31/08/2022
NATO has adopted a new strategic concept, which should provide guidance for the next ten years. But the Russian aggression against Ukraine on February 24, 2022, has changed everything.
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.
Dominique DAVID
Advisor to the Executive Chairman, editor-in-chief of Politique étrangère and co-director of RAMSES
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Claude-France ARNOULD
Special Advisor to the President for European Affairs
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Éric-André MARTIN
Secretary General of the Study Committee on Franco-German Relations (Cerfa)
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Marie KRPATA
Research Fellow, Study Committee on Franco-German Relations (Cerfa)
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Florent MARCIACQ
Associate Research Fellow at the Austro-French Centre for Rapprochement in Europe (ÖFZ)
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08/07/2022
China, the United States, and the European Union (EU) are currently developing strategies for semiconductors aimed at financing R&D and the installation of new factories on their territories, in particular through subsidies. The EU Chips Act, announced in February 2022, represents a...
11/05/2022
The war in Ukraine has shaken the foundations of European security and of the global rules-based order. In many ways, Russia’s aggression has been a wake-up call for the EU, adding a sense of urgency to its ongoing transformation to becoming a stronger geopolitical actor, materialised by the...
29/04/2022
Relations between southern European member states have often been marked by a loose cooperation or, worse, by logics of competition. Precisely when regional groupings within the European Union are increasingly shaping the agenda, these dynamics have hindered the capacity of France, Greece...
25/04/2022
The idea that Europe has grown dependent on China is now a common refrain, but just how is this notion understood in capitals across the continent?
30/03/2022
With the France Strategy, Saarland set out in 2014 to become an efficient multilingual German-French region within a generation.
19/03/2022
Computing power plays a key role in enabling data analytics and machine learning, in cybersecurity, for scientific research, and in military domains like nuclear warhead design and detonation simulation.
14/03/2022
When it was founded in August 1991, the Weimar Triangle was intended as a forum for trilateral consultations between the foreign ministers of France, the Federal Republic of Germany, and Poland on the future of Europe after the end of the Cold War.
14/03/2022
The German government has long hesitated to take a position on the crisis between Russia and Ukraine. It has refused to question the planned commissioning of Nord Stream 2 and to supply Ukraine with weapons.
10/03/2022
As the commercial anchor of the space sector, the downstream sector plays an essential role in Europe where industry focuses mainly on application markets and where socio-economic considerations have become the main driver of space policy.
02
Jul
2020
from 14:30 to 15:30
- Videoconferences
The Political Consequences of Economic Sanctions on the Transatlantic Relationship Les Jeudis de l'Ifri
A "Les Jeudis de l'Ifri" videoconference around Rawi ABDELAL, Professor at Harvard Business School.
Economy - Americas - United States - Europe
30
Jun
2020
from 17:30 to 18:30
- Videoconferences
Is it Time to Reassess EU-China Relations with Covid 19? Closed-door Seminar Series - German Presidency of the Council of the European Union
Before the Covid 19 crisis, the German presidency had set an ambitious agenda for EU-China relations, in particular with the prospect of an EU-China summit in Leipzig in September.
16
Jun
2020
from 11:00 to 12:00
- Videoconferences
The Post-COVID-19 Challenges to the European Union Visioconference
Exclusive chat with H.E. Ivan Korčok, Minister of Foreign and European Affairs of the Slovak Republic. Opening remarks: Robert Vass, President, GLOBSEC. Led by: Alexander Stubb, Director of the School of Transnational Governance European University...
28
May
2020
from 14:30 to 15:30
- Videoconferences
The EU after Karlsruhe and the Franco-German Initiative on EU Debt: Is it a Hamiltonian Moment? Les Jeudis de l'Ifri
A "Les Jeudis de l'Ifri" videoconference around Guntram B. WOLFF, Director of Bruegel.
07
May
2020
from 14:30 to 15:30
- Videoconferences
Has Covid-19 contaminated the Franco-German couple? Les Jeudis de l'Ifri
A "Les Jeudis de l'Ifri" videoconférence around Eric-André MARTIN, Secretary General of the Study Committee on Franco-German Relations - Cerfa...
04
May
2020
from 18:00 to 19:30
- External Events
Coronavirus crisis - What approach for a Europe of solidarity? Webinar, French Institute of Germany, Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung
Discussion with Birgit Sippel, MEP, and Éric-André Martin, Secretary General of the Study Committee on Franco-German Relations (Cerfa) at the French Institute of International...
24
Apr
2020
from 18:00 to 19:00
- External Events
The French and German Responses to COVID-19 Webseminar, Harvard Kennedy School
Daniela Schwarzer, Director, German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP), and Thierry de Montbrial, Founder and Executive Chairman, French Institute of International Relations (Ifri), will present and analyze the French and German responses to the...
21
Apr
2020
from 12:30 to 14:00
- Videoconferences
Europe and the coronavirus: Now and tomorrow Brown Bag Seminar Series
A videoconference with Clément Beaune, special advisor Europe to the President of the French Republic.
21
Nov
2019
from Thursday 21 November 2019 12:30 to Friday 22 November 2019 12:30
- Seminars and Round-table Conferences
QUAD 2019 Annual Meeting, London
Since 1983, the QUAD gathers every year, the SWP, RAND Corporation, Chatham House and Ifri. The QUAD was set up during the Euromissile crisis and brings together European and American diplomats, military officers, journalists and research fellow to debate on current geopolitical issues....
19
Nov
2019
from 14:00 to 17:00
- Conférences
Division or Reconciliation: The Changing Political Agenda and Role of Think Tanks in the Next Decade? Council of Councils Twelfth Regional Conference
The 12th regional conference of Council of Councils (CoC) will take place at Ifri from November 17 to 19, 2019. An initiative of the Council on Foreign Relations, the CoC strives to define major foreign policy challenges by...
19/11/2021
While some argue that the next Franco-German power couple could be business as usual, there are some potential sticking points ahead.
21/09/2021
For years, French President Emmanuel Macron butted heads, bit his tongue in frustration, and lashed out at former President Donald Trump, who refused to yield an inch to his entreaties about global cooperation. Trump pulled the U.S. out of the Iran nuclear deal and the Paris Agreement on...
01/09/2021
The Franco-German relationship is more important than ever in order to deal with international crises and to develop a common European Foreign and Security Policy.
27/07/2021
Macron set to become the uncontested leader of Europe with German chancellor’s exit. Chancellor Angela Merkel was not naturally inclined to focus on Franco-German relations. “She comes from the former East Germany, and her experience was of east bloc countries, especially ...
21/04/2021
German Defence Minister Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer has called for closer bilateral cooperation with France in light of the tense security situation in Europe marked by the Russian “threat”, the rise of China and spreading “Islamist terrorism” in the Sahel region.
28/10/2020
The race to fill a role at the heart of world economic policy making is turning into a new battleground for the future of globalization.
Economy - United States - Asia - Europe
01/10/2020
Cyprus is set to be ‘remade’ in the coming years through €1 billion in grants from the European Recovery Plan, as we’ve reported here, but there are a few issues to be resolved along the way, according to EU policy experts and economists.
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09/05/2020
The United States has scaled back its role on the world stage, taken actions that are undermining efforts to battle the coronavirus pandemic and left the international community without a traditional global leader, according to experts, diplomats and analysts.
02/05/2020
At the start of the pandemic, Europe and China helped one other. Then the mood changed.
07/02/2020
France, the European Union's sole nuclear power since Britain's exit from the bloc, will unveil Friday how it intends to use its atomic arsenal as a deterrent in an increasingly unstable world.