This article analyses teh contribution of France to the emergence of a European security and defence policy 5ESDP) and the French perception towards its evolution. Hans Stark exposes the specificity of the French position.Since the Maastricht Treaty, France has adapted its security policy to...
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After independence, Africa developed a continental bureaucracy with low efficiency. The continent’s marginalization in the 1990s has fuelled a new logic: the creation of the African Union, the development of sub-regional...
Although it is often said that globalization enriches the rich and impoverishes the poor and therefore causes inequality, the reality seems to be much more complex. Firstly the aggravation of inequality in the world has not been proven; it all depends what inequalities are...
Après la Seconde guerre mondiale, le rejet de la puissance et la culture de la retenue ont constitué les deux piliers de la culture politique allemande. A partir de 1990, la politique étrangère de l'Allemagne unifiée est cependant marquée par une plus grande assurance qui se traduit par la...
Dorothée Schmid, with Stephen Calleya (Malta Mediterranean Academy of Diplomatic Studies), Shai Moses and Alfred Tovias (Hebraic University of Jerusalem)
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The Europe-inspired notion of the State with a monopoly on tax-raising and violence is empirically difficult to find in large parts of Africa. Decision-makers frequently ignore how local groups perceive their security...
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The threat of Islamic radicalization is present in the Sahelo-Saharan region. But the traffics, the reactivation of rebellions and the fragility of States in general are much more immediate dangers. The discourse on terrorism...
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The black continent seems to be today a mission territory for international operations, in which military aspects are now inseparable from political and economical parts. It is however not sure that these operations, trying to influence from outside conflicts...
Ivory Coast's Electoral Process
First seminar of the cycle "Ivory Coast", organized in partnership with Cogid (General Coordination of Ivorians from the Diaspora) with Christian Bouquet, Professor, University Michel de Montaigne (Bordeaux 3), Massaër Diallo, Head of Unit, Governance, Peace & Security, Sahel and...
Ivory Coast's Electoral Process
First seminar of the cycle "Ivory Coast", organized in partnership with Cogid (General Coordination of Ivorians from the Diaspora) with Christian Bouquet, Professor, University Michel de Montaigne (Bordeaux 3), Massaër Diallo, Head of Unit, Governance,...
Europe-China Dialogue: Common Ground and Differences
This international conference was co-organized with the Centre for European Studies at Fudan University (CES), the Chinese Society for EU Studies (CSEUS), and the Shanghai Institute for European Studies (SIES). It brought together a number of European and Chinese experts in order to analyse...
After the 30 August elections : What political, social and economic orientations in Japan ?
With Valérie Niquet, director of Centre Asie Ifri as Chair, Jean-Marie Bouissou, researcher at CERI et Evelyne Dourille-Feer, researcher at CEPII analyze the causes and implications of the Democratic party's victory in the 30 Auguts poll in...
Turkey in Europe: breaking the vicious circle
La Commission Indépendante sur la Turquie effectue une tournée des capitales européennes pour présenter son deuxième rapport : "La Turquie dans l'Europe : Briser le cercle vicieux". L'Ifri accueille les auteurs pour faire le point à Paris avec la participation de : Martti Ahtisaari<...>
America and the Asian Challenge
Event with Dominique Moïsi, Special Council to Ifri and Visiting Professor at Harvard.
Facilitated by Jacques Mistral, Director of Economic Studies at Ifri.
The challenges for India after the general election
Round-table discussions with Jean-Luc Racine, research director (CNRS/CEIAS) and Ramesh Mulye, former Indian ambassador and strategic advisor in France for the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII). Few weeks after a convincing victory in the 15th Lok Sabha...
Is There a Civil-Military 'Gap' in China's 'Peaceful Rise'?
Andrew Scobell, Professor at the Bush School of Government and Public Service (Texas University), and editor of numerous books on Chinese defense strategy and military forces will make a presentation. The seminar will be chaired by Valérie Niquet, Director,...
Russia and China in Central Asia: Agents of Stability or Instability ?
A Look at the New American Foreign Policy
Second seminar from the "An American Renaissance" series organized in conjunction with the French American Foundation France.
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