Working Paper – By Emmanuel Hache, Samuel Carcanague, Clément Bonnet, Gondia Sokhna Seck, Marine Simoën – March 2019

Why should geopolitics focus on energy transition issues? In many parts of the world, the decarbonisation of the energy and electricity mix has become a priority in order to meet international climate objectives and address local pollution issues. Investments made in renewable energies represented around $332 billion in 2018 and those needed to meet the targets set in Paris in 2015 at the COP21 to the UNFCCC could reshape the concept of energy security.

Ares Group – by Jean-Pierre Maulny, Deputy Director, IRIS, and Livia Di Bernardini, Research Fellow, IRIS – May 2019

This comparative synthesis of 11 publications on PeSCo highlights the convergences and divergences of the national points of view on this initiative. It also proposes five recommendations for the future of PeSCo to reach the objectives set in the Treaty of Lisbon in order to strengthen the EU military capabilities in a collective framework.

The Center for Climate and Security, Clingendael, the Planet Security Initiative, IRIS and the HCSS are pleased to announce the creation of a new « International Military Council on Climat and Security » (IMCCS).

The IMCCS will be a “standing” umbrella network of senior military leaders from across the globe that will meet regularly, produce an annual World Climate and Security Report, and drive communications and policy in support of actions on the security implications of a changing climate – at national, regional and international levels.

By the IARAN – February 2019

This report explores possible routes to a global food system that is capable of feeding the world’s population in 2050. Exploring different visions for how this could be achieved allows us to more clearly examine the pros and cons of each potential avenue. Doing so is intended as a first step towards creating a vision for the kind of change that organizations fighting hunger want to see in the global food system.

Project led by GLOBSEC in partnership with IRIS and other European partners

This report gives some extremely compelling statistics concerning the jihadists involved in France that should be turned into policy recommendations.

The French Institute for International and Strategic Affairs (IRIS), together with a European consortium of think tanks led by the Istituto Affari Internazionali (IAI), is working on a project commissioned by the European Defence Agency to provide fresh analysis on the state of the EDTIB and its possible evolution in light of recent regional and global developments.

In the spirit of the approaching FIFA Women’s World Cup to be held in France in June 2019, UNESCO, together with the French National Union of Professional Footballers (l’Union nationale des footballeurs professionnels – UNFP) and the French Institute for International and Strategic Affairs (IRIS), will work together to advance the promotion of women’s football on the world stage.

The Global Go To Think Tanks 2017 is out! IRIS ranked better overall than last year: 23th in the “Top think tanks in Western Europe” category (out of 1,276); 14th in the “Top Defense and National Security Think Tanks” category, 28th in the “Top think tanks on foreign policy and international affairs” category (out of 6,846), and 39th in the « Best Conference » category (out of 7,815).