16/11/2018
On the occasion of the conference held on the 22 November 2018 marking the 160th anniversary of Franco-Japanese diplomatic relations, Ifri publishes two parallel...
Asia
Asia is now a nerve center for global economic activity and a theatre of some of the most critical political and security developments of our time. The Center for Asian Studies provides documented expertise and a platform of discussion on Asian issues that seeks to accompany decision makers and explain and contextualize developments in the region for the sake of a larger public dialogue.
Ifri's Center for Asian Studies’ research is organized along three major axes: regionalism and intra-regional relationships in Asia; relations between Asia’s major powers (China, Japan, India) and the rest of the world; and internal political, economic and social dynamics of Asian countries. This research focuses primarily on China, India and Japan, but also increasingly covers the Korean peninsula, Southeast Asia, the Pacific Islands and the Indo-Pacific Strategies.
The Center organizes closed-door roundtables, expert-level seminars and a number of public events, including an Annual Conference, that welcome experts from Asia, Europe and the United States. The Center’s researchers regularly participate in international conferences, particularly in Asia. Their work, as well as that of their partners, is regularly published in the Center’s electronic journal Asie.Visions.
Marc JULIENNE
Director, Center for Asian Studies, Ifri
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Céline PAJON
Research Fellow, Head of Japan Research, Coordinator of the Program on Pacific Islands,
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John SEAMAN
Research Fellow, Center for Asian Studies
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Christian LECHERVY
Advisor to the Program on Pacific Islands, Center for Asian Studies
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Françoise NICOLAS
Senior Advisor, Center for Asian Studies
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Isabelle SAINT-MEZARD
Associate Research Fellow, Center for Asian Studies
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16/11/2018
On the occasion of the conference held on the 22 November 2018 marking the 160th anniversary of Franco-Japanese diplomatic relations, Ifri publishes two parallel...
08/11/2018
The Asia–Africa Growth Corridor (AAGC) — a Japan–India initiative to promote connectivity between Asia and East Africa and encourage joint projects in Africa — is often misrepresented. All too often, the AAGC is depicted as a political move aimed exclusively at countering China’s Belt and Road...
04/10/2018
In September 2018, the Supreme Court of India rendered its verdict in a landmark case with major implications for the Aadhaar biometric identification project as well as the application of right to privacy in India, but the Aadhaar Matter raises important questions about the shortcomings of...
17/09/2018
In the last decade, the strengthening of the India-Japan strategic partnership has been primarily driven by geopolitical considerations, in an era of competing regional visions and influence.
Economy - Asia - India and South Asia - Japan
12/06/2018
Over the past decade, an increasing number of emerging markets has joined the liquefied natural gas (LNG) import club.
30/05/2018
There is no denying that the Mekong region has become an economic battleground where Japan and China are competing to gain and sustain economic influence in the region.
Economy - Asia - Southeast Asia - China - Japan
23/05/2018
The Chinese presence in the Mediterranean is raising new questions among the diplomatic services of the Maghreb countries, as well as those of southern Europe. Indeed, over the past five years, China has been translating its national priorities with increasing activism in the Mediterranean....
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...
22/03/2018
As 2017 drew to close, China officially approved plans for its long-awaited national Emission Trading Scheme (ETS) and the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) outlined some of the implementation details[1]. Though it will be limited...
18/02/2014
L’entrée d’un constructeur chinois au capital de PSA Peugeot Citroën souligne la montée en puissance des entreprises chinoises. Ces entreprises suscitent parfois inquiétude et méfiance, alors que ce pays pratique une politique commerciale agressive. Mais...
09/02/2014
Après le tsunami des exportations, voilà la déferlante chinoise sur la finance. A l’instar des autres grandes puissances économiques de la planète, la Chine dispose aujourd’hui de multiples canaux d’influence issus de son pouvoir économique. Les utilise-t-elle pour servir...
25/01/2014
A la tête du gouvernement depuis plus d’un an, Shinzo Abe entend redonner à son pays fierté et puissance face à la Chine. Entre politique de relance économique et regain de dynamisme diplomatique… en passant par un certain recours au nationalisme…le Japon muscle sa posture...
23/01/2014
TROIS QUESTIONS A - Claude Meyer, professeur d’économie internationale et auteur de deux ouvrages sur le Chine.
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22/01/2014
Pour Claude Meyer, auteur de « La Chine, banquier du monde », l'internationalisation des grandes entreprises du pays et un système financier inadapté expliquent le recours au système offshore.
17/01/2014
La Chine est-elle vraiment la première puissance économique mondiale ? La Banque mondiale le dit. En Afrique comme en France, on accueille à bras ouverts les investissements chinois. Mais, Pékin joue sur deux tableaux : acteur majeur de l’économie mondiale et, malgré tout,...
13/01/2014
Toute cette semaine en compagnie de Claude Meyer, maître de conférences à Sciences-Po, chercheur associé à GEM Sciences-Po, auteur de "La Chine, banquier du monde" éditions Fayard.
12/01/2014
La Chine et la Corée du Sud crient avec raison à la provocation du Japon dont le Premier ministre Shinzo Abe a effectué le 26 décembre 2013 une visite au sanctuaire Yasukuni.
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