Regions
One of the main problems in relations between Russia and the European Union (EU) is the absence of strategic goals. Russia, having played a critical role in ending the Cold War, has neither found its place in the strategy of EU expansion nor in that of NATO. In 2007, the active Partnership and...
'Since 1999, Algeria and Morocco are engaged in internal reconciliation experiments modelled on the South African process. These experiments aim at re-creating links between citizens, but also between citizens and their governments. The interrogations about the necessity of forgetfulness and...
Khadija Mohsen-Finan. Resorting to the reconciliation theme refers to a political opening of the authoritarian regime.
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The reconciliation process—evolving from a policy of mercy to a policy of civil concord and then of amnesty—avoided any actual return on the 1990s civil war and its actors, any search of the responsibilities....
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The main task of the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) was to seek the “truth” about apartheid abuses, which was considered as a step towards reconciliation. The option for restorative...
China's Road Construction Strategy: Investment and Development
The China Program of the Asia Centre Ifri is please to welcome Dr. Kun-Chin LIN, Lecturer at the King's China Institute of King's College in London, Professor at National University of Singapore and in charge of a collaborative research project with the Chinese Academy of...
Can Barack Obama be successful?
In January 2009, the United States celebrated with enthusiasm the arrival of its new President at the White House. One year later, they are doubting and more divided than ever. The economy, then, was going backward by 5% a year and finance was close to collapse. Today the recovery is...
India: The Challenges Ahead
Conference with Jaswant Singh, Member of the Indian Parliament, former Minister of External Affairs, Finance and Defence. The conference will be chaired by Claude Blanchemaison, former Ambassador of France to India.
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The Alternative Scenarios of the Emerging Multipolar world and the tiny opportunities for the EU-styled Multilateral Way
Lunch debate introduced in French by Mario Telò, Vice-President of the Institute for European Studies, Free University of Brussels (ULB), Chaire Jean Monnet, Member of the "Académie Royale des Sciences" and Visitor at London School of Economics (LSE). This debate forms...
Doing Business in Democratic Republic of Congo
Conference around Olivier Kamitatu, Planning Minister of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Karim Dahou, Executive Programme Manager, NEPAD-OECD Africa Investment Initiative.
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Demystifying the colour politics of Thailand
This seminar, co-organized with the Royal Embassy of Thailand, welcomes Prof. Dr. Borwornsak Uwanno, Secretary General of King Prajadhipok's Institute and expert on public law, and Prof. Dr. Surchit Bunbongkarn, President of Thailand's Political Development...
Will the United States still be a a Superpower in 2050?
Cycle of seminars about United States “The Obama Presidency - Year 2: A Defining Moment?”
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European Transport Policy: From Market Opening to System Integration
Lunch debate introduced by Helmut Schmitt von Sydow, Professor at the University of Lausanne and Former Chief Legal Adviser for Energy and Transport at the European Comission. This debate forms part of the "Ifri's Tuesdays in Brussels".
Governance and Oil in Africa
Sub-Saharan Africa produces 7,1% of total world production, mostly in the Gulf of Guinea. New discoveries have taken place during the past few years, notably in Ghana, Ivory Coast and the the Great Lakes region. However, quality of governance, corruptio, income distribution, and corporate...
State of the Union: Annual Brussels Think Tank Forum 2010
With ratification of the new Treaty behind it, the European Union is under pressure to "return to the serious business of governing". At this critical juncture in the EU's development, nine leading Brussels-based think tanks : the Bertelsmann Stiftung, the Brussels European and...