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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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Donald Trump, candidat à la présidentielle des Etats-Unis

17 June 2015
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Donald Trump, American presidential candidate: Where is the campaign? with Laurence Nardon, head of the United States program at the French Institute for Intenational Relations (IFRI).

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NSA : can Americans talk privately?

01 June 2015
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Anne Giudicelli, founder of TERR(o)RISC, Laurence Nardon, researcher and head of the United States program at IFRI, Benaouda Abdeddaïm, columnist at BFM Business and Romain Zerbib, strategic management researcher with IGS, share their thoughts on privacy as the Patriot Act expires. 

Les Décodeurs de l'éco, from June 1st, hosted by Fabrice Lundy, on BFM Business.

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Foreign Policy : Obama's America without a Compass

01 June 2015
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"There is no Obama Doctrine. The only pivot that matters today in U.S. forign policy is not the pivot to Asia or China, it is the pivot to America." In the wake of the humiliating fall of the cities of Ramadi in Iraq and Palmyra in Syria- and as 2016 presidential campaigns kick-off- critics of U.S. foreign policy have grown louder both in the United States and abroad.  Democrats and Republicans alike may be beginning to wonder if Obama knows what he is doing and has coherent strategy in the Middle East. 
 
 

 
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François Hollande to Cuba

11 May 2015
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Understand François Hollande's trip to Cuba with commentary by Daniela Ordonez, economist specializing in Spain, Portugal, Latin America and the Carribean at Euler Hermes; Benaouda Abdeddaim, economic editor of BMF Business; Laurence Nardon, researcher and United States specialist at IFRI; Karel Negrete, professor of political theory at the University of Havana and co-author of  "Cuba: révolution dans la révolution"; and Philippe Gautier, Assistant Director of Medef International.  - Les Décodeurs de l'éco, on May 11 is hosted by BFM Business.

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USA and the negociations with Iran 2/2 : U.S. views on the true nature of the Iranian regime

22 April 2015
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Robert Litwak from the Wilson Center joined Ifri on April 22, 2015 for a seminar on the U.S.-Iranian nuclear negotiations. In this video, he analyzes the different views on Iran and its regime. 

Robert Litwak is the Vice President for Scholars and Director of International Security Studies at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.

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USA and the negociations with Iran 1/2 : How does each side understand nuclear diplomacy?

22 April 2015
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Robert Litwak is the Vice President for Scholars and Director of International Security Studies at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.

Obama's new world, what's next?

19 April 2015
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Cuba, Iran, Yemen... the White House is fighting on the front lines of multiple diplomatic offensives. In the midst of continuing nuclear negotiations with Iran, Washington has decided to support the Saudi intervention in Yemen while engaging in a new showdown with Iran. The United States won't just sit back with its arms crossed. Incoherent strategy or reestablishing leadership on the international stage? In the final straightaway of Obama's last term, is "Obama the hesitant" looking to rewrite history? And if Hillary Clinton were to succeed him tomorrow, would the former Secretary of State follow in his ideological footsteps? 

Laurence Nardon, head of the United States program at IFRI
Bertrand Badie,  professor at Sciences Po, researcher at Ceri

John R. MacArthur, by telephone from NYC, Director of Harper’s Magazine

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Historic Meeting between Obama and Raul Castro

18 April 2015
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The thaw between Cuba and the United States reaches a head at the Summit of the Americas in Panama and the normalization of relations has begun as the White House removed Cuba from the state-sponsored terrorism list. Laurence Nardon, head of the United States program at IFRI comments on U.S.-Cuba relations as well as Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign kickoff. 

 

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"The November Vote"

14 January 2015
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Who are the candidates for 2016?

14 January 2015
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The speakers from the Annual Conference on the United States summarize their talks in short videos. Here, E.J. Dionne discusses Barack Obama's presidency and evaluates potential candidates for the 2016 presidential election. 

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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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