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Prénom de l'expert
Thierry
Nom de l'expert
de MONTBRIAL

Intitulé du poste

Founder and Executive Chairman of Ifri - Member of the Institut de France (Académie des Sciences morales et politiques)

Domaine d'expertises En

Research Areas:

  • Economics
  • International Relations
Biographie En

Thierry de Montbrial founded the French Institute of International Relations in 1979. He is its Executive Chairman and Co-Editor of Ramses, Ifri’s yearbook. He is also the Chairman of the World Policy Conference, which he launched in 2008.

He is a a Professor Emeritus at the Conservatoire national des arts et métiers (CNAM). Between 1993 and 2001, he was the first Chairman of the Foundation for Strategic Research (Fondation pour la Recherche Stratégique, FRS). He was the Chairman of the French-Austrian Center for European Economic Convergence (1985-2015).

In 1973, he was entrusted by Michel Jobert, Foreign Minister at the time, with the creation of the Policy Planning Staff (Centre d'Analyse et de Prévision, CAP – now CAPS) at the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He was its Director from 1973 to 1979. He is a former Professor at the École Polytechnique and chaired its Department of Economics between 1974 and 1992. He held the chair of Applied Economics and International Relations at the Conservatoire national des arts et métiers between 1995 and 2008.

In 1992, he was elected as a member of the Institut de France (Académie des Sciences Morales et Politiques) of which he was elected Chairman for the year 2001. He is also a founding member of the Académie des Technologies. In 2019, Thierry de Montbrial was elected as a member of the Académie des Sciences d’Outre-Mer.

He is also a member of the Academia Europaea in (1993), of the Académie Royale de Belgique (1996), of the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences (1999), of the Romanian Academy (1999), of the Russian Academy of Sciences (2003), of the Academy of Sciences of Moldova (2006), of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (2006), and of the Real Academia de Ciencias Económicas y Financieras, Spain (2008).

Thierry de Montbrial is a Doctor Honoris Causa of numerous foreign universities.

He is a Grand Officer of the Légion d’honneur,  Grand Officer of the Ordre National du Mérite, Commander of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres. He has been awarded other state honors by the French and several foreign governments, including the Grand Prix de la Société de Géographie (2003).

Thierry de Montbrial is the author of numerous books, several of which have been translated into various languages, in economics and international affairs, including Action and Reaction in the World System and Living in Troubled Times.

Born in 1943, Thierry de Montbrial is a graduate of the École Polytechnique and a Ph.D. in Mathematical Economics from the University of California, Berkeley.

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RAMSES 2017. A Fragmented World

Date de publication
07 September 2016
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RAMSES 2017. A Fragmented World, prepared by IFRI’s research team and selected external experts, offers an in-depth and up to date analysis of global geopolitics.

This 35th edition focuses on three key issues: the spread of jihadist terrorism, the Middle East’s disintegration, and doubts about the European project. With the world’s balance of power and economic foundations shifting, the next few months are likely to be decisive for our future. The growing diversity and complexity of our world is startling, which is why it is important to rethink our analyses and means of action.

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Opening speech of the 8th edition of the World Policy Conference, Montreux, Switzerland

Date de publication
20 November 2015
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The eighth World Policy Conference, or WPC as we call it, opens exactly one week after the so-called “Islamic State” committed the terrorist attacks in Paris. The civilised world, in all its forms that have come down through history, with all its diversity and richness, weeps over and is outraged by this barbarism. Indignation can bring out the best in human aspirations, but it is not enough. Neither terrorism nor any of the contemporary world’s other ills will be defeated by expressing emotions alone. Only a genuinely international policy in the highest sense of the term will allow the world to make it through the 21st century without repeating tragedies on the scale of those that wracked the 20th.

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RAMSES 2016

RAMSES 2016. Climat : une nouvelle chance ?

Date de publication
08 September 2015
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Written by Ifri's research team and its network of associates, the new RAMSES 2016 analyses geopolitics on a worldwide scale. The major theme of this 34th edition is Climate: A new chance? In addition, RAMSES 2016 tackles the insertion of Africa in globalization and the uncertainties of democracy today in post-industrial societies, but also in the South.

RAMSES 2011. Un monde post-américain ?

Date de publication
25 August 2010
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RAMSES (Le Rapport annuel mondial sur le système économique et les stratégies), is a yearly publication that provides in-depth reviews and prospective analysis on current events, providing readers with indispensable insights and perspectives for understanding contemporary geopolitics on the global scale. Edited by Thierry de Montbrial and Philippe Moreau Defarges, RAMSES relies on the expertise of Ifri’s research team and its network of associates.

RAMSES 2012. Les États submergés ?

Date de publication
09 September 2011
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RAMSES (Le Rapport annuel mondial sur le système économique et les stratégies), is a yearly publication that provides in-depth reviews and prospective analysis on current events, providing readers with indispensable insights and perspectives for understanding contemporary geopolitics on the global scale.

RAMSES 2013. Gouverner aujourd'hui ?

Date de publication
28 August 2012
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RAMSES (Le Rapport annuel mondial sur le système économique et les stratégies), is a yearly publication that provides in-depth reviews and prospective analysis on current events, providing readers with indispensable insights and perspectives for understanding contemporary geopolitics on the global scale. Edited by Thierry de Montbrial and Philippe Moreau Defarges, RAMSES relies on the expertise of Ifri’s research team and its network of associates.