The Architecture of Money: A European Strategy for Tokenized Finance
This report examines how tokenization may reshape European financial sovereignty. Tokenization does more than digitize existing assets: it makes it possible to separate and recombine dimensions of monetary systems once considered inseparable. This creates new opportunities for financial integration but may also yield new forms of infrastructural and monetary dependence.
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China’s Hydrogen Economy Five Years On
China’s hydrogen sector is not new. It is the world’s largest industrial hydrogen system, rooted in ammonia, methanol, refining, coal chemicals and by-product gas streams.
A Sovereignist Foreign Policy? The World as Seen by National Rally Lawmakers
The National Rally’s (Rassemblement national—RN) “de-demonization” strategy appears to be paying off: Marine Le Pen and Jordan Bardella’s party is steadily gaining ground in elections, and polls place it in the lead for the spring 2027 French presidential election. The period of normalization for this far-right movement has coincided with an era of upheaval on the international stage. Within this context, a fundamental question arises: what would the RN’s foreign policy look like if it came to power?
The Plight of Russia’s Air Power in the Ukraine War: Drone-Driven Innovations and Transformation of Traditional Air Force
Since the start of the Ukraine War, Russian strategic guidelines on the application of air power—seen as the decisive instrument for achieving success in modern wars—have proven to be outdated, irrelevant and even self-defeating.
27 Plans for 2027: Turning the Electrification Action Plan into National Action
With the aim of structurally reducing the European economy’s dependence on fossil fuel imports and accelerating the energy transition, the European Commission has opted for electrification.
Confronting Russia’s High-Velocity Arsenal: European Challenges and Solutions
Since February 2022, Russian missile and long-range drone strikes against Ukraine have served as near-daily reminders of what European states could face in a war with Russia. The same weapon systems battering Ukrainian infrastructure and population centers would be directed against European military and civilian targets in any confrontation between Russia and NATO. As Russian missile production expands and its arsenal diversifies, Europe must confront an uncomfortable question: how to deter, and if push comes to shove, fight Russia's long-range strike arsenal?
Japan’s Energy Policy after Hormuz. Security, Competitiveness, and Decarbonization
The 2026 Hormuz crisis has strengthened rather than weakened the rationale for Japan’s decarbonization strategy, contrary to what might have been expected. Rather than energy policy supplanting climate policy, the two should actually be viewed as inseparable.
Why Xi’s US trip leaves Europe relieved by the trade truce – but wary of what comes next
The summit in Washington eases near-term uncertainty over rare earths, but analysts fear the bloc could have less say over decisions shaping its economic interests.
French nuclear deterrence: modernisation, forward presence and support for Poland
France is entering one of the most important phases of modernising its nuclear deterrent since the end of the Cold War. Over the next decade, a significant part of the systems that make up the Force de dissuasion will be replaced, while Paris is simultaneously trying to strengthen the European dimension of its doctrine through the concept of forward deterrence. For Poland, two questions are particularly important: will this initiative survive the presidential transition in 2027, and can Poland’s security become permanently connected to the French understanding of “vital interests”?
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Replay - Geopolitical Stakes of the New Moon Race
As the United States, China, and India solidify their lunar ambitions, Europe is still seeking to define its stance: should it be a reliable partner or an autonomous strategic player?
Replay - The United States and Europe Adrift: Transatlantic Security in the Trump Era
Against an international backdrop marked by the war in Ukraine, Russia’s emergence as a lasting threat to Europe, and an uncertain U.S. commitment to the Old Continent, questions about the future of the transatlantic relationship are mounting.
War in the Middle East: Regional Fractures, Global Shockwaves, and the End of the Old Order
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A conversation with Anwar Gargash, Diplomatic Advisor to the President of the United Arab Emirates
In an exceptional debate with Thierry de Montbrial, Anwar Gargash, Diplomatic Advisor to the President of the Un
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"Au cœur des tempêtes"
Every year, Ramses provides the essential keys and benchmarks to decipher developments in the world. Ramses 2027, Dunod/Ifri, September 2026
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