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Cycle of seminars about United States “The Obama Presidency - Year 2: A Defining Moment?”
Sixth seminar organised by IFRI and the French-American Foundation.
One year ago, Barack Obama took the oath of office as the 44th President of the United States. Today, he is striving to deliver health care reform, climate change and financial regulation legislation while dealing with two wars in the midst of one of the largest crises that the world has ever known. Is this the beginning of the decline and erosion to the U.S. position as a world superpower?
With Earl H. Fry, PhD, Professor of Political Science, Brigham Young University Laurent Cohen-Tanugi, Member of the Paris and New York Bars; Pierre Rousselin, Vice-Director, Editorial Department for International Affairs. Chaired by: Michel Garcin, President of the Directoire, French-American Foundation - France
Other events
European Strategic Autonomy or New Dependence? Russian Gas, Transatlantic Pressures, and the Green Deal
European energy policy sits at the fault line of geopolitical conflict, climate obligations, and transatlantic bargaining. While Hungary, Slovakia and others remain heavily reliant on Russian gas, the EU has sought to harden its stance through sanctions -most recently with Ursula von der Leyen’s announcement of a ban on Russian LNG imports in the 19th package.
The New Nuclear Instabilities on the Korean Peninsula
From the growing size and diversification of the North Korean nuclear arsenal, and an open rhetoric in favor of nuclear proliferation in the South because of the loss of credibility of U.S. extended deterrence, the Peninsula is facing raising nuclear tensions.