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China-India Relations: Strategic Engagement and Challenges

Date de publication
27 September 2010
Accroche

Sino-Indian relations have become increasingly significant and produced widespread implications. The evolving bilateral relationship is reasonably seen as a result of their shifting strategies and the ever-changing global politico-economic situation. On the political front, high-level interaction plays an important role in improving Sino-Indian ties. The political willingness to improve relations helps kick-start the significant process of building confidence and trust in different areas and at various levels.

ZHANG Li

Rare Earths and Clean Energy: Analyzing China's Upper Hand

Date de publication
14 September 2010
Accroche

An ominous resource crunch in the so-called “rare earth elements” is now threatening the development of a number of key industries from energy to defense to consumer electronics. As key components in the latest generation of technologies, including specialized magnets for windmills and hybrid cars, lasers for range finders and “smart” munitions, and phosphors for LCD screens, demand for these rare metals is expected to grow rapidly in the years to come.

Chinese and Indian Economic Presence in the Maghreb

Date de publication
24 June 2010
Accroche

One of the major events of the last couple of decades has been the rise of China and India, reflected by their increasingly important economic presence in the world, both in terms of trade flows and of foreign direct investments.

Africa, which has long remained the former colonial powers" “private hunting ground”, does not seem to escape from Indian and Chinese presence and activity, hence worrying Africa"s traditional partners.

Maghreb Countries' Economic Projection on Sub-Saharan Africa

Date de publication
24 June 2010
Accroche

While largely interrupted by the colonial period premise, trade relations between the Maghreb and sub-Saharan Africa have enjoyed a new boom with the independence era. However, until the end of the 1990s, the African policy of the three Maghreb countries significantly impacted their economic projection.

Nezha ALAOUI

The Gulf Cooperation Council in the Maghreb: Exchange and Investment Strategies

Date de publication
24 June 2010
Accroche

The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) is a regional organization which was created in 1981, reassembling six Arab countries together: Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain, Oman, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Thanks to their oil income, GCC countries have enjoyed economic boom since 2002, hence breaking with the 1990s economic slow-down.

Radhi MEDDEB

Coming in from the Cold? An Update on North Korea's External Economic Relations

Date de publication
08 April 2010
Accroche

This brief analysis of the current external economic relations of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) leads to a number of conclusions.

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New rare earth plant shows strength of Japan-France cooperation

05 May 2025
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The Japan Times
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France and Japan broke new ground in March in a shared quest to bolster resilience in critical mineral supply chains amid growing geopolitical uncertainty.

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RFI
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AI showcase pays off for France, but US tech scepticism endures

14 February 2025
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RFI
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France is staking its claim as an AI powerhouse. At the AI Action Summit in Paris this week, global leaders, tech innovators, and policymakers converged to chart the future of artificial intelligence - backed by major investments and bold ambitions for Europe’s leadership in the field. RFI breaks down the key takeaways.

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De-globalization or Re-globalization? (World Policy Conference 2024 - Plenary Session)

14 December 2024
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World Policy Conference 2024
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Saturday, December 14, 2024 - 17th edition of the World Policy Conference in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Plenary session 3: De-globalization or Re-globalization?

Sébastien JEAN Bertrand Badré Bark Tae-ho Vladislav INOZEMTSEV Pierre JACQUET Kazuto SUZUKI

Replay - The European Union in Competition with the United States and China. How to Balance Free Trade, Competitiveness and Economic Security?

03 December 2024
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Video replay from Ifri's conference, on December 3, 2024. As the geopolitical context has changed, so has the approach to international economic relations and the rules-based multilateral framework. Covid and Russia’s war against Ukraine have exposed the risks of extended supply chains and of having become dependent on a single supplier.

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