Brown Bag Seminar Series
BBS are public videoconferences held at Ifri from 12:30 p.m. to 2 p.m. They have become a popular event that brings together an audience that is both varied and qualified. Managed by Ifri's directors, they are now divided into several cycles: security and defense, geopolitics of technologies, intelligence, and energy.
Foreign intelligence services amidst the war in Ukraine: adapting to a new strategic reality
European foreign intelligence services have had to continuously adapt to the rapidly evolving security landscape of the past few years. Following challenges such as the COVID-19 pandemic, financial crises, and hybrid threats, the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine has placed conventional military conflict at the centre of European security concerns.
New geopolitical realities of the Arctic
Donald Trump’s announcement in January 2025 of his intention to seize Greenland has brought the Arctic back to the forefront of great power rivalries.
The Spectrum of the Russian threat to Europe
Ifri is pleased to announce the fifth conference in our intelligence series, in partnership with the Intelligence College in Europe, the purpose of which is to analyze the threat landscape through the eyes of senior officials from various European countries.