The visit by French President Nicolas Sarkozy to Russia (October 2007) and the future French Presidency of the European Union (in the second half of 2008) call for a reflection on Franco-Russian relations and their structure within the broader framework of Russia-Europe relations. In the...
The U.S. Supreme Court has recently released two important decisions addressing environmental protection issues: wetlands protection (June 2006) and climate change (April 2007). The Court rulings illustrate the key part played by the American legal system in that area. They also shed some...
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Comment penser la Russie aujourd'hui? À brûle-pourpoint: en combinant analyses spatiale et temporelle. Tenter de comprendre la Russie aujourd'hui implique de pénétrer un espace-temps qui n'est pas le nôtre. Depuis la chute du mur, nous partageons...
Rosoboronexport, a federal state unitary enterprise, is at the heart of Russian political power: it is the key pivot of the arms exports policy and of the ongoing consolidations of the Russian military-industrial complex (MIC). On behalf of its Director Sergey Chemezov, a close relation of...
The revival of EU-ASEAN economic relations has recently been stirred by the EU-ASEAN Vision Group that was set up in 2005, with the aim of looking into the possibility of a free trade area (FTA) between the two regions. This article analyses the economic feasibility of an EU...
Russia and the West disagree over the future of Kosovo. While the European Union (EU) and United States (US) are keen to grant Kosovo de jure sovereignty under the Ahtisaari plan, Russia insists that no decision can be taken without Serbia's consent. Moreover, Russia insists that the Kosovo...
As part of the "Turkey season in France (July 2009 - March 2010)", Ifri's Contemporary Turkey Program organises "French-Turkish Media Forum" in partnership with TESEV (Turkish Economic and Social Studies Foundation, Istanbul).
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With the participation of Shanta Devarajan, Chief Economist of the Africa Region at the World Bank, Jorge Saba Arbache,Director, Africa Development Indicators Project, Jean-Marc Gravellini, Director of AFD's Africa department,
Lunch debate introduced by Vivien Schmidt, Jean Monnet Professor of European Integration, Professor of International Relations and Director of the Center for International Relations at Boston University.
Discussant: Mario Telo, Vice-President of...
In partnership with Ifri, seminar organized by Casa Arabe, Madrid, on Tuesday March 16, 2010.
Conducted by :
- Gema Martin Munoz, Director General, Casa Arabe
- Khadija Mohsen-Finan, Senior Fellow, Head of Maghreb Program, Ifri
Conference with Dan Feldman, Deputy Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan. This event is organized in cooperation with the US Mission to the EU.
Available seats are limited.
Lunch debate introduced in French by Joachim Fritz Vannahme, Director of the Program "Future of Europe", Bertelsmann Foundation.
This debate forms part of the "Ifri's Tuesdays in Brussels
Lunch debate introduced in French by Philippe Etienne, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of France to the EU. This debate forms part of the "Ifri's Tuesdays in Brussels". This lunch debate will follow the Chatham House rule (no official line, no attribution).
Cycle of seminars about United States “The Obama Presidency - Year 2: A Defining Moment?”
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Conference-debate with Dr. Abdullah Abdullah, former Afghan Minister of Foreign Affairs, former candidate to the Afghan presidency, and leader of the democratic opposition in Afghanistan. The conference will be chaired by Pierre Lafrance, President of the...
Lunch debate introduced by Kevin Featherstone, Eleftherios Venizelos Professor of Contemporary Greek Studies and Director of the Hellenic Observatory, London School of Economics and Political Science. He is co-author of 'The Limits of Europeanization: Reform Capacity and...
