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Despite polarized domestic politics and social tensions, the United States remains a major player in international relations, on the economic, military and diplomatic levels.

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The 2020 Campaign and the Impeachment Process. Conference video

12 December 2019
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The Democratic Party primary campaign is in full swing and the Impeachment inquiry against Donald Trump proceeds speedily. What is the state of American public opinion less than a year before the elections? How are conservative and progressive media lining up to cover the event?

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Rare earths: Beijing threatens a new front in the trade war

04 June 2019
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China believes its near-monopoly gives it leverage over the US but supply cuts would spur rival producers.

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An interview with Eric Holcomb, Gouvernor of the State of Indiana

19 March 2019
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During his visit in France on March 7th, 2019, Ifri had the pleasure to realize this interview with Eric HOLCOMB, Governor of the State of Indiana, USA.

Transatlantic relations in the age of "America First" (James Lindsay)

17 December 2018
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An interview with James Lindsay, Senior Vice President, Council on Foreign Relations.

 

Transatlantic relations in the age of "America First" (Sophia Besch)

17 December 2018
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An interview with Sophia Besch, Research Fellow, Center for European Reform.

How will Middle America vote in 2020? (Lara Putnam)

17 December 2018
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An interview with Lara Putnam, Professor and Chair, History Department, University of Pittsburgh.

How will Middle America vote in 2020? (Henry Olsen)

17 December 2018
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An interview with Henry Olsen, Senior Fellow, Ethics and Public Policy Center (EPPC).

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Opposing Trump's Environmental Policy

12 July 2018
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An interview with Julie CERQUEIRA, Executive Director of the U.S. Climate Alliance.

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Macron takes a risk in courting Trump, but has little to show for it

22 April 2018
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PARIS — President Emmanuel Macron was put on the spot this year in front of a room full of journalists when one asked, provocatively: Which man is more dangerous, North Korea’s leader, Kim Jong-un; or Donald J. Trump?

Karlyn BOWMAN - Trump: One Year After The Election

15 December 2017
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3 questions to Karlyn BOWMAN, Senior Fellow, American Entreprise Institute

The end of globalization ?

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29 September 2014
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Michael Lind, Policy Director of the Economic Growth Program at the New America Foundation in Washington, D.C, was the guest of the French Institute for International Relations (IFRI) on September 29th 2014. In this video, he analyzes the major economic trends post-2008, and predicts the end of globalization.

The Difficult Issue of College Rape in America

Date de publication
10 September 2014
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Cette Actuelle est la quatrième d'une série de quatre Chroniques américaines sur l'éducation aux Etats-Unis, publiées cette semaine.

MOOCs: Re-Creating Affordable Education

Date de publication
09 September 2014
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This piece is the thrid in a series of four Chroniques américaines on education in the United States, published this week.

Sixty Years after Brown: Resegregation in America

Date de publication
08 September 2014
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This piece is the second in a series of four Chroniques américaines on education in the United States, published this week. 

American Student Loans: Debt, Reform, and the True Cost of Higher Education

Date de publication
07 September 2014
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This piece is the first in a series of four Chroniques américaines on education in the United States, published this week.

Obama at West Point

Date de publication
10 June 2014
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President Obama presented the case for his foreign policy last week – again.  He addressed the cadet corps at West Point in what was billed as a comprehensive strategic statement for the balance of his tenure in office, and for America's future.  Obama's speech came just over a week after John Kerry issued his own call for America to take a large and active role in the world — urging Americans not to "allow a hangover from the excessive interventionism of the last decade to lead now to an excess of isolationism in this decade."  It set the pitch and tone for the President's address. [1]

How to Misread Polls

Date de publication
13 March 2014
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Poll numbers are the life blood of politics these days. Anything expressed in digits has a claim to truth that assertions without digits cannot make. They inspire confidence - especially among those aspiring to public office - that they actually understand what public sentiment is.

Obama announces "Opportunity Ladder"

Date de publication
14 February 2014
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There are moments in life when you receive an unmistakable sign that the game is over. That it’s time to fold your tent, to pull up stakes, to pack it in, to furl the flag, to trim the sails, to let go of a lost cause. At best, to wait for next year. In the extreme, to write it off permanently. And if one chooses to breast the tide, to do so stoically.

The Return of Robert Gates

Date de publication
12 January 2014
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The memoirs of public men are exercises in self-promotion and self-justification. They are designed to etch a portrait of the (wo)man that will live across time. It's the legacy thing. These days, that legacy pertains also to the "here and now" since memoirs are not necessarily the conclusion of a career but rather the curtain-raising on its next act.

Accountability: "Missing In Action"

Date de publication
21 November 2013
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Accountability is on the endangered species list. No - not the word. Indeed, “accountability” reverberates around the electronic ether almost as frequently as “thwarking.” It is the reality of persons, especially public persons, taking responsibility for acts of malfeasance in ways that entail exemplary punishment and personal costs.

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Illustration Programme Amériques
Americas Program
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Ifri's work on the Americas region focuses mainly on the United States. Indeed, for more than 20 years, Ifri's Americas Program has provided keys to understanding American society and domestic policy while shedding light on developments in the country's foreign policy, including transatlantic relations and trade issues. 

 

Since 2023, a specific axis on Latin America structures more actively Ifri's research on this region.

 

Ifri's Canada program was active in 2015 and 2016.

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