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December 2024

The Future European Space Law: a New Model of Development?

As a new European Commission prepares to define the Union's strategic priorities, the objectives and content of the future space law are being called into question. How can Europe respond to the new economic, geopolitical and ecological challenges posed by space?

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Europe’s Black Mass Evasion: From Black Box to Strategic Recycling

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02 December 2024
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EV batteries recycling is a building block for boosting the European Union (EU)’s strategic autonomy in the field of critical raw minerals (CRM) value chains. Yet, recent evolutions in the European EV value chain, marked by cancellations or postponements of projects, are raising the alarm on the prospects of the battery recycling industry in Europe.

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Russian Military Manpower After Two and a Half Years of War in Ukraine

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25 November 2024
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In addition to a military victory in Ukraine, the Russian leadership is planning to build up sizable troop formations for a possible conflict with NATO in the Baltic region and the Kola Peninsula. In particular, current plans aim for the military manpower to grow by about 350,000, reaching a total of 1.5 million soldiers and commanders. In the context of the current conflict in Ukraine, this cannot be accomplished without a new wave of mass mobilization. 

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Barriers and Adaptations To Rural-Urban Mobility: A Focus of the Milk Value Chain in Peri-Urban Nairobi, Kenya

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05 December 2024
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Kenya has per capita milk consumption of 110 litters of milk per year, making the inhabitants the largest milk consumers in sub-Saharan Africa. The daily sector requires functional infrastructure adapted to weather conditions, as well as affordable and easily accessible means of transport. However, only 18% of Kenya's road network is considered to be in good condition . As a result, farmers take alternative routes, reduce the number of trips, or limit their sales to the urban periphery. The daily transport of milk along the 47-kilometer urban-rural continuum in the peri-urban area north of Nairobi illustrates the reciprocal links between urban and rural areas and the dynamics of peri-urbanization. The challenges of the flow of milk along the value chain are intrinsically linked to those of mobility, which creates the connection between production, the exchange of goods and services, and consumption.


 

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Taiwan’s Rising Space Program: Building Up Industry, Supporting National Security

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13 November 2024
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Taiwan, known for its leadership in semiconductors and information and communications technology (ICT), is now making significant strides in the space industry. While historically modest, Taiwan’s space program has seen a transformation since 2020, driven by President Tsai Ing-wen’s commitment to expanding the country’s space capabilities. Key milestones include the passage of the Space Development Act and the creation of the Taiwan Space Agency (TASA), which has bolstered the resources and visibility of Taiwan’s space ambitions.

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City Diplomacy and Human Mobility in Africa. Protecting Refugees and Migrants along the Central Mediterranean Route from the East and the Horn of Africa

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26 November 2024
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Cities face constraints to work on migration and refugee issues, often due to a lack of decentralisation and resource constraints. Adopting an inclusive city approach can safeguard local authorities’ commitment towards providing protection to residents regardless of status, while not overstepping legal mandates.

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Will Europe's pivot to Asia have any teeth?

25 October 2024
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Spurred by fears of a ‘new Ukraine’ in East Asia, European powers are ramping up their presence in the Indo-Pacific.

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'Unprecedented' security operation promised for Paris Olympic Games

24 July 2024
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The organisers of the Paris Olympics have promised an "unprecedented" security operation in the city ahead of the official start of the games later this week, and indeed the signs are everywhere in the heart of the French capital.

Conferences
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18 December 2024
Reading the Russian-Ukraine War: A Look at Western Analytic Failures
After three years of war, the situation in Ukraine is still dire, with a lot of uncertaineties on the battlefield. But this fog of war has begun from the very outset of the conflict. Strategic research and analyses have been marred with biases and misjudgments that tell a different story about Western perception and preferences in warfare. This is the claim of a CSIS report authored last September by Prof. Eliot A. Cohen, Prof. Phillips O'Brien and foreword by Prof. Hew Stracham.
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04 February 2025
Paris Naval Conference 2025: Naval Power and the Challenges of Securing Maritime Autonomy
This third edition of the Paris Naval Conference (CNP), bringing together high-level speakers from the military, industry and academia, aims to address the issues of securing the maritime economy for the world's navies.
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The European Union in Competition with the United States and China. How to Balance Free Trade, Competitiveness and Economic Security?, Ifri, 2024
Replay - The European Union in Competition with the United States and China. How to Balance Free Trade, Competitiveness and Economic Security?
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.

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Russia-North Korea Alliance: A New Threat to Global Security and Korean Stability?
November 2024
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An interview with Wooyeal PAIK, Professor, Department of Political Science and International Studies, Yonsei University. He analyses why North Korea's support for Russia could escalate global tensions, strain the EU-NATO security ties, and destabilize the Korean Peninsula.

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Call for Entries - Admiral Castex Prize - Paris Naval Conference 2025

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As part of the Paris Naval Conference - 2025 edition, the French Institute of International Relations (Ifri) and the French Navy are pleased to announce that the second edition of the “Admiral Castex Prize” for original research on naval strategy is now open. Submissions will be accepted until December 15, 2024.

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Ramses 2025
"Entre puissances et impuissance"

Every year, Ramses provides the essential keys and benchmarks to decipher developments in the world. Ramses 2025, Paris, Ifri/Dunod, 384 pages, September 2024

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Politique étrangère

The journal of debates and analyses on major international issues.

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Nouvelles géopolitiques de l'énergie - Politique étrangère, vol. 89, n° 4, hiver 2024
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