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22 Dec 2021
South Korea and France’s Indo-Pacific Strategies: Potential...
Despite some constraints on their Indo-Pacific strategies, South Korea and France could consider bilateral dialogues for partnership in the Indo...
16 Dec 2021
Russia’s Islam: Balancing Securitization and Integration
Russia’s Islam has been much more than the two Chechen wars, and regular terrorist actions that have shaken the Russian territory. Islam...
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18 Jan 2022
Will the European presidency help Macron secure a second term?
The French president, whose leadership will be challenged in April, may seek reforms as he guides the EU. With months to go until its presidential election, France took on the rotating presidency of the European Council on January 1.
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16 Dec 2021
The Biden administration in turmoil (video replay)
Celebrating its 20th edition, Ifri's Annual Conference on the United States convened a first panel on national politics and a second on the evolution of U.S. trade. An exchange between Thierry de Montbrial and Henry Kissinger, 56th Secretary of...
policy paper +
01 Dec 2021
Uranium in Namibia: Yellowcake Fever Note de l'Ifri, Novembre 2021
Mineral revenues are the driving force behind Namibia’s economic performance. Namibia is rich in mineral resources which include uranium, diamond, copper, gold, lead, lithium and zinc. However, these mineral riches are not always allocated and...
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23 Nov 2021
India-Taiwan Ties: A Case for Stronger Partnership Asie.Visions, No. 125, November 2021
The links between India and Taiwan have gathered unprecedented momentum in recent years. This has largely come about due to growing support for Taiwan at civil society level in India.
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18 Nov 2021
The French Military's Perception of the Turkish Military and Turkey's Expansion in the Eastern Mediterranean Etudes de l'Ifri, November 2021
In the summer of 2020, the Central and Eastern Mediterranean became the center of unusual tensions between France and Turkey. Given that these tensions were also military, which is uncommon for the two countries, the perception that the French...
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18 Nov 2021
Towards a more China-centred Global Economy? Implications for Chinese Power in the Age of Hybrid Threats Hybrid CoE Paper, no. 9, European Centre of Excellence for Countering Hybrid Threats, November 2021
An era of hyper globalization is giving way to an age of geoeconomics wherein China seeks a decisive seat at the table.
18 Jan 2022
Will the European presidency help Macron secure a second term?
Claude-France ARNOULD, quoted by Stephane Faure in AL Jazeera
The French president, whose leadership will be challenged in April, may seek reforms as he guides the EU. With months to go until its presidential...
01 Dec 2021
Helium‑3 from the lunar surface for nuclear fusion?
Florian VIDAL, article published in Polytechniques Insights
Since 1969, the return of a human mission to the Moon has never seemed so close. Although scientific interest continued to flourish, space programmes...
29 Nov 2021
France welcomes Germany’s new ‘pro-European’ coalition agreement
Paul MAURICE, quoted by Mathieu Pollet and Nelly Moussu in Euractiv
The coalition deal struck between three parties that will form Germany’s next government is very much in line with France’s own ambitions and...
19 Nov 2021
Business as Usual for Next Franco-German Couple, Despite Dticking...
Paul MAURICE, quoted by Mathieu Pollet and Oliver Noyan in Euractiv
While some argue that the next Franco-German power couple could be business as usual, there are some potential sticking points ahead.
28 Oct 2021
AUKUS, a Hot Topic at Beijing Xiangshan Forum Webinar 2021
Jean-Louis Lozier quoted by Li Wei in China Military Online
BEIJING, Oct. 28 -- The 5th session of Beijing Xiangshan Forum Webinar 2021 was held on the evening of October 26 around the topic of “Strategic...
28 Oct 2021
HIV/AIDS in Russia, the epidemic too long ignored
With more than one million HIV-positive people, Russia is one of the countries most affected by HIV/AIDS. The first cases appeared in the USSR in...