15/03/2021
The charge of "fascism" has become a strategic narrative of the current world order.
Russia / Eurasia
Post-Soviet Russia has gradually asserted itself as an imperial and anti-Western power, representing a threat to the independence of its Eurasian neighbors, as well as to the post-Cold War international order. The Kremlin’s invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022 is the culmination of this behavior, with both regional and global consequences. Now cut off and isolated from the Euro-Atlantic space, Russia is seeking to deepen its partnership with China and to turn towards non-Western worlds, especially in Asia and Africa. In the Eurasian space, historically dominated by Russia, the war amplifies centrifugal tendencies. The speed and depth of the transformations underway require constant and precise monitoring of the internal and external policies of the countries in the area.
Founded in 2005 at Ifri, the Russia/Eurasia Center produces research and organizes debates on Russia, Eastern Europe, Central Asia and the South Caucasus. Its objective is to understand and anticipate the evolution of this complex and rapidly changing region in order to enrich the public debate in France and Europe, and to assist in strategic, political and economic decision-making. Over time, the Russia/Eurasia Center has developed a network of contacts from institutions and civil society in the countries of the Eurasian space, and has established multiple partnerships with research institutes in Europe and around the world.
The digital collection Russia.Eurasia.Visions (formerly Russia.Nei.Visions), published by the Center, has become a reference point, with articles published in three languages (French, English and Russian). Relying on a network of leading experts and promising young researchers, it offers original analyses intended for public and private decision-makers, researchers, as well as for a wider public interested in the area.
Tatiana KASTOUEVA-JEAN
Director of Ifri's Russia / Eurasia Center
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Dimitri MINIC
Research Fellow, Russia / Eurasia Center
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Anne SOUIN
Project Officer, Russia / Eurasia Center
Pavel BAEV
Associate Research Fellow, Russia / Eurasia Center
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Marlène LARUELLE
Associate Research Fellow, Russia / Eurasia Center
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Michaël LEVYSTONE
Associate Research Fellow, Russia / Eurasia Center
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Bobo LO
Associate Research Fellow, Russia / Eurasia Center
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Julien NOCETTI
Associate Fellow, Russia / Eurasia Center and Geopolitics of Technologies Program
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Florian VIDAL
Associate Fellow, Russia / Eurasia Center
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05/03/2021
Russia is an outlier in the international consensus on climate change.
07/01/2021
With the advent of New Space, Russia is engaged in a race against time to preserve one of its major industrial assets.
08/12/2020
When analyzing the global state of play around artificial intelligence (AI), Russia so far looks like an “outsider” compared to the two technological leaders, the United States and China.
16/11/2020
In September and October 2020, the Sinophone Borderlands project at Palacký University Olomouc conducted a wide-scale survey of public opinion on China in 13 European countries. The polled countries include: Czechia, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Poland, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia,...
Asia - China - Europe - Russia / Eurasia
09/10/2020
The election of Volodymyr Zelensky as president of Ukraine created very high expectations in the society.
30/09/2020
A full-blown war erupted in the South Caucasus last Sunday, September 27, and as the two belligerents — Armenia and Azerbaijan — mobilize their forces under martial law, no international authority is trying in earnest to stop the hostilities. The conflict over the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh...
11/09/2020
Since 2014, Russia has notably intensified its policies in Africa, joining the race for local markets and opportunities presented by the rapidly growing and transforming continent.
29/07/2020
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...
02/07/2020
This article analyses Russia’s relations with Latin America in the first two decades of the 21st century in the light of global political and economic processes.
15
Sep
2016
from 09:00 to 12:30
- Conférences
Shaping Eurasia: What Convergence between China's New Silk Road and the Eurasian Union?
As geo-strategic and geo-economic balances evolve across the Eurasian continent, two initiatives – the Chinese-led “Silk Road Economic Belt” and the Eurasian Economic Union – promise to shape the region’s emerging geo-political...
15
Apr
2016
from 09:00 to 11:00
- Seminars and Round-table Conferences
Russia's “Pivot” to Asia: Assessment and Strategic Implications Roundtable - By personal and non-transferrable invitation
This event is dedicated to the Russia/NIS Centre Corporate supports. By personal invitation only.
A roundtable with Dmitri TRENIN, Director of the Carnegie Moscow Center
09
Mar
2016
from 09:00 to 12:00
- Seminars and Round-table Conferences
The Russia-US Relationship: from Cold War to Cold War II? Closed-Door Roundtable - By Personal and Non-Transferrable Invitation
A closed seminar organized by the Russia/NIS Centre, with Robert LEGVOLD, Marshall D. Shulman Professor Emeritus in the Department of Political Science at Columbia University
15
Dec
2015
from 09:00 to 11:00
- Seminars and Round-table Conferences
Russia’s Foreign Policy: Offensive or Defensive Stance? Closed-Door Seminar - By personal invitation
A closed seminar organized by the Russia/NIS Centre, with Fyodor LUKYANOV, Editor in Chief of the journal "Russia in Global Affairs", Chairman of Presidium of the Council on Foreign and Defense Policy (Moscow).
06
Oct
2015
from 12:45 to 14:30
- Dinners and Luncheons
Russia’s International Positioning Les Mensuelles Ifri/Entreprises
These luncheon-debates are dedicated to corporate and individual benefactor members. By personal invitation only.
04
Jun
2015
from 09:00 to 11:00
- Seminars and Round-table Conferences
Myths of Russian Energy Policy : Gas Deal with China, South Stream and relations with the EU Closed Seminar
By personal invitation only
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07
May
2015
from 08:45 to 10:45
- Seminars and Round-table Conferences
German-Russian economic and political relations after the Ukrainian crisis: What kind of partnership?
The Study Committee for Franco-German Relations (Cerfa) and the Russia/NIS Center at the French Institute of International Relations (Ifri) organize an informal meeting with Stephen Szabo, Executive Director of the Transatlantic Academy - GMF who has...
07
Apr
2015
from 18:30 to 20:30
- Conférences
Russia : towards a new cold war ? The fifth conference Parliament - Ifri at the Assemblée nationale
7 april 2015 from 18:30 at 20:30
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16
Jan
2015
from 12:45 to 14:30
- Dinners and Luncheons
The Table of Ambassadors: lunch-debate with Oleg Shamshur, Ambassador of Ukraine to France
Debate chaired by Thierry de Montbrial, President, Ifri.
17
Nov
2014
from Monday 17 November 2014 14:30 to Tuesday 18 November 2014 13:15
- Seminars and Round-table Conferences
Germany, France and the United States: Towards a Renewed Transatlantic Dialog in partnership with Russia Center/NEI, Center for Security Studies, United States Program, Energy Center
10/12/2020
The European Union’s top drug regulator, whose approval is necessary for countries of the bloc to begin rolling out the coronavirus vaccine, has begun an investigation after it was hit by a cyberattack, the head of the agency said on Thursday.
01/10/2020
Once a political novice, Belarusian opposition leader Svetlana Tikhanovskaya is joining Europe's diplomatic big leagues but risks undermining her own cause in the process, experts said.
30/09/2020
French president’s ‘trust-building’ with Russian leader has failed
09/09/2020
The poisoning of Russian opposition figure Alexei Navalny with the Novichok nerve agent has dealt a blow to French President Emmanuel Macron's strategy of rapprochement with Russia, which troubled some EU allies, analysts say.
11/02/2020
Editor’s Note: This opinion piece was written based on the experience of Kyiv Post staff writer Anna Myroniuk, a native of Donetsk, on a trip to Paris at the invitation of the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs, which sponsored a visit by Ukrainian journalists in early February. In Paris, the...
08/09/2019
Paris (AFP) - French President Emmanuel Macron senses an opportunity to bring Russia's Vladimir Putin back in from the cold and potentially help usher in peace in Ukraine, an ambitious -- and risky -- undertaking that Western allies might not welcome.
13/05/2019
An interview with Andrey KORTUNOV, Director General of the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC).
15/12/2018
Russian social media trolls reportedly helped stoke the 'yellow vest' protests — France's largest demonstrations in years. DW talked to social media experts to find out more.
24/05/2018
On Thursday, Russian President Vladimir Putin and his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron are due to hold a meeting in St. Petersburg.
22/05/2018
French President Emmanuel Macron’s trip to Russia this week once threatened to split France from its European allies. Now it’s part of a wider European effort to tie President Vladimir Putin to the Iran nuclear accord.