North America
Researcher, Head of Ifri's North America Program
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Associate Fellow, North America Program, Editor-in-chief of the review "Esprit"
Associate Fellow, North America Program, Editor-in-chief of The Washington Quarterly
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Republican candidates in the 2016 primaries have trouble standing out on economic issues. Indeed, they all embrace the same conservative tenets, namely the reduction (at all costs) of federal power in the name of liberty ; and tax cuts for the wealthy in the name of "trickle-down...
Both the Paris attacks and the San Bernardino shooting reopened the wound of terrorism in the United States. Although President Obama has not shifted his stance or his strategy on the issue, public opinion is worried and populist rhetoric is ever more present in the campaign for the 2016...
For the past two years, the United States has been at grips with an increasingly revisionist Russia in continental Europe. The crisis in Ukraine deteriorated the state of the bilateral relationship with Moscow [1] to what could be an all-time low since the end of the Cold War [2].
Since the collapse of the Soviet Union in the 1990s, Washington has defined general foreign policy objectives towards the Republics of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan.
Are women going to vote massively for Hillary Clinton in 2016, the same way African-Americans voted for Barack Obama in 2008 and 2012? This paper examines the different aspects of the gender gap in the US, social debates around women's issues and the way the Democratic candidate may...
Since the 1980's the incarceration rate in the United States has climbed to unprecedened levels. Today, the United States incarcerates a higher proportion of its population than any other country in the world. Activists have long called for sentencing reform, recognizing the...
The battle flag of General Robert E. Lee’s famed Army of Northern Virginia, commonly known as the Confederate Flag or the Southern Cross, has become the symbol of the 1861-1865 Southern secession and the most widespread sign of Southern regional identity. Today it can be...
Canada and the United States enjoy one of the most fruitful relationship in the world. Yet, several points of contention have appeared in recent years over the Northwest Passage and, more importantly, the Keystone XL pipelines. Such...
Our analysis on the Agrement on the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) in Atlanta: President Obama is now seeking approval from Congress. He might be getting more support from the Republicans.
One Month before the Election: The Political Outlook in Washington
The campaign for the November election, now well underway, witnesses a number of key debates: Is the fear of a U.S. decline, so often mentionned in the press these days, a transient mood or a deeper trend? How do the economic difficulties impact public opinion attitudes? How are campaign...
United States : Confirming the Economic Recovery
The Obama Presidency - Year 4: Towards a Second Term?
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The Republican Primaries: Which candidate will Obama face?
The Obama Presidency - Year 4: Towards a Second Term?
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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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Opening a New Session in Washington
"The Obama Presidency - Year 3: Gridlock or Opportunity? "
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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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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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American Foreign Policy: Spring 2011
The Obama Presidency - Year 3: Gridlock or Opportunity?
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State of the Union : Is Obama back in control?
The Obama Presidency - Year 3: Gridlock or Opportunity?
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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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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,...
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...
Robert Litwak is the Vice President for Scholars and Director of International Security Studies at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.
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.
...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...
The thaw between Cuba and the United States reaches a head at the Summit of the Americas in Panama and the normalization of relations has begun as the White House removed Cuba from the state-sponsored terrorism list. Laurence Nardon, head of the United States program at...
In the wake of Hillary Clinton's announcement that she will seek the presidency, discover IFRI's pieces on the 2016 election.
The speakers from the Annual Conference on the United States summarize their talks in short videos. Here, E.J. Dionne discusses Barack Obama's presidency and evaluates potential candidates for the 2016 presidential election.
The speakers from the Annual Conference on the United States summarize their talks in short videos. Here, Charlie Cook revisits the results of the November 2014 midterm elections, the importance of the Latino vote for the Republican Party, and Hillary Clinton's popularity...