04/12/2018
The aim of multilateral trade as established after the Second World War was to prevent trade wars.
United States
The November 2020 election of Joe Biden ended Donald Trump's extraordinary tenure. However, it doesn't inevitably indicate a return to previous policies, as American society's expectations have changed. Indeed, there is a call for a strong federal state on economic and social issues on the one hand, and on the other hand an increased mistrust vis-à-vis American interventionism. The magnitude of these transformations shows how necessary is a monitoring and analysis of the ever-evolving American political landscape — especially since they resonate with comparable political developments in Europe and in the rest of the world.
Founded in 2000, Ifri's United States Program aims 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.
Building on field missions and a large network of journalists, business executives, diplomats, academics and researchers from American think tanks, the program's analysis are offered in two main formats: the Potomac Papers, which are about 30 pages long notes that feature our latest research activities, and the Chroniques Américaines, which cover the country's social and political current events.The program also organizes research seminars and, since 2000, a major annual conference in December. As to inform the largest audience possible, our experts regularly intervene in the media, both in the written press and audiovisual sector. Our researchers also contribute to Ifri's main publications, RAMSES and Politique étrangère. Through this program, Ifri associated with the «Time to Sign Off» (TTSO) Newsletter and Slate.fr to air the "Trump 2020" Podcast (available in French) every Wednesday from June 2019 to January 2021, focusing on the U.S. presidential elections. The partnership is renewed with the "New Deal" Podcast (also available in French) to report on U.S. current political events every Thursday.
Laurence NARDON
Research Fellow, Head of Ifri's Americas Program
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Anne-Lorraine BUJON
Advisor to the Americas Program
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Alexander T. J. LENNON
Advisor to the Americas Programme
...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.
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...
Economy - Health - Americas - United States
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)...
06/12/2017
The election of Donald Trump is a symptom of a general crisis in international liberal order.
03
May
2012
from 18:00 to 19:30
- Seminars and Round-table Conferences
United States : Confirming the Economic Recovery
The Obama Presidency - Year 4: Towards a Second Term?
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01
Feb
2012
from 17:00 to 18:30
- Seminars and Round-table Conferences
The Republican Primaries: Which candidate will Obama face?
The Obama Presidency - Year 4: Towards a Second Term?
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10
Nov
2011
from 11:45 to 13:30
- Dinners and Luncheons
One year before the presidential elections: the American political situation
Luncheon debatte dedicated to Ifri's corporate members, by invitation only.
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19
Oct
2011
16
Sep
2011
from 08:30 to 10:00
- Seminars and Round-table Conferences
Opening a New Session in Washington
"The Obama Presidency - Year 3: Gridlock or Opportunity? "
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06
Jul
2011
from 08:30 to 10:00
- Seminars and Round-table Conferences
Unemployment, Double Dip, Debt, and Deficit: a worrying American forcast
The Obama Presidency - Year 3: Gridlock or Opportunity? Cycle de séminaires sur les États-Unis
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27
May
2011
from 08:30 to 10:00
- Seminars and Round-table Conferences
The Place of the Muslim Community in the United States since 9/11
The Obama Presidency - Year 3: Gridlock or Opportunity? Seminar Series on the United States
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08
Mar
2011
from 17:00 to 18:30
- Seminars and Round-table Conferences
American Foreign Policy: Spring 2011
The Obama Presidency - Year 3: Gridlock or Opportunity?
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09
Feb
2011
from 07:30 to 09:30
- Conférences
State of the Union : Is Obama back in control?
The Obama Presidency - Year 3: Gridlock or Opportunity?
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13
Oct
2010
from 18:00 to 19:30
- Seminars and Round-table Conferences
Sovereign Debt in the United States and Europe : real issues and false evidence
Second seminar in partnership with FAF (French-American Foundation, France) and IRE (International Initiative for Rethinking the Economy).
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05/05/2016
More and more states are requiring voters to present an approved form of identification, a formality that primarily affects ethnic minorities.
23/09/2015
During his state visit in the United States, the Chinese President Xi Jinping called for a new model of relations between the two countries. In Alice Ekman’s opinion, the notion of a
United States - Asia - China
17/06/2015
Donald Trump, American presidential candidate: Where is the campaign? with Laurence Nardon, head of the United States program at the French Institute for Intenational Relations (IFRI).
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01/06/2015
Anne Giudicelli, founder of TERR(o)RISC, Laurence Nardon, researcher and head of the United States program at IFRI, Benaouda Abdeddaïm, columnist at BFM Business and Romain Zerbib, strategic management researcher with IGS,...
11/05/2015
Understand François Hollande's trip to Cuba with commentary by Daniela Ordonez, economist specializing in Spain, Portugal, Latin America and the Carribean at Euler Hermes; Benaouda Abdeddaim, economic editor of BMF Business; Laurence Nardon, researcher and United States...
22/04/2015
Robert Litwak is the Vice President for Scholars and Director of International Security Studies at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.
22/04/2015
Robert Litwak from the Wilson Center joined Ifri on April 22, 2015 for a seminar on the U.S.-Iranian nuclear negotiations. In this video, he analyzes the different views on Iran and its regime.
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19/04/2015
Cuba, Iran, Yemen... the White House is fighting on the front lines of multiple diplomatic offensives. In the midst of continuing nuclear negotiations with Iran, Washington has decided to support the Saudi intervention in Yemen while engaging in a new showdown with Iran. The...