As President Obama makes an official visit to India, Martin Quencez, expert from the GMF Paris office reflects on the current administration's policy toward Asia and notably the "pivot to Asia". The celebrated Indo-American relationship does not appear to have held much...
Americas
Ifri's work on the Americas region focuses mainly on the United States. Indeed, for more than 20 years, Ifri's United States program has provided keys to understanding American society and domestic policy while shedding light on developments in the country's foreign policy, including transatlantic relations and trade issues.
Since 2023, a specific axis on Latin America structures more actively Ifri's research on the region, particularly on energy policies but also on important democratic and geo-economic issues.
Ifri's Canada program was active in 2015 and 2016.
Research Fellow, Head of Ifri's Americas Program
...Advisor to the Americas Program
...Advisor to the Americas Programme
...Associate Research Fellow, Americas Programme / Center for Energy and Climate
...Since her departure from the State Department in 2013, Hillary Rhodam Clinton continues to fascinate the press which scrutinizes her slightest actions, looking forward to an announcement of her candidacy for the 2016 presidential elections. For years nevertheless, the former...
California benefits from a long-time extraordinarily positive image. Because of its climate, its cultural diversity, its size, its population and its energy wealth, California itself represents the essence of the American dream, every day attracting new hopeful migrants.
CSIS expert Jeff Mankoff explains the reasons of the crisis in Ukraine, and how the U.S. should try to reestablish a more stable situation in central Europe, mixing containment and engagement of the Russian partner.
Once widely praised as one of the best shows on television, Homeland will be back for a fourth season starting next week. The show was originally intended as a breaking point with the one-sided and trigger-happy foreign policy of the Bush administration. However,
Cette Actuelle est la quatrième d'une série de quatre Chroniques américaines sur l'éducation aux Etats-Unis, publiées cette semaine.
L'échiquier numérique américain : Quelle place pour l'Europe ? Potomac Paper, No. 20, September 2014
The United States has established itself as the indisputable global leader in the digital market followed by more interventionist actors such as Russia and China. Europe has fallen behind as it struggles to find its place in this crucial sector. The new European Commission must respond and...
This piece is the thrid in a series of four Chroniques américaines on education in the United States, published this week.
This piece is the second in a series of four Chroniques américaines on education in the United States, published this week.
This piece is the first in a series of four Chroniques américaines on education in the United States, published this week.
The Dysfunctional Institutions of America: is the U.S. Democratic System Endangered?
Ninth seminar of the United States Program at Ifri and the French American Foundation France.
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The Tea Party Movement: What Impact on U.S. Politics?
In the last year, mainstream Americans have taken part in a series of apparently spontaneous demonstrations, calling for more conservatism, raising against big governement, especially high taxes and the healthcare system overhaul. In reference to the famous revolutionary episode, they call...
Immigration Issues: the Administration's Reform Projects
Cycle of seminars about United States “The Obama Presidency - Year 2: A Defining Moment?”
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Can Barack Obama be successful?
In January 2009, the United States celebrated with enthusiasm the arrival of its new President at the White House. One year later, they are doubting and more divided than ever. The economy, then, was going backward by 5% a year and finance was close to collapse. Today the recovery is...
Will the United States still be a a Superpower in 2050?
Cycle of seminars about United States “The Obama Presidency - Year 2: A Defining Moment?”
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One Year Into the Obama Administration, What Has Really Changed?
On the occasion of Barack Obama's Nobel Peace prize-giving ceremony
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Healthcare – Obama's great challenge
This will be the fifth seminar co-hosted by Faf and IFRI. The debate will take place in English and we will be joined by Gouverneur Howard H. Dean.
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A New American Foreign Policy: Is Obama weak?
Fourth seminar from the "An American Renaissance" series in partnership with the French American Foundation.
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America and the Asian Challenge
Event with Dominique Moïsi, Special Council to Ifri and Visiting Professor at Harvard.
Facilitated by Jacques Mistral, Director of Economic Studies at Ifri.
A Look at the New American Foreign Policy
Second seminar from the "An American Renaissance" series organized in conjunction with the French American Foundation France.
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Laurence Nardon, head of the United States program at IFRI sits down with Gilles Sengès to discuss the midterm elections and the Obama administration's politics.
Laurence Nardon, head of the United States Program at Ifri, joined Frabrice Lundy on October 4th on "Good Morning Weekend" on BFM Business. She discussed major current events including the Brazilian presidential election, the American fight against ISIS and the protests in Hong-Kong.
Michael Lind, Policy Director of the Economic Growth Program at the New America Foundation in Washington, D.C, was the guest of the French Institute of International Relations (IFRI) on September 29th 2014. In this video, he discusses the evolution of globalization.
Michael Lind, Policy Director of the Economic Growth Program at the New America Foundation in Washington, D.C, was the guest of the French Institute for International Relations (IFRI) on September 29th 2014. In this video, he analyzes the major economic trends post-2008, and...
Michael Lind,of the New America Foundation, visited IFRI on September 29, 2014 for a seminar on "the beginning of a new pollitical term in Washington". In this video he disccusses the constraints on U.S. foreign policy, notably in its fight against ISIS in the Middle East.
Michael Lind, Policy Director of the Economic Growth Program at the New America Foundation in Washington, D.C, was the guest of the French Institute for International Relations (IFRI) on September 29th 2014. In this video, he discusses the evolution of US politics and party...
Almost 7 years ago, Barack Obama was elected on a promise:to end wars. Just as the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are winding down, Barack Obama announcd this week that America will begin another war against terror, this time in Iraq and Syria. Why does the American president feel the accute...
ISIS's recent military advances in Iraq leave some reconsidering American intervention in the region.