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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 peninsulaSoutheast 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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26/10/2017

By reinforcing hostility between Russia and the West, the Ukraine crisis has shone a spotlight on the limits and contradictions of any Russo-Japanese rapprochement. Russia has grown more dependent on China, just as Japan has become more reliant on the United States.

31/07/2017

If some African countries are on their way to achieving dynamic economic growth, many are also still struggling with a lack of economic and social infrastructure, latent governance issues and often complex and risky security environments. In this context, both Japan and European countries,...

29/06/2017
By: Zahid HUSSAIN

The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) brings a dimensional shift in the two countries' relations at a time of significant geopolitical change. But while it promises wide-ranging benefits for infrastructure development and economic growth in Pakistan, a number of important challenges...

07
Jul
2009
Tuesday 07 July 2009
from 18:00 to 19:30 - Seminars and Round-table Conferences

Round-table discussions with Jean-Luc Racine, research director (CNRS/CEIAS) and Ramesh Mulye, former Indian ambassador and strategic advisor in France for the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII). Few weeks after a convincing victory in the 15th Lok Sabha...

29
Jun
2009
Monday 29 June 2009
from 09:30 to 11:00 - Seminars and Round-table Conferences

Andrew Scobell, Professor at the Bush School of Government and Public Service (Texas University), and editor of numerous books on Chinese defense strategy and military forces will make a presentation. The seminar will be chaired by Valérie Niquet, Director,...

15
Jun
2009
Monday 15 June 2009 to Tuesday 16 June 2009
from Monday 15 June 2009 09:30 to Tuesday 16 June 2009 17:00 - Conférences

This international conference, organized in Brussels with the support of the Délégation aux Affaires stratégiques (DAS) of the French Ministry of Defense, treated questions of regional stability in Northeast Asia. The conference brought together Japanese, American and European experts to...

10
Jun
2009
Wednesday 10 June 2009
from 18:00 to 19:30 - Seminars and Round-table Conferences

Round-table discussion with Khalid Mahmood, former Ambassador of Pakistan in Asia and Europe, and with the participation of Pierre Lafrance, former ambassador of France to Pakistan. Moderator: Gilles Boquérat, Researcher, head of the India...

02
Jun
2009
Tuesday 02 June 2009
at 00:00 - Seminars and Round-table Conferences

This round table brings together three experts on Asia: Takashi Terada, Professor at the University of Waseda in Japan, Valérie Niquet, Director of the Centre Asie, Ifri, and Françoise Nicolas, Economist, Ifri.

11
May
2009
Monday 11 May 2009 to Tuesday 12 May 2009
from Monday 11 May 2009 00:00 to Tuesday 12 May 2009 00:00 - Conférences

The 8th France-Korea Forum, co-organized by Ifri and the Korea Foundation, introduced by Thierry de Montbrial, Director-General of Ifri, and Yim Sung-Joon, President of the Korea Foundation, brought together a number of dignitaries, experts and specialists in order to facilitate an exchange of...

29
Apr
2009
Wednesday 29 April 2009
at 00:00 - Conférences

This seminar welcomes Ding Chun, Professor at the Centre for European Studies at Fudan University in Shanghai. This meeting is chaired by Valérie Niquet, Director of the Centre Asie, Ifri.