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Europe is described here in a geographical sense. It is not limited to the European Union, and includes, for example, the United Kingdom and the Balkans. It remains central to international relations.

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Date de publication
May 2025

Trump's Trade War: What Answers for the European Union?

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Concept de guerre commerciale, États-Unis/Union européenne
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USA and European Union Trade, Tariffs and Commercial War
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The announcement, on April 2, 2025, of “reciprocal tariffs” by the United States has opened a sequence of profound break with decades of established trade policy practices, where the administration behaviour has been marked by dogmatic blindness, amateurism, and self-serving interests. 

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The US Mineral Independance Strategy : An All-Out Mobilization

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31 March 2021
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The Trump administration has been very actively designing and implementing a new strategy for reliable supply of critical minerals which aims at reducing the country’s vulnerabilities and becoming a leader in this field. 

Emmanuel LAPLANE
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The African Union’s Migration Agenda: An Alternative to European Priorities in Africa?

Date de publication
26 February 2021
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While migration from Africa is the priority of European policies for the control of the European Union’s external borders, African migration dynamics are above all regional. Sub-Saharan migration is poorly connected to transcontinental flows: more than 70% remain in Africa.

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Collective Collapse or Resilience? European Defense Priorities in the Pandemic Era

Date de publication
23 February 2021
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To what extent has the COVID-19 pandemic affected defense priorities across Europe?

Corentin BRUSTLEIN Félix ARTEAGA Rob DE WIJK Yvonni EFSTATHIOU Claudia MAJOR Alessandro MARRONE Christian MÖLLING Alice PANNIER Magnus PETERSSON Charly SALONIUS-PASTERNAK Marcin TERLIKOWSKI Peter WATKINS
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European Strategic Autonomy and the Biden Presidency

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08 February 2021
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Some twenty international personalities from different horizons and backgrounds were asked to reflect on the impact of the Biden presidency for the future of European strategic autonomy.

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Guerres invisibles - Nos prochains défis géopolitiques

Date de publication
21 January 2021
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What are the next geopolitical challenges of the century? The global pandemic has altered the equilibrium between Asia and the West and sealed the rift between China and the United States, accentuating the world’s shift towards the East. On this polarized chessboard, two fault lines converge: environmental degradation and technological propagation where the main strategic and economic rivalries are now being played out.

Europe in the World: for a Modest and Effective Reform

Date de publication
16 December 2020
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This sad year ends with a pandemic that continues in full swing over a large part of the planet, especially in the United States and Europe, with no other reassuring prospect than that of one or more vaccines, which is already a lot. But that’s not the subject I want to focus on in this eighth letter, the last one for 2020. Internationally, two other facts have dominated the scene in recent months.

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Space as a Key Element of Europe's Digital Sovereignty

Date de publication
15 December 2020
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At the end of year 2020, the European space sector finds itself at a crossroads between challenges and opportunities. While the 2019 European Space Agency (ESA) Ministerial Conference marked a progression in terms of budgets, a sign of renewed space ambitions, the technological and financial acceleration from the United States represents a disruptive scenario that poses threats to the continuity of European space capabilities. 

Jean-Pierre DARNIS
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Brexit: The Trouble of Breaking Up

Date de publication
07 December 2020
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On the brink of Brexit, what form will it take? British and European negotiators might prefer a bad deal to no deal, but would this avoid the significant disruption in trade with the European Union that no new trade deal could make up for?

 

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UK/EU Relations after Brexit: Why Breaking Up Is Hard to Do

Date de publication
07 December 2020
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Despite the posturing, both the United Kingdom and the European Union are trying to reach a deal. However, London’s cliffedge strategy and Brussels’ control of the agenda and progress of the negotiations could result in an “any deal is better than no deal”. 

Florence FAUCHER Colin HAY
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Towards a More Principled European China Policy?

Date de publication
30 November 2020
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Promoting political values (democracy, human rights and the rule of law) in China is a colossal undertaking, but the EU could be more effective than we think. To do so, it must act strategically, in unity, and in concert with like-minded partners. It must also strengthen its record of upholding political values and reform its procedures for foreign policy decision-making.

Tim RÜHLIG

Recasting Relations with the Neighbours - Prospects for the Eastern Partnership

Date de publication
16 February 2009
Kerry LONGHURST, Susanne NIES

The New US Administration: Likely Major Foreign Policy Initiatives

Date de publication
03 February 2009
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This debate was organized in cooperation with the US Mission to the EU.
Report written by Christian Schülke, Junior Research Fellow, Ifri Brussels 

European Winter Gas Follies

Date de publication
12 January 2009

The Eastern Dimension of the European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP)

Date de publication
09 December 2008
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Report written by Christian Schülke, Junior Research Fellow, Ifri Brussels

John O'ROURKE

Energy Transit: Experience and Perspectives

Date de publication
17 November 2008
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Report written by Christian Schülke, Junior Research Fellow, Ifri Brussels.

Ralf DICKEL

EU Communications after the Irish "No"

Date de publication
04 November 2008
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Report written by Pierre Bouygues, intern at Ifri Brussels.

Margot WALLSTRÖM

The French Presidency of the EU and Current European Issues: A German Perspective

Date de publication
27 October 2008
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Report written by Christian Schülke, Junior Research Fellow and Pierre Bouygues, Intern, Ifri Brussels.

Peter R. WEILEMANN

The Jihadist Movements' Dual Nature

Date de publication
01 July 2008
Walid PHARES

Perspectives on European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP) after the Lisbon Treaty

Date de publication
27 May 2008
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Report written by Séverine Neervoort, Intern, Ifri Brussels.

Kerry LONGHURST

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The Study Committee on Franco-German Relations (Cerfa)
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The Study Committee on Franco-German Relations (Cerfa) was created in 1954 by an inter-governmental agreement between the Federal Republic of Germany and France, in order to raise awareness of Germany in France and analyze Franco-German relations, including in their European and international dimensions. In its conferences and seminars, which bring together experts, political leaders, senior decision-makers and representatives of civil society from both countries, Cerfa develops the Franco-German debate and stimulates political proposals. It regularly publishes studies through two collections: Cerfa notes and studies as well as Franco-German visions.

 

Cerfa maintains close relations with the network of German foundations and think tanks. In addition to its research and debate activities, Cerfa promotes the emergence of a new Franco-German generation through original cooperation programs. This is how in 2021-2022, Cerfa led a program on multilateralism with the Konrad Adenauer Foundation in Paris. This program is aimed at young professionals from both countries interested in the issues of multilateralism in the context of their activities. It covered a wide range of themes relating to multilateralism, such as international trade, health, human rights and migration, non-proliferation and disarmament. Previously, Cerfa had participated in the Franco-German future dialogue, co-led with the DGAP from 2007 to 2020, and supported by the Robert Bosch Foundation and the Daniel Vernet group (formerly the Franco-German Reflection Group) which was founded in 2014 upon the initiative of the Genshagen Foundation.

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Austro-French Centre for Rapprochement in Europe (ÖFZ)
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The Austro-French Centre for Rapprochement in Europe (ÖFZ/CFA) is a Franco-Austrian intergovernmental organization, initiated in 1976 by Prime Minister Jacques Chirac and Federal Chancellor Bruno Kreisky, in order to develop economic relations between Western and Eastern Europe, contributing to the creation of a Europe of peace.


After the fall of the Berlin Wall, the ÖFZ/CFA refocused its action on the problems following the enlargement of the European Union, and integrated the following countries in its field of activities : Hungary, Poland, Czech Republic, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, the Baltic countries, Romania and Bulgaria. ÖFZ/CFA's vocation, as a space for reflection and exchange, is in fact reinforced by the need to support the new member countries of the Union in their integration process. Since 2004, the ÖFZ/CFA has also turned towards the Union's new neighbors, in particular towards the countries of the Western Balkans, which perceive their future from a European perspective.


The ÖFZ/CFA strives to place all of its exchanges in a global perspective concerning the future of our continent. Today it centers its activities around three directions: the Franco-Austrian bilateral dialogue, the future of the European Union, the future recomposition of the continent.

Reports of all events organized by the ÖFZ/CFA are available on its website (http://oefz.at). The ÖFZ/CFA's budget is provided by the French and Austrian foreign ministries. Depending on the themes addressed, the ÖFZ/CFA calls on European public and private institutions to help finance its meetings. The CFA's orientations benefit from the recommendations of an Orientation Council, approved by a Board of Directors, which elects from among its members a president and a secretary general.

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