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The Americas are undergoing profound changes. While the hegemony of the United States is being called into question, Latin America, for its part, is raising issues specific to its territory, and possesses significant development potential.

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Date de publication
September 2025

Trump II: The Clash of Ideologies

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The second Trump administration brings together a number of very different, even opposing, ideologies: far-right populism, the reactionary Christian right, paleolibertarianism, and technolibertarianism. The most visible measures taken since Donald Trump's return to the White House have been populist in nature, with the president's authority strengthened, checks and balances weakened, a form of identity politics embraced, and economic nationalism implemented.

Global Financial Shifts: The Impact of Dollar Sanctions and Frozen Russian Assets

24 September 2024
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An interview with Brad Setser, Whitney Shepardson Senior Fellow (Council on Foreign Relations) led at Ifri on September 24, 2024.

Dollar-based financial sanctions have been increasing, particularly since the beginning of the century. Is this phenomenon likely to significantly alter the international role of the dollar?

There is a lot of controversy about the in which way frozen assets from Russia’s central bank should be treated, regarding both the assets themselves and the associated revenues. What consequences do you foresee for the international financial system?

Brad SETSER

2024 Election: What's Next for U.S. International Economic Policy?

24 September 2024
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An interview with Emily Blanchard, Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College and CEPR.

How does she see the prospects for U.S. international economic policy, depending on who wins the election in November 2024?

Emily Blanchard
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RAMSES 2025. Between Powers and Powerlessness

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04 September 2024
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Never before have there been so many powers able to upset the international balance of power, and never before have the dominant powers seemed so powerless to counter the fragmentation of the world.

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The Artemis Accords: An American Strategy for Lunar Governance

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05 July 2024
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The Artemis Accords provide a framework for international cooperation in space exploration as part of the U.S. lunar program. They are part of a coherent strategy.

Anne-Sophie MARTIN Paul WOHRER
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The Future of Nuclear Proliferation after the War in Ukraine

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16 April 2024
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In the context of deep changes to the international security environment, especially the war in Ukraine, the risks of nuclear proliferation seem quite high, especially in the Middle East and East Asia.

 
Nicholas L. MILLER
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First Year of Lula: Overview of the Political Situation in Brazil

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11 January 2024
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This Briefing offers an analysis of Brazil's political and economic situation and prospects at the end of 2023. It also examines Brazil's position on certain international relations issues, thirteen months after Lula's election.

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'Joe Biden's economic record is not a good enough argument for the Democrats to win the next election'

13 November 2023
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As the incumbent US president prepares to run for a second term, Americans are not convinced that the Biden administration has improved their lives, despite flattering macroeconomic data, Stéphane Lauer writes.

United States: The Uncertain Empire

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13 March 2023
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Europe-US resolve on China proves short-lived ahead of key meetings in Beijing and Washington

30 November 2022
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Most EU countries ‘don’t want to have to choose’ and ‘don’t want a world that is split into two camps’, says the bloc’s top diplomat. European governments have criticised Washington’s economic and China policies, and its leaders are scrambling to meet with President Xi Jinping.
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Support and conflict: transatlantic agricultural trade since 1945

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28 June 2022
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Agriculture is an area of strategic importance, where relations between the United States and the European Union (EU) vary from solidarity to competition.

Thierry POUCH Marine RAFFRAY

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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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