27/08/2019
RAMSES 2020. A World without a Compass?, written by Ifri's research team and external experts, offers an in-depth and up-to-date analysis of geopolitics in today’s world.
United States
The November 2016 election of the 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 2000, IFRI's United States Program tries to understand 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.
Fed by field missions as well as a large network of journalists, business people, diplomats, academics and researchers from American think tanks, the program's analyzes are offered in 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.The program also organizes research seminars and, since 2000, a major annual conference every December. In order to inform the largest audience possible, our experts regularly intervene in the media, both in the press and audiovisual sector. Our researchers also contribute to Ifri's main publications, the RAMSES and Politique étrangère.
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.
23/08/2019
International trade is one of the themes that used to constitute the very raison d’être of the G7, alongside international security and energy policy.
Economy - North America - United States - Asia - China - Europe
23/08/2019
Global governance emerged to deal with the gap between the plurality and diversity of states and the collective and transnational nature of increasingly complex global affairs.
23/08/2019
The Think Tank 7 (T7) is an engagement group that brings together the leading Think Tanks from the G7 countries in order to analyze and make recommendations on key issues of the G7 presidency.
Economy - Energy & Climate - Sub-Saharan Africa - North America - United States - Asia - China - Europe
28/06/2019
How Can Europe Shift from Back Foot to Front Foot?
Economy - United States - Asia - China - Europe
18/03/2019
Although not akin to the protectionist policies practiced by the United States through the 1930s, the trade war launched by the Trump administration since early 2018 challenges the principles and institutions of free trade.
08/03/2019
Since Donald Trump’s rise to power, American foreign policy has become more unpredictable. Nonetheless, several coherent strategies stand out, in particular those that advocate a nationalist approach. An examination of Trump’s entourage also reveals some more conventional figures, who may...
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.
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...
05
Jun
2019
from 09:30 to 18:00
- Seminars and Round-table Conferences
G7 / Think Tank7 Summit G7 Engagement Group
The Think Thank 7 (T7) is an engagement group that brings together the leading Think Tanks from the G7 countries in order to analyze and make recommendations on key issues of the G7 presidency.
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
04/06/2019
China believes its near-monopoly gives it leverage over the US but supply cuts would spur rival producers.
Economy - Energy & Climate - United States - Asia - China
29/05/2019
Growing tensions between China and the United States over the escalating trade dispute – and the resulting global uncertainty – are forcing other countries to choose between the two economic superpowers.
United States - Asia - China - Europe
06/05/2019
The Think Thank 7 (T7) is an engagement group that brings together the leading Think Tanks from the G7 countries in order to analyze and make recommendations on key issues of the G7 presidency.
19/03/2019
During his visit in France on March 7th, 2019, Ifri had the pleasure to realize this interview with Eric HOLCOMB, Governor of the State of Indiana, USA.
17/12/2018
An interview with James Lindsay, Senior Vice President, Council on Foreign Relations.
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.
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?