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At the end of the Cold War, the idea spread that liberal democracy was going to take over the world. In reality, authoritarian regimes have resisted, and political systems remain varied.

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Paris Olympics may face security contractor shortage

27 April 2024
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PARIS — Three months before an Olympics that presents unprecedented security challenges at a globally tense time, French officials are facing a potential shortfall of qualified private contractors to help protect the Games.

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How Macron and Scholz broke the Franco-German alliance at the heart of the EU

24 March 2024
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Breakdown of continental partnership is a threat to Europe – and could be catastrophic for Ukraine. It was meant to be a patching up of the notoriously fraught Macron-Scholz relationship, a “reset”, to borrow Hillary Clinton’s expression.

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Can Politics and Business Align? Policy, Transparency and Logistics

25 September 2023
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Politics and business can be intertwined in many ways but also conflicting. This is especially the case regarding foreign investments and possible influence by third countries in Europe, for example.

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Macron is weak both at home and abroad. He eventually pushed through a breakthrough reform without a vote.

18 March 2023
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Since the war against Ukraine, France has been on the edge of the European Union, according to an expert on French politics.

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France accepts a migrant rescue ship as relations sour with Italy

11 November 2022
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As a ship carrying more than 200 migrants rescued at sea docked in a French port on Friday, a diplomatic crisis between France and Italy worsened, signaling further chaos in the European Union's already erratic handling of asylum seekers coming to Europe.

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France accepts migrant rescue ship rejected by Italy as tensions flare

11 November 2022
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A weeks-long ordeal for asylum seekers who had been stranded at sea concluded on Friday, as the French government granted safe harbor for the Ocean Viking rescue ship in the southern city of Toulon.

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Migrants rescued in the Mediterranean: What does international law say?

10 November 2022
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After several days of diplomatic wrangling with Italy, France decided to 'exceptionally' allow the humanitarian ship Ocean Viking to dock. While maritime law requires the rescue of migrants in danger, it does not state which country should welcome them.

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Asia after the War in Ukraine: Re-imagining multilateralism and the risk of high-intensity conflict (video replay)

22 September 2022
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Annual conference of Ifri's Center for Asian Studies. The war in Ukraine has marked the return of high-intensity conflict in Europe and represents a profound, structural shift in the region’s strategic environment. It also takes place against a backdrop of a decades-long rebalancing of global power and the increase of strategic competition between the United States and China, in particular.

Interview with David Miliband, President and CEO of the International Rescue Committee

19 September 2022
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Can you describe the humanitarian impact of the war in Ukraine, in Europe, including with regards to displacement, and beyond the outside of Europe?

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Delhi to Paris: A strategic partnership

07 May 2022
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to France on May 4 is his fifth since 2015, and the 10th such high-level bilateral visit. 

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Out of Thin Air but More than a Mirage: The Politics of Saudi Arabia's Nascent Music Industry

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18 December 2024
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This study critically examines Saudi Arabia’s nascent music industry, which is promoted as a key element of Vision 2030, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s strategic framework to diversify the kingdom’s economy. It explores how state-led investments in music and entertainment intersect with authoritarian governance. The author neither dismisses these investments as conspicuous spending nor reproduces an alarmist narrative of impending cultural imperialism. The article takes a political sociology approach to understand how Saudi entertainment plans consolidate domestic power and reshape regional cultural landscapes.

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Commanders of Putin's Long War: Purged, Reshuffled and Disgruntled

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10 December 2024
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The trend of reshuffling the Russian top military command in the course of a fast-evolving and far from successful war has progressed unevenly both across the Armed Forces’ structures and in time. The rationale for and timing of the abrupt cadre decisions made by Commander-in-Chief Putin often defy logical explanation, and the rare official clarifications are no more informative than the usual information blackout. 

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The dilemma of the Franco-African military relationship: reinvent or turn the page?

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18 November 2024
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The origins of military presence and cooperation in Africa can be traced back to the tacit decolonization pact between the countries of French-speaking Africa. This cooperation led to the creation of African armies in the former colonies, as part of a project to prevent the spread of communism and maintain France's influence in the newly independent countries. 

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Chad: from Deby to Deby. Recipes for a successful succession (2021-2024)

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04 October 2024
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As in Togo and Gabon, the transition that took place in Chad from 2021 to 
2024 resulted in a dynastic succession. Mahamat Idriss Deby succeeded his 
father, Idriss Deby Itno, who was President of Chad from 1996 to 2021. While 
the majority of Chadians were hoping for a change of government, the “Deby 
system” has managed to hold on.

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Is the Republican People’s Party (CHP) Rising from the Ashes?

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24 September 2024
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The victory of the CHP [Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi, Republican People’s Party] in the Turkish municipal elections of March 2024 firmly established it as the leading party of opposition to the Islamic-conservative AKP [Adalet ve Kalkınma Partisi, Justice and Development Party], which has been in power since 2002. 

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Foreign Policy Issues in the BJP 2024 Election Campaign: Boosting National Pride and Glorifying a Strong Government

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26 June 2024
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While election campaigns in India traditionally focus on domestic issues above all, the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) campaign for the 2024 general elections placed a strong emphasis on foreign policy. It emphasized how, under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, India has strengthened its diplomatic role and achieved international economic success.

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India-Russia Relations in Troubled Times: Steady but Stagnating

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07 May 2024
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This paper examines the trajectory of India-Russia relations post-February 2022. The war in Ukraine emerged as a significant challenge for bilateral ties, presenting new obstacles to political and diplomatic relations and intensifying the previous difficulties in developing economic cooperation.

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Putin’s Friends? The Complex Balance Inside Italy’s Far-Right Government Coalition

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28 November 2022
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Italy’s new far-right government has been widely perceived as the potential weak spot of the anti-Kremlin European front following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine: traditionally pro-Putin politicians such as Matteo Salvini and Silvio Berlusconi are back in power. Yet, after Mario Draghi’s hawkish Euro-Atlantic government fell in July and Giorgia Meloni was looking forward to a probable victory, she immediately sided with the European Union and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization in a firm condemnation of Russia.

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SWAPO: The Beginning of the Political Challenge

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25 May 2022
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Increasingly, the South West Africa People’s Organization (SWAPO) is on shaky ground, caught between internal factionalism and external resentment. Whereas no major new political party has emerged since independence, opposition parties are gradually gaining support, mainly among young voters, and now control the three most important economic centers, weakening SWAPO's thirty-year one-party domination.

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How to Keep France Engaged in NATO

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04 February 2022
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France’s policy vis-à-vis the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) has always been ambivalent. On paper, France’s strategic culture fits well within NATO’s nature and agenda. Yet, in practice, French membership of NATO has always been uneasy. Several intra-alliance developments will likely affect the quality of French-NATO relations over the next few years.

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Paris Olympics may face security contractor shortage

27 April 2024
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PARIS — Three months before an Olympics that presents unprecedented security challenges at a globally tense time, French officials are facing a potential shortfall of qualified private contractors to help protect the Games.

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How Macron and Scholz broke the Franco-German alliance at the heart of the EU

24 March 2024
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Breakdown of continental partnership is a threat to Europe – and could be catastrophic for Ukraine. It was meant to be a patching up of the notoriously fraught Macron-Scholz relationship, a “reset”, to borrow Hillary Clinton’s expression.

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Can Politics and Business Align? Policy, Transparency and Logistics

25 September 2023
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Politics and business can be intertwined in many ways but also conflicting. This is especially the case regarding foreign investments and possible influence by third countries in Europe, for example.

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Macron is weak both at home and abroad. He eventually pushed through a breakthrough reform without a vote.

18 March 2023
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Since the war against Ukraine, France has been on the edge of the European Union, according to an expert on French politics.

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Delhi to Paris: A strategic partnership

07 May 2022
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to France on May 4 is his fifth since 2015, and the 10th such high-level bilateral visit. 

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France: 'Precarious' employment conditions for refugees

24 December 2021
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Around 42% of refugees settled in France manage to find a job within a year of obtaining official status. But the jobs they find are often far below their skill levels, resulting in a "professional downgrade" that leads to discontent and exhaustion.

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Germany's FDP holds Strong Cards in Post-Election Haggling

27 September 2021
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Buoyant from its best election result in 10 years, Germany's liberal FDP party looks set to play a outsized role in coalition negotiations to form the next government.

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The State of Franco-German Relations and European Foreign Policy

01 September 2021
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The Franco-German relationship is more important than ever in order to deal with international crises and to develop a common European Foreign and Security Policy.

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President Zelensky’s Increasingly Critical Stance toward the West

21 June 2021
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After the recent intensification of dialogue between official Kyiv and President Biden’s administration, in the wake of the rising threat to Ukraine posed by Russia and in anticipation of President Biden’s visit to the UK and EU, President Volodymyr Zelensky and his team began sharpening their rhetorical stance toward Ukraine’s Western partners.

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World’s Rich Nations Jostle to Lead Globalization Clubhouse

28 October 2020
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The race to fill a role at the heart of world economic policy making is turning into a new battleground for the future of globalization.

Interview with David Miliband, President and CEO of the International Rescue Committee

19 September 2022
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Can you describe the humanitarian impact of the war in Ukraine, in Europe, including with regards to displacement, and beyond the outside of Europe?

Japan's upgraded economic security strategy

13 April 2022
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An interview with Kazuto SUZUKI, Professor, Graduate School of Public Policy, University of Tokyo.

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The State of Franco-German Relations and European Foreign Policy

01 September 2021
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The Franco-German relationship is more important than ever in order to deal with international crises and to develop a common European Foreign and Security Policy.

The Biden Administration: What Consequences for Allies? Views from Japan and France

18 February 2021
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The US allies greeted the election of Joe Biden with relief, but also with expectations.

The Japan-US alliance under the Biden administration: Quo vadis?

18 February 2021
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In this interview, Kunihiko MIYAKE, President of the Foreign Policy Institute; Research Director, The Canon Institute for Global Studies (CIGS) and Special Adviser to Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga’s Cabinet looks at the Japan-US alliance under the Biden administration.

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EU border crisis : an interview with Matthieu Tardis

03 March 2020
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Matthieu Tardis, Research Fellow at the Center for Migration and Citizenship spoke about the European Union's migration policy and the crisis at the Turkish-Greek border on Euronews's program, Now.

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?

U.S. Foreign Policy in the Age of Trump

12 December 2019
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Despite a very particular style, the Trump administration's foreign policy continues on many points the American withdrawal from World affairs which had started under Barack Obama. The main trends of thought of American foreign policy show this evolution, with the resurgence of non-interventionist and even nationalist ideas amongs DC think-tankers.

The Changing Political Agenda and Role of Think Tanks in the Next Decade. Video

19 November 2019
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A debate in the framework of the 12th regional conference of Council of Councils (CoC) in Paris between Thierry de Montbrial, Executive Chairman of Ifri and Richard N. Haass, President of Council on Foreign Relations (CFR). Moderator: Sophie Pedder, Paris Bureau Chief, The Economist.

What is the state of democracy in Africa?

13 June 2019
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An interview with Olusegun Obasanjo, former President of Nigeria.

Jeffrey GOLDBERG - Trump: One Year After The Election

15 December 2017
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3 questions to Jeffrey GOLDBERG, Editor in Chief, The Atlantic

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

Migration in Eastern Africa: Regional Challenge, Global Issue

20 October 2017
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An interview with Jeffrey LABOVITZ, International Organization for Migration (IOM) Nairobi Regional Director

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