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Despite polarized domestic politics and social tensions, the United States remains a major player in international relations, on the economic, military and diplomatic levels.

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Date de publication
July 2025

Will the Western Nuclear Power Revival Take Place? The State of Extra-European Advances

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Newport, Michigan, United States - Nuclear power plant Enrico Fermi II on the shore of Lake Irié
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Nuclear power plant - Newport, US.
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Against the dual backdrop of the energy transition and the rapid transformation of the international order, the question of Western nuclear revival is being raised with renewed acuity. 

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The Artemis Accords: An American Strategy for Lunar Governance

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05 July 2024
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The Artemis Accords provide a framework for international cooperation in space exploration as part of the U.S. lunar program. They are part of a coherent strategy.

Anne-Sophie MARTIN Paul WOHRER
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The EU Green Deal External Impacts: Views from China, India, South Africa, Türkiye and the United States

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29 May 2024
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Ahead of June 2024 European elections and against the backdrop of growing geopolitical and geoeconomic frictions, if not tensions, between the EU and some of its largest trade partners, not least based on the external impacts of the European Green Deal (EGD), Ifri chose to collect views and analyses from leading experts from China, India, South Africa, Türkiye and the United States of America (US) on how they assess bilateral relations in the field of energy and climate, and what issues and opportunities they envisage going forward. 

Marc-Antoine EYL-MAZZEGA Diana-Paula GHERASIM Kevin TU Thibault DENAMIEL Narendra TANEJA Gaylor MONTMASSON-CLAIR Fatin DURUKAN
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Power and Financial Interdependence

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03 May 2024
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The link between financial self-reliance and geopolitical power has long been debated. The unbalanced Sino-American trade relationship has created asymmetric financial ties which generate potential sources of leverage for both parties and will not quickly disappear. Absent a clarifying major crisis, it will be difficult to definitively determine which party has greater leverage.

Brad SETSER
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The Future of Nuclear Proliferation after the War in Ukraine

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16 April 2024
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In the context of deep changes to the international security environment, especially the war in Ukraine, the risks of nuclear proliferation seem quite high, especially in the Middle East and East Asia.

 
Nicholas L. MILLER
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NATO's New Ambitions for Space

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04 April 2024
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Ahead of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, a devastating cyber attack targets Ukrainian army communications, exposing Western dependence and vulnerability to space technologies, and calling NATO's defensive posture into question.

Béatrice HAINAUT
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'Joe Biden's economic record is not a good enough argument for the Democrats to win the next election'

13 November 2023
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As the incumbent US president prepares to run for a second term, Americans are not convinced that the Biden administration has improved their lives, despite flattering macroeconomic data, Stéphane Lauer writes.

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IRA: Towards Clean Hydrogen Leadership in the U.S.

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15 June 2023
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Although late in adopting clean hydrogen (H2) and defining a national strategy–a draft was presented by the Department of Energy (DOE) in September 2022–, the United States (US) has strongly reinforced its support to clean hydrogen with the passage of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) in August 2022.

United States: The Uncertain Empire

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13 March 2023
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What Is the Future of Trumpism?

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06 March 2023
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Donald Trump's presidency allowed the most radical wing of the Republicans to seize hold of the party.

Maya KANDEL
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Israel and China, a Test of Loyalty for the United States?

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26 January 2023
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Like the Gulf monarchies, Israel has strengthened its economic cooperation with China since Xi Jinping came to power in 2013, leading to an influx of Chinese capital, whether in Tel Aviv's high-tech sector or in Israel's port infrastructure. 

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Rethinking the Confederate Legacy

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20 July 2015
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The battle flag of General Robert E. Lee’s famed Army of Northern Virginia, commonly known as the Confederate Flag or the Southern Cross, has become the symbol of the 1861-1865 Southern secession and the most widespread sign of Southern regional identity. Today it can be found flying across the South and on everything from clothing to bumper stickers.

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Best friends, eh? The Arctic, Keystone XL and the Canada-United States Relationship in 2015

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20 July 2015
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Canada and the United States enjoy one of the most fruitful relationship in the world. Yet, several points of contention have appeared in recent years over the Northwest Passage and, more importantly, the Keystone XL pipelines. Such disagreements must be analyzed in order to fully grasp the state of the bilateral relationship in 2015.

Agreement on the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) in Atlanta. TPP and TTIP: Power Games in the U.S. Congress

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06 July 2015
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Our analysis on the Agrement on the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) in Atlanta: President Obama is now seeking approval from Congress. He might be getting more support from the Republicans.

Blaming El Norte: The Economic Realities of Anti-Americanism South of the Rio Grande

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25 June 2015
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For more than half a century, Cuba captured America’s attention as a symbol of anti-Americanism right in its own backyard. As normalized relations between the United States and Cuba bring these iconic hostilities to a close, many wonder if Castro’s Cold War rhetoric is finally dead. Borne primarily by Venezuela and Ecuador, Latin America's anti-Americanism has in fact merely transformed into an equally aggravating but less consequential trend today. Economic dependency tempers this new thorn in the United States’ side.

The US Shale Oil Revolution: The Test of the Business Model is Underway

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30 January 2015
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Since 2010, the United States has been undergoing a second shale revolution with the very rapid development of Light Tight Oil (LTO) or shale oil, following the revolution in shale gas. This development has allowed the production of oil and liquids to increase, so that the US is the world’s largest producer today, ahead of Saudi Arabia and Russia.

The end of globalization ?

Date de publication
29 September 2014
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Michael Lind, Policy Director of the Economic Growth Program at the New America Foundation in Washington, D.C, was the guest of the French Institute for International Relations (IFRI) on September 29th 2014. In this video, he analyzes the major economic trends post-2008, and predicts the end of globalization.

The Difficult Issue of College Rape in America

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10 September 2014
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Cette Actuelle est la quatrième d'une série de quatre Chroniques américaines sur l'éducation aux Etats-Unis, publiées cette semaine.

Da-Nien LIU Hui-Tzu SHIH Dylan HECKSCHER

MOOCs: Re-Creating Affordable Education

Date de publication
09 September 2014
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This piece is the thrid in a series of four Chroniques américaines on education in the United States, published this week.

Dylan HECKSCHER

Sixty Years after Brown: Resegregation in America

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08 September 2014
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This piece is the second in a series of four Chroniques américaines on education in the United States, published this week. 

Heidi KAHLE

American Student Loans: Debt, Reform, and the True Cost of Higher Education

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07 September 2014
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This piece is the first in a series of four Chroniques américaines on education in the United States, published this week.

Dylan HECKSCHER

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Ifri's work on the Americas region focuses mainly on the United States. Indeed, for more than 20 years, Ifri's Americas Program has provided keys to understanding American society and domestic policy while shedding light on developments in the country's foreign policy, including transatlantic relations and trade issues. 

 

Since 2023, a specific axis on Latin America structures more actively Ifri's research on this region.

 

Ifri's Canada program was active in 2015 and 2016.

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