly tragic proportions – accounting for two thirds of the 72,000 overdose deaths of 2017.
United States
The November 2016 election of a populist Donald Trump to the White House shows how necessary a work of monitoring and analysis of the changing American political landscape has become – especially since the victory of this political outlier dovetails with similar evolutions in Europe and the rest of the world.
Founded in 2001, IFRI's United States Program tries to comprehend American culture and politics from the inside. Furthermore, it studies the evolutions of the country’s foreign and defense policies. It lastly actively contributes to maintaining close trans-Atlantic ties, producing and broadcasting research on the United States in France and Europe while also regularly welcoming U.S. academics and officials to Paris.
The North America research program is recognized as playing a key role in analysing North American issues in France. It provides comprehensive analyses of US domestic and foreign politics.
Our axis of research on the United States publishes its analyses under two formats: the Potomac Papers, which are about 30 pages long notes that feature our latest research activities, and the Chroniques Américaines, which covers the country's social and political current events. For the purpose of informing the largest audience possible, our experts are frequently present in the media, both in the press and audiovisual sector; in addition, each program organizes an annual conference. Our researchers also contribute to Ifri's main publications, the RAMSES and Politique étrangère.
These substantial analyses are at the core of the program's mission, which research activities also draws upon our experts' field missions in the United States, besides benefiting from a wide network of journalists, scholars, businessmen and diplomats.
Moreover, the program maintains regular contacts with American Think Tanks.
Through this program, Ifri aims to play an active role in maintaining a dynamic and productive transatlantic relationship.
Laurence NARDON
Researcher, Head of Ifri's North America Program
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Anne-Lorraine BUJON
Associate Fellow, North America Program, Editor-in-chief of the review "Esprit"
Alexander T. J. LENNON
Associate Fellow, North America Program, Editor-in-chief of The Washington Quarterly
...The U.S. program publishes in-depth analyses on American domestic and foreign policy issues in the form of:
- Potomac Papers, 40-page papers on long-term issues ;
- Chroniques Américaines, policy briefs on current events.
04/12/2018
The aim of multilateral trade as established after the Second World War was to prevent trade wars.
31/05/2018
The Section 232 tariffs on steel and aluminum announced by the United States in March would, if applied, have little direct impact on the French economy, but rather point toward a broader trend of protectionism and economic nationalism and a widening gap in transatlantic relations that is...
13/04/2018
How can we define Emmanuel Macron’s foreign policy since he took office? After Nicolas Sarkozy’s brazen style of “gutsy diplomacy” and François Hollande’s “normal diplomacy”, the eighth president of the Fifth Republic seems to have opted for an agile classicism. In substance, he makes no claim...
29/03/2018
Benjamin Haddad, a Research Fellow at the Hudson Institute in Washington D.C., reviews Mike Pompeo's appointment as the new U.S. Secretary of State and John Bolton's recent nomination as National Security Advisor. According to Haddad, U.S. President Donald Trump has appointed two lawyers known...
15/03/2018
The energy sector is one where the break between the Trump and Obama administrations is the most pronounced. The three officials in charge, Rick Perry at the Department of Energy (DoE), Scott Pruitt at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Ryan Zinke at the head of the Department of...
14/03/2018
The United States has developed a vast body of legal regulations with extraterritorial application in order to tackle corruption on the international stage and to pursue companies that do not abide by the trade embargoes demanded by U.S. foreign policy.
15/02/2018
The use of recreational cannabis became legal in the States of Colorado and Washington in January and July 2014 respectively. The regulations, based on the examples of the tobacco and alcohol markets, intend to tackle the black market and to protect minors more efficiently. How do these two...
12/01/2018
President Trump’s administration is characterized by its systematic denial and repealing of measures from his predecessor, be it in foreign policy or domestic policy. This is particularly the case for the energy and environmental policies. There is however a continuity from one administration...
12/12/2017
In January 2017, U.S. intelligence agencies confirmed that Russia had indeed attempted to interfere with the 2016 U.S. election campaign. This effort took two forms: on the one hand, beginning in the Summer of 2016, the hacking and publication of the Democratic National Committee (DNC)...
07
Dec
2018
from 09:00 to 17:00
- Ifri Conferences
In the aftermath of the midterm elections, where will Trump's America go? Annual Conference on the United States
In the aftermath of the mid-term elections, the 17th edition of Ifri's annual conference on the United States took stock of the country's political and economic situation and discussed developments in the foreign policy of the Trump administration.
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15
Nov
2018
from 09:00 to 12:30
- Seminars and Round-table Conferences
Europe in data geopolitics
Data no longer should be understood as a sole commercial or regulatory issue, but rather as an actual stake of international politics. For Europe, in a context of transatlantic tensions, the impact of the digital economy’s center of gravity moving towards China is potentially significant....
Economy - North America - United States - Asia - China - Europe
27
Sep
2018
from Thursday 27 September 2018 14:00 to Friday 28 September 2018 13:00
- Seminars and Round-table Conferences
QUAD 2018 Annual Meeting
Since 1983, the QUAD gathers every year, the SWP, RAND Corporation, Chatham House and Ifri.
15
Nov
2017
from 09:30 to 12:00
- Ifri Conferences
A Brave New World for Trade? Discussing the Trade Strategies of the US, EU, Japan and China
The global environment for trade is undergoing significant changes.
22
Feb
2017
from 09:00 to 10:30
- Seminars and Round-table Conferences
U.S. public opinion and President Trump
The Ifri Program on North America held a seminar around Jocelyn Kiley, Associate Director for Policy Research, Pew Research Center (see her bio on the Pew website).
15
Jun
2016
from 18:00 to 19:30
- Ifri Conferences
Global Ambitions and Regional Threats: How the French See their Role in the World?
How the French see their place in the world? A new survey carried out by the Pew Research Center analyzes the perception of European countries regarding global threats and their role in world affairs. This conference will give the opportunity to examine the relation that French have with their...
20
Jan
2016
from 10:00 to 17:00
- Ifri Conferences
Annual Conference on the United States
Please register at usa@ifri.org, mentioning which panel you wish to attend. Due to the limited number of seats, please let us know if you cannot participate after registering, so that we can reattribute your seat.<...>
15
Jan
2016
from 13:15 to 14:45
U. S. - China relations Lunch-debate with Kevin Rudd, former Prime Minister of Australia, President of Asia Society Policy Institute (ASPI), New York
Kevin Rudd, 58, is a world renowned expert on China. He is fluent in Mandarin and in particular plays a major role in informal relations between the US and China, the main theme of this lunch debate.
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19
Jun
2015
from 09:30 to 11:30
- Seminars and Round-table Conferences
Police Violence in the United States: Is there a solution? Closed seminar with Tracey Meares
From Ferguson to Baltimore, racially-linked police brutality has captured Americans' attention. President Barack Obama's Task Force on 21st Century Policing
01
Jun
2015
from 18:00 to 19:30
- Ifri Conferences
China, the United States, and the Rise of Geoeconomics Conference with Robert Blackwill, Henry A. Kissinger senior fellow for U.S. foreign policy, the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR)
Beijing flexes its economic muscle with frequent success in pursuit of Chinese geopolitical aims. By contrast, the United States has largely forgotten the historic role of geoeconomics in American foreign policy. The United States must come to grips with the reality that the...
17/12/2018
An interview with Henry Olsen, Senior Fellow, Ethics and Public Policy Center (EPPC).
17/12/2018
An interview with Lara Putnam, Professor and Chair, History Department, University of Pittsburgh.
17/12/2018
An interview with Sophia Besch, Research Fellow, Center for European Reform.
17/12/2018
An interview with James Lindsay, Senior Vice President, Council on Foreign Relations.
12/07/2018
An interview with Julie CERQUEIRA, Executive Director of the U.S. Climate Alliance.
22/04/2018
PARIS — President Emmanuel Macron was put on the spot this year in front of a room full of journalists when one asked, provocatively: Which man is more dangerous, North Korea’s leader, Kim Jong-un; or Donald J. Trump?
15/12/2017
Is the American economy doing well? Will the Tax Reform change this? How could the bond markets evolve in 2018?
15/12/2017
The 16th edition of Ifri's annual conference on the United States, organized by Ifri's North America Program on December 7th, 2017, reviewed the key events and evolutions of the Trump administration's first year in office.
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15/12/2017
3 questions to Karlyn BOWMAN, Senior Fellow, American Entreprise Institute