31/01/2017
This essay examines the need for growing coordination between the Japan Coast Guard (JCG) and the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) to better cope with gray-zone situations.
Asia
Asia is a nerve center for multiple global economic, politic and security challenges. The Center for Asian Studies aims at providing documented expertise and a platform of discussion on Asian issues 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 two major axes: relations between Asia's major powers and the rest of the world; and internal economic and social dynamics of Asian countries. The Center's research focuses primarily on China, Japan, India, Taiwan and the Indo-Pacific, but also covers Southeast Asia, the Korean peninsula and the Pacific Islands.
The Centre for Asian Studies maintains close institutional links with counterpart research institutes in Europe and Asia, and its researchers regularly carry out fieldwork in the region.
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' 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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17/01/2017
Southeast Asia is one of the world's most dynamic regions and experiences strong economic and energy demand growth rates. In this context, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is seeking to interconnect the electric grids and gas networks of the countries...
22/12/2016
As China elaborates on the design of its "Belt and Road Initiative" (OBOR), the place of Europe within this project is slowly but surely taking shape.
16/12/2016
This paper analyses the causes and consequences of the 2016 uprising in Kashmir, making six interrelated arguments.
01/12/2016
Chinese presence in the Mediterranean is increasing: propositions for cooperation forums with various southern European countries, investment in port terminals, military maneuvering, evacuation of citizens, etc.
01/12/2016
Coping with “gray zone” situations has in recent years become the core security challenge for Japan. Since September 2012, Beijing has been challenging Japan’s sovereign control of the Senkaku Islands by regularly sending law-enforcement vessels into Japanese territorial waters and...
23/11/2016
Having long remained a passive presence within multilateral economic organisations, China recently changed its stance when the United States was faced with a major financial crisis.
21/11/2016
The reason for the deployment of a People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) “anti-piracy task force” in the Gulf of Aden (GoA), a key area for the Chinese economy, was obvious in 2008. However, as the pirate activity has faded away since 2012, the objectives of the PLAN in GoA became unclear. ...
16/11/2016
What will become of US foreign policy under Donald Trump? A selection of Ifri researchers has come together to offer their thoughts on this question. Our experts cover an array of topics through 14 contributions, ranging from the future Sino-American relations, through US engagement in the...
08/11/2016
Japan’s latest space policy is designed to support a more proactive US-Japan alliance role in containing China, and robustly defend Japan against North Korean ballistic missile threats.
Space - Security and Defense - Asia - Japan
01/05/2012
Face à l'envolée des prix et à une demande mondiale croissante en terres rares, comment les pays occidentaux peuvent-ils contrecarrer la Chine, leader incontesté sur le marché?
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14/03/2012
Les Etats-Unis, l'Union européenne et le Japon ont porté plainte, mardi 13 mars, contre la Chine auprès de l'Organisation mondiale du Commerce (OMC) pour ses pratiques "déloyales" sur les exportations de métaux appelés "terres rares".
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14/03/2012
Les Etats-Unis, l'Union européenne et le Japon attaquent la Chine devant l'Organisation mondiale du commerce (OMC), l'accusant de restreindre les exportations de «terres rares». Ces métaux, indispensables aux produits de haute technologie, sont un enjeu économique et...
14/03/2012
Terres rares : le monopole chinois pourrait asphyxier les hautes technologies occidentales Atlantico
Le Japon, les Etats-Unis et l'Union européenne ont porté plainte mardi contre la Chine devant l'OMC. En cause, les nouveaux quotas à l'export des terres rares de Pékin. L'inquiétude des plaignants est légitime : ces ressources, produites à plus de 90% par la Chine, sont...
06/03/2012
N’importe quelle autre économie européenne se satisferait d’un tel score : 9.2% de croissance en 2011 ! Même la moitié, rien que la moitié, ce serait déjà un triomphe. Mais lorsqu’il s’agit de la Chine, on est bien obligé de faire le constat que la deuxième...
29/02/2012
Nous parlons ce matin des classes moyennes en Chine. Et là encore, comme pour l’Inde et le Brésil, il faut commencer par interroger les critères permettant de définir cette catégorie sociale.
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15/02/2012
Alors que la répression se poursuit en Syrie, Pékin, à l'image de Moscou, prône toujours la non-ingérence dans les affaires de Damas.
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20/12/2011
European officials reacted with a mix of hope and watchfulness to the death of North Korean leader Kim Jong-il and apparent power transition to his son.
Reactions in Europe have been slow and cautious to the news of Kim Jong-il's demise.
20/12/2011
En disparaissant le 17 décembre, Kim Jong-il a pris de court tous les analystes et perturbé les plans arrêtés de longue date à Pyongyang pour 2012.
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10/12/2011
La Chine est aujourd’hui la deuxième puissance économique de la planète… d’aucuns disent qu’elle sera vieille avant d’être riche. La Chine bientôt plus discrète sur la scène mondiale ?
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