Practical information
A luncheon debate with Laurence Nardon, Head of the United States research programme, Ifri
Freed of electoral constraints, the American President can devote himself to some importants issues: to which ones will he give priority? The reform of immigration, the energy issues, the infrastructures modernization, were quoted, as well as the penal justice reform, or recently, the firearms control.
Will foreign policy issues (Syria, Iran, China...) be priority subjects for the White House, knowing that the presidents usually deal with them mostly during the second part of their last mandate?
Chair: Dominique David, Executive Director, Ifri
Déjeuners organisé avec le soutien de la Fondation du Crédit Mutuel
Other events
Nuclear Sharing in Europe: A Contested Policy That Endures
Since the end of the Cold War, the number of US nuclear weapons stationed in Europe has fallen more than seventy-fold, yet their presence in Belgium, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, and Turkey remains a quiet pillar of NATO's deterrence posture. This "nuclear sharing" arrangement, central to the Alliance since its founding, has long been contested by public opinion, political parties, and civil society across Europe, without ever being abandoned by host governments. This paradox lies at the heart of the seminar: why does such an unpopular policy persist?