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France prepares for Departure of Sometimes Reluctant Partner and Rival Merkel

27 July 2021
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Macron set to become the uncontested leader of Europe with German chancellor’s exit. Chancellor Angela Merkel was not naturally inclined to focus on Franco-German relations. “She comes from the former East Germany, and her experience was of east bloc countries, especially Russia, ” says Sabine Rau, Paris bureau chief for the German public television network WRD.

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Exclusive: Western Intelligence Fears New Russian Sat-Nav’s Espionage Capabilities

12 July 2021
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GLONASS, Moscow’s answer to GPS, is set to launch an upgraded satellite network later this year, which it hopes to sell to the U.S. and Europe. Buyer beware.

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Army colonel sworn in as Mali president as tensions with Paris grow

07 June 2021
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Assimi Goïta vows to uphold republican regime and democracy in Mali.

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French Complain of Germany's 'Political Infidelity'

23 April 2021
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"Thirty years of infidelity" is how France's current affairs magazine Marianne describes Germany's relationship with France. An issue this month was devoted to how Germany has been "fleecing France" for years.

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Germany calls for closer cooperation with France over security threats

21 April 2021
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German Defence Minister Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer has called for closer bilateral cooperation with France in light of the tense security situation in Europe marked by the Russian “threat”, the rise of China and spreading “Islamist terrorism” in the Sahel region.

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Rethinking Health Governance in the COVID era: Visions from Europe and Japan

26 March 2021
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The COVID-19 pandemics has highlighted the significance, as well as the deep crisis of the health governance system.

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Digitalization in the (post) COVID World: Views from Japan and Europe

26 March 2021
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The COVID-19 crisis has highlighted the importance of accelerating the digital transformation of both the industry and the society.

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Russia’s spat with EU puts relations into deep-freeze

10 February 2021
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Kremlin stance is blow to European countries which favour outreach to Moscow. Russia’s combative treatment of the EU’s top diplomat during a landmark trip there has triggered a political outcry — but little expectation that the European bloc will end divisions over how to handle the Kremlin.

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New research initiative : European space governance

20 January 2021
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Eric André Martin, coordinator of the research initiative on European space governance associating Ifri, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Auswärtige Politik (DGAP) and Istituto Affari Internazionali (IAI), presents the European project. The video also looks at China's rise as an international space power. The report was written by researcher Marc Julienne.

Trade, Investments, Technology, Climate Change, Human Rights: How should the EU Deal with China?

28 October 2020
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Ifri, the Austro-French Centre for Rapprochement in Europe and Konrad Adenauer Foundation Multilateral Dialogue organized a videoconference called "Trade, Investments, Technology, Climate Change, Human Rights: How should the EU Deal with China? " on October 27, 2020.

 

 

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Food Systems in the Pacific: Addressing Challenges in Cooperation with Europe

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06 March 2023
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More frequent climate disasters, rising sea levels, the economic fallout of Covid-19 lockdowns, border closures, supply chain constraints, and the global impact of the war in Ukraine have aggravated the challenge of maintaining sustainable and resilient food systems for Pacific Island Countries (PICs).

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Rebooting the Entente: An Agenda for Renewed UK-France Defense Cooperation

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22 February 2023
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The Franco-British Summit on March 10th, 2023, will mark a much-needed reset in bilateral cooperation, following years of strained relations. With a recently re-elected French president and a new British Prime minister, both sides are committed to making this summit a success and re-launching a positive agenda for bilateral cooperation. The summit, the first since Sandhurst in 2018, will focus on three key topics: migration, energy, and foreign policy. Defense cooperation will also be addressed, as it remains the cornerstone of the bilateral relationship, though it may take a less prominent part than on previous occasions.

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Higher Renewable Energy Targets in Germany: How Will the Industry Benefit?

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09 January 2023
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“Deutschland – Einstieg in die Deindustrialisierung?” – “Germany, the beginning of deindustrialisation?” asked the German economic newspaper Handelsblatt in the context of the spike in energy prices that has put at risk thousands of companies across Germany in 2022. Whereas some sectors such as steel, glass and chemicals have been seriously hit, the manufacturing industries operating in the areas linked to the energy transition (such as renewable energies and hydrogen production) should benefit from decisions taken to reach climate neutrality. 

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Software Power: The Economic and Geopolitical Implications of Open Source Software

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12 December 2022
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Open source is at the heart of the Internet infrastructure, of the software used by individuals or governments, and of the innovation processes of tech companies. Faced with threats to the security and sustainability of the open source model, governments are getting a hold of the topic, which is becoming increasingly geopolitical.

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The Eurozone’s Vulnerabilities and Risks

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07 December 2022
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The war in Ukraine has brought to light the European Union’s vulnerabilities. 

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Neither Surveillance nor Algorithm-driven Consumerism. Toward an Alternative European Model for Smart Cities

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16 November 2022
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Numerous smart city projects are emerging, guided by objectives of efficiency and improvement of public policies. All of them are based on intensive use of data and digital tools, but their concrete achievements take various forms. Some models are being exported and are becoming levers of influence, while Europe is still looking for its own path.

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Moving towards a metallic age: building industry resilience through a strategic storage mechanism for Rare Earth Metals

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31 May 2022
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The decarbonisation of our economies, along with the challenges of strengthening the resilience of industrial value chains, reindustrialisation, notably through low-carbon and digital technologies, and the end of a period of cheap oil and gas, are accelerating the advent of an era of increased dependence on metals in a context of new and growing competition for access to resources. ​

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Accelerating the energy transition in France: drawing inspiration from best practice in our European neighbours

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24 March 2022
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The success of energy transition is first and foremost a question of good governance, which must be based on expertise and collective deliberation.

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A Green-Blue Alliance in Motion: Pacific Island Countries and Europe Fighting Climate Change

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17 October 2022
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The Pacific Islands Countries (PICs) were the first to ratify the Paris climate agreement in 2015. Indeed, for them, climate change has had very concrete implications for years. Islanders have seen the sea level rising, endangering the very existence of atolls. They have also experienced increasingly violent cyclones and other natural disasters, and must deal with multiple impacts of a changing climate on their everyday lives

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“Open” Telecom Networks (Open RAN): Towards a Reconfiguration of International Competition in 5G?

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12 October 2022
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In line with the anti-Huawei diplomatic campaign of the Trump and Biden administrations, the United States has promoted an alternative: Open RAN, a concept defined by "open" network architectures. At the intersection of 5G geopolitics and standards, what risks and opportunities does Open RAN present for European technological sovereignty?

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