Geopolitics

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Water at the heart of global geopolitical issues

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What future can we expect for water resources in France?

Interview de Eric Sauquet, Research Director in Hydrology at INRAE

Episode 2 / 6

Water security: a local issue with international impact

Interview de Patricia Crifo, Professor of Economics at Ecole Polytechnique (IP Paris), Maxime Elkington, Masters student in "Economics for smart cities and climate policy" at École Polytechnique (IP Paris)

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Water, a growing source of global tension

Interview de Hervé Douville, Researcher at Centre National de Recherches Météorologiques (CNRM), Bertrand Decharme, CNRS Research Director at Centre National de Recherches Météorologiques (CNRM)

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Access to water: inequalities reinforced by climate change

Interview de Marine Colon, Lecturer at AgroParisTech and Researcher in Public Management, Stéphanie Dos Santos, Sociologist and demographer at IRD Population Environment Development Laboratory

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Securing water resources: a global necessity

Interview de Éric Servat, Director of UNESCO International Centre for Water

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Hard choices must be made for universal access to water

Interview de Nassim Ait Mouheb, Researcher at INRAE, Corinne Cabassud , Professor emeritus at INSA Toulouse and Researcher at Toulouse Biotechnology Institute (TBI)

π Economics π Geopolitics

Tariffs: should the EU respond before 9th July?

Avec Isabelle Méjean, Professor of Economics at Sciences Po

On July 3rd, 2025
6 min reading time

On 9 July 2025, the temporary freeze on reciprocal tariffs imposed by the United States on a large number of trading partners will come to an end.

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Can green finance weather the Trump storm?

Avec Peter Tankov, Professor of Quantitative Finance at ENSAE (IP Paris), Olivier David Zerbib, Researcher at CREST and Assistant Professor at ENSAE (IP Paris)

On June 25th, 2025
6 min reading time

In the age of Trump, green finance is being called into question for political reasons as the climate emergency intensifies.

π Digital π Geopolitics

Gaia-X: the bid for a sovereign European cloud

Avec Francesca Musiani, CNRS Research Director and Head of Centre Internet et Société

On June 18th, 2025
5 min reading time

In 2020, the EU launched the Gaia-X project, which aims to build an interoperable, secure data infrastructure that complies with European standards.

Jean-François Gagné
π Digital π Geopolitics

AI: the rise of India and the Gulf States

Avec Jean-François Gagné, Researcher at the Centre for International Studies and Research at Université de Montréal

On June 11th, 2025
4 min reading time
π Space π Geopolitics

Spatial: Europe regains its independence

Avec Lionel Suchet, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of CNES

On May 28th, 2025
7 min reading time

Faced with increased international competition, Europe is seeking to (re)gain its autonomy and competitiveness in the space sector.

π Geopolitics π Economics

EU arms race: rising budgets, disparate capabilities

Avec Léo Péria-Peigné, Researcher at the Ifri Centre for Security Studies

On May 21st, 2025
3 min reading time

In recent years, there has been a gradual rearmament of EU member states and defence budgets are generally on the rise.