On October 3, 1990, after forty years of division, Germany once again became one state. Less than a year after the fall of the Berlin Wall, on November 9, 1989, the territories of the German Democratic Republic (GDR) became part of the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) under Article 23 of its...
Europe
European issues are transversely covered by most of Ifri's centers and programs.
Some programs pay particular attention to these themes: the Study Committee for French-German relations (CERFA), the French-Austrian Center for European Convergence (CFA).
All European themes — institutional, economic, citizenship, security — are subject to specific studies and debates.
Advisor to the Executive Chairman, editor-in-chief of Politique étrangère and co-director of RAMSES
...Special Advisor to the President for European Affairs
...Secretary General of the Study Committee on Franco-German Relations (Cerfa)
...Research Fellow, Study Committee on Franco-German Relations (Cerfa)
...Associate Research Fellow at the Austro-French Centre for Rapprochement in Europe (ÖFZ)
...Germany joined the creation of Economic and Monetary Union only with great hesitation and has tried to dictate the spirit and rules of operation of the Union.
When politics catches up to the economy. In the wake of the EU-China summit, what can we expect from the bilateral relations? 2020 was supposed to be the year of EU-China relations. However, the Covid-19 pandemic has quickly disrupted the positive expectations.
The recovery plan agreed upon by European Union leaders in July 2020 is unprecedented: for the first time, it creates a common debt that will help revive the economies impacted by the pandemic.
RAMSES 2021. At the Edge?, written by Ifri's research team and external experts, offers an in-depth and up-to-date analysis of geopolitics in today’s world.
More than ten years after joining the European Union (EU), the Central and Eastern European countries (CEECs) exhibit a puzzle of attitudes and conceptions regarding the EU.
France and Bavaria have a longstanding close and solid partnership. However, the relationship between France and Bavaria is not only marked by a common history and by the structures created over the decades.
The coronavirus pandemic has thrown a harsh spotlight on the state of global governance. Faced with the greatest emergency since the Second World War, nations have regressed into narrow self-interest. The concept of a rules-based international order has been stripped of meaning, while...
This report is part of a joint endeavor of the Centre for Applied Turkey Studies (CATS) at Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik (SWP), along with Elcano Royal Institute (ELCANO, Madrid), The Polish Institute of International Affairs (PISM, Warsaw), Istituto Affari Internazionali (IAI, Rome) and...
The German Presidency of the Council of the European Union begins on July 1, 2020 at a time of acute crisis. It is facing unprecedented challenges and organizational constraints in a context marked by high expectations from its European partners.
How to boost e-health and personalized medicine?
Déjeuner-débat introduit en anglais par Meni Styliadou, Head European Public Affairs, Novartis.
Ce débat s'inscrit dans la série des "Mardis de l'Ifri à Bruxelles".
Frais de participation (excepté membres): 10€
Anglo-French Cooperation in Africa: Bolstering or bypassing the EU?
Lunch debate introduced by Tony Chafer, University of Portsmouth and Gordon Cumming, Cardiff University.
This debate forms part of the "Ifri's Tuesdays in Brussels" and will take place exceptionally on Friday.
NATO after Lisbon
Lunch debate introduced in French by Etienne de Durand, Senior Research fellow, Director of security studies Center, Ifri and Xavier Païtard, Vice amiral d"escadre, Military Representative of France to the EU and NATO.
This debate forms part of the "Ifri...
L'autonomisation du Kurdistan irakien : effet sur les dynamiques régionales
Lunch-debate introduced in French by Dorothée Schmid, Research Fellow, in charge of Turkey program, Ifri.
This debate forms part of the "Ifri's Tuesdays in Brussels".
Participation fees (except members): 10€
Energy and Development
Lunch debate introduced by Andris Piebalgs, Commissioner for Development, European Commission.
This debate forms part of the "Ifri's Tuesdays in Brussels".
Participation Fee (Except members): 10€
Demography, Migration and European Identity: Challenges for Europe?
Conference organized by the Austro-French Centre (CFA) and IFRI.
With Peter JANKOWITSCH, Secretary General, Austro-French Centre; Dominique DAVID, Executive Director, French...
Public Debt: the New Accounting System (SEC 95 revision)
In the context of the economic crisis budget deficit became a major issue in public debate. This Ifri event will address questions as follows:
-What are the major changes to be expected by the SEC 95 revision?
-How is the debt of public enterprises integrated into the debt...
Barroso II: agenda and challenges
Lunch debate introduced by Johannes Laitenberger, Head of Cabinet of President Barroso, European Commission.
This debate forms part of the "Ifri's Tuesdays in Brussels".
Participation Fee (Except members): 10€
Kosovo, 2 years on
Lunch debate introduced in French by Sébastien Gricourt, Former Political Adviser at UNMIK, Prime Minister Office and KFOR.
This debate forms part of the "Ifri's Tuesdays in Brussels" and takes place exceptionally on Wednesday.
Participation Fee (Except members): 10...
Conference on EU-Russia with A. Kwaśniewski, Former President of Poland
On the occasion of the XV fifteenth EU-Russia Forum in Brussels, organized by the Institut français des relations internationales (Ifri), the
German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP) and the Institute of Contemporary Development (INSOR), H.E. Alexander Kwaśniewski<...>