French Institute of International Relations

Over the past 44 years, Ifri has become a reference on a worldwide scale, recognized by its peers.

The institute brings together a multi-national team of fifty collaborators including about thirty permanent professional researchers divided into 11 research units with:

regional focus: Europe/Franco-German relations, Russia / Eurasia, Asia, North America, Sub-Saharan Africa, Turkey / Middle East

focusing on cross-cutting issues: Security and Strategic Affairs, Energy and Climate, Geopolitics of Technology, Space.

Ifri’s policy-oriented research strives to shed light on international events and put them in perspective. It is primarily useful for political and economic decision-makers as well as academics, opinion leaders, and civil society representatives.