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Reforming NATO’s Institutions: Pressing Need, Enduring Obstacles, New Opportunities
The lessons learned from its engagement in Afghanistan, a desire to transform itself, and its current financial problems are all factors pointing to the need to reform the Alliance. Formulating a new Strategic Concept will allow institutional reform to be associated with a new sense of purpose.
NATO and Nuclear Weapons
The changes in the way that NATO operates raise the question of whether the nuclear weapons stationed in Europe would, in a time of crisis, be an instrument of solidarity, or lead instead to divisiveness.
US, European and Chinese proposals for Copenhagen : looking behind the numbers
The India-Pakistan Reconciliation and Other Experiences in Post-Conflict Management
Since the November 2008 attacks in Mumbai, the India-Pakistan dialogue has been at a standstill. Through analysis from German, French, Indian and Pakistani authors and in reference to other reconciliation processes between counties with a long history of hostility, this work explores the paths likely to favor a sustainable rapprochement between the two nuclear powers of South Asia.
A la veille de Copenhague, Obama et l'environnement
On the eve of the Copenhagen Conference, this note takes stock of the evolutions of the different U.S. actors on climate change and the environment. The author, Yves-Marie Péréon teaches American Civilization at the Université de Rouen.
With this publication, the U.S. Program at Ifri launches its new collection of on-line notes, the Potomac papers.