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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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Date de publication
September 2025

Trump II and Asia: The Wind is Picking Up…

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Visuel article Marc Julienne PE3-2025
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The Indo-Pacific is a priority for the second Trump administration, which sees China as the United States' principal rival. However, Donald Trump began his second term in a rather disconcerting fashion by taking a harder line with Washington's traditional partners. He then provoked hostilities with Beijing, sparking a trade war even more intense than during his first term. The Chinese authorities have no intention of taking it lying down.

A la veille de Copenhague, Obama et l'environnement

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23 November 2009
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On the eve of the Copenhagen Conference, this note takes stock of the evolutions of the different U.S. actors on climate change and the environment. The author, Yves-Marie Péréon teaches American Civilization at the Université de Rouen.
With this publication, the U.S. Program at Ifri launches its new collection of on-line notes, the Potomac papers.

Yves-Marie PEREON

The United States Under Obama's Rule and Its Asian Challenges

Date de publication
22 March 2009
Valérie NIQUET
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La troisième révolution américaine

La troisième révolution américaine

Date de publication
21 August 2008

Using (and Misusing) History: Munich, Vietnam and Iraq

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01 September 2005

Trends in U.S. Nuclear Policy

Date de publication
22 June 2005
William C. POTTER

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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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