Chaque mardi, Pascal Boniface reçoit un membre de l’équipe de recherche de l’‪‪IRIS‬ pour décrypter un fait d’actualité internationale. Aujourd’hui, Hadjar Aouardji, directrice de la recherche à l’IRIS, revient sur le Conseil de la Paix lancé par Donald Trump à Davos le 22 janvier 2026. Dans quelle mesure ce « Board of Peace » vient-il concurrencer l’ONU ? Quelles sont ses chances de succès ? Et comment se positionnent les différents États à son sujet ?

L’article Board of peace , le “machin” de Trump | Les mardis de l’IRIS est apparu en premier sur IRIS.

This interview follows a talk given by Lincoln A. Mitchell, Political Analyst, Essayist and Lecturer at Columbia University, at IRIS on 11 December 2025.

Reinforced by the second term of the MAGA movement in power, the United States is facing a profound democratic crisis. Although widely discussed, the MAGA movement often remains insufficiently analysed as a political and social phenomenon. We asked him several questions to better understand the origins and dynamics of the current democratic crisis in the United States and, more broadly, the global challenges facing contemporary democracies.

• What are the roots of the current democracy crisis in the United States?
• What are today the core pillars of the MAGA movement?
• How do international comparisons help us understand whether the American democratic crisis is unique or part of a broader global democratic backsliding?

L’article The Crisis of American Democracy: Understanding the MAGA Era est apparu en premier sur IRIS.

Space-based intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) have become a decisive enabler of military power, a trend reinforced by high-intensity conflict and hybrid threats, notably since Russia’s war against Ukraine. Armed forces and political authorities increasingly depend on timely and reliable geospatial intelligence derived from Earth observation satellites to support situational awareness, crisis response and military operations. This reliance has grown faster than the governance frameworks needed to manage tasking, prioritisation, security and dissemination under crisis conditions.

European capabilities in this sector span national assets, EU and NATO programmes, and rapidly expanding commercial constellations, but remain loosely coordinated rather than organised within a coherent architecture. This paper examines Europe’s geospatial intelligence (GEOINT) challenge through two scenarios: one in which an EU Earth Observation Governmental Service is established by 2028, improving coherence, responsiveness and strategic autonomy, while still facing significant governance and sovereignty challenges; and another in which Europe remains reliant on fragmented national systems with limited collective effectiveness. The paper argues that Europe’s core challenge lies in governance: without clear decisions, ongoing efforts risk reinforcing fragmentation; with them, an EUcentred but federative approach could provide the most credible pathway toward operational effectiveness and strategic autonomy.

L’article Building a European Geospatial Intelligence Capability: Mapping Initiatives, Identifying Gaps, and Outlining Strategic Options est apparu en premier sur IRIS.