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FUTURE OF SPACE COOPERATION: CHALLENGES AND OPPS IN THE TRUMP II ERA (IFRI), Oct 24, 2025, Paris, FR (invitation only)
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IFRI (L’intelligence des relations internationales) will hold an invitation-only event on October 24, 2025 at its offices at 27 Rue de la Procession, 75015 Paris, FR, from 14:30-17:00 Central European Summer Time (CEST). No mention is made of a virtual option.
The topic is: “The Future of Space Cooperation: Challenges and Opportunities in the Trump II Era.”
More information is on the event’s website, which says:
The policy orientations of the Trump II administration profoundly challenge the foundations of international cooperation in space science and exploration. This shift reflects a broader trend of strategic disengagement and weakening of multilateral mechanisms in the space domain.
In this context, the question of redefining space cooperation becomes increasingly pressing: under which modalities, with what objectives, and involving which partners?
Program
2:30 pm-3:00 pm | Keynote
Xavier Pasco, Director of the Foundation for Strategic Research (FRS)
3:00 pm-4:00 pm | Roundtable: Agency Perspectives on Trump’s Space Policy
Christophe Venet, Deputy Director for Programming, International Affairs and Quality, CNES
Koichi Morimoto, Director, JAXA Paris Office
Alexander Soucek, Head of External Relations Department at European Space Agency
Amit Sachdeva, ISRO
Moderator: Claude-France Arnould, Senior Fellow at the Brussels Institute for Geopolitics
4:00 pm-5:00 pm | Workshop: Towards the End of Scientific Cooperation with the United States?
During this session, each participant will be invited to briefly present the main issues and challenges related to the future of international space cooperation from their institutional or sectoral perspective, with the objective of collectively formulating key recommendations.
Moderator: Paul Wohrer, Head of the Space Program, Ifri
The seminar will be held in English without translation