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Marc
Nom de l'expert
JULIENNE

Intitulé du poste

Director, Center for Asian Studies, Ifri

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Research Areas: 

  • China's foreign policy: China and its neighborhood, EU-China, China-US, China-Russia relations
  • Taiwan: cross-strait relations, risk assement, domestique policy
  • China's defense and security policy: reforms of the PLA, military modernization, nuclear deterrence
  • China's domestic policy: CPC's trajectory, economy, security apparatus
  • Space: Chinese and Taiwanese programs
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Biographie En

Marc Julienne is Director of the Center for Asian Studies at the French Institute of International Relations (Ifri). He focuses on China’s foreign and security policy, as well as on strategic issues. He has a PhD in political science and international relations from the National Institute of Oriental Languages and Civilizations (INALCO, Paris), where he now teaches international relations in Northeast Asia (Master’s Degree in International Relations).

Before joining Ifri in 2020 as Head of China Research, he was a Research Fellow at the Foundation for Strategic Research (FRS, Paris) for four years. He was an associate PhD candidate at the Strategic Research Institute of the Ecole militaire (IRSEM, 2016–2019) and a Research Fellow at the Asia Center (Paris). He was also a Visiting Fellow at the Mercator Institute for China Studies (MERICS, Berlin, 2015), at the Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences (SASS, Shanghai, 2017), as well as at the Institute for National Defense and Security Research (INDSR, Taipei, 2023).

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China in the Race to Low Earth Orbit: Perspectives on the Future Internet Constellation Guowang

Date de publication
27 April 2023
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In April 2021, the Chinese government officially, but rather quietly, established a new state-owned enterprise (SOE) named China SatNet. Its mission: build out China’s “mega-constellation” program for low Earth orbiting internet satellites, known as Guowang (“national network”).

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Emmanuel Macron Visits China: Stability in the Taiwan Strait Should be a Priority for France

Date de publication
03 April 2023
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President Emmanuel Macron will visit China from April 4 to 8 for the first time since 2019 and five months after his meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping, on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Bali.

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China/United States: Europe off Balance

Date de publication
01 April 2023
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As French President Emmanuel Macron (accompanied by Ursula von der Leyen) is on a state visit to China, some twenty Ifri researchers decipher the stakes of the U.S./China/Europe strategic triangle.

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Modernizing the People's Liberation Army: The Human Factor

Date de publication
11 October 2022
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The tremendous demographic challenges facing China will not significantly affect the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) in the immediate future, but will become more problematic in the medium and long term. The rapid aging of the population and the resulting socio-economic imbalances will put pressure on defense budgets, military wages and the general attractiveness of the army. For the time being, the PLA’s primary goal in terms of human resources is to build a less oversized, more professional army, prepared for high-intensity combat.

 

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War in Ukraine: An Embarrassment for Beijing

Date de publication
13 September 2022
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From the beginning of the war in Ukraine, Beijing has adopted an outward posture of neutrality while in fact supporting Moscow. 

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China's Quantum Dream: A Giant's Aspirations in the Infinitely Small

Date de publication
14 February 2022
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Quantum physics, a field little known to the general public and relatively difficult to grasp as its laws are counter-intuitive, constitutes nevertheless a critical field of international strategic competition.

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Beijing: Taiwan's Worst and Greatest Enemy

Date de publication
07 June 2021
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In recent years, the People's Republic of China's policy towards Taiwan has become increasingly aggressive.

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China's Soft Power in Europe: Falling on Hard Times

Date de publication
20 April 2021
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Analysis from 17 countries and EU institutions reveals that Chinese soft power in Europe – defined as the ability to influence preferences through attraction or persuasion – has seen better days.

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Chinese Diplomacy: from “Fighting Spirit” to “Warrior Wolf”

Date de publication
08 March 2021
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The COVID-19 pandemic has led China to develop aggressive communication, with diplomatic missions using social media extensively to spread a positive image of Chinese achievements and to criticize Western countries.

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China's Ambitions in Space: The Sky's the Limit

Date de publication
20 January 2021
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From the dawn of China’s space program in the mid-1950s to the ability to build, launch and operate satellites in low Earth and geosynchronous orbits from the 1980s, the People’s Republic of China (PRC) is in 2021 a complete space power with autonomous access to outer space and to deep-space exploration.

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