Political and Geostrategic Observatory of the United States

Having just celebrated their 250^th anniversary, the United States obviously still occupies a central position on the global chessboard. Yet this position is increasingly being challenged by China, while its historic allies, battered by Washington’s aggressive policies, are now readily turning to other partners. Domestically, the country has never appeared so divided and vulnerable since the years preceding the Civil War. Political polarization has reached a peak, ethnic, cultural and religious tensions are multiplying, while movements advocating greater autonomy are emerging in several territories or states. Added to this are unprecedented frictions between certain major Democratic-led cities and an increasingly authoritarian federal government.

In response to these upheavals, the IRIS Political and Geostrategic Observatory of the United States, as it has done since its creation in 2023, provides in-depth analyses of the economic, social, political, diplomatic and military transformations under way on the other side of the Atlantic. These developments will be examined through policy briefs, conferences and videos by leading North American and French experts, in order to shed light both on the internal dynamics at work in the United States and on their repercussions for France, the European Union and the rest of the world.