Thierry de Montbrial
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Thierry de Montbrial is a French economics
and international relations specialist and researcher.
(1963) and from the École des Mines
(1966). He received his doctorate in Economics from the University of Berkeley (California, United-States). He directed the Center of Analysis and Prevision (CAP) for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs prior to Jean-Louis Gergorin
.
where he was president until 1992. He is the director of the trimestrial Politique étrangère
and teaches at the Conservatoire national des arts et métiers
and for the Master Recherche Relations internationales of Pantheon-Assas Paris II University.
He created in (1979) and leads the Institut français des relations internationales
(IFRI) that publishes the annual Ramsès report. Member of the Director Committee of the Bilderberg conferences since 1976. He is member of the council of the Centre d'études prospectives et d'informations internationales (CEPII) and is on the editorial board of Foreign Policy
.
Economics
Economics is the social science that analyzes the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services. The term economics comes from the Ancient Greek from + , hence "rules of the house"...
and international relations specialist and researcher.
Biography
He is the son of François de Montbrial, inspector-general of the Bank of France and Monique Lecuyer-Corthis. He married Marie-Christine de Montbrial (née Balling) in 1967, who is a movie producer (StarDance Pictures) and daughter of Charles Balling (born in 1912; X in 1935). He is the father of Thibaut de Montbrial, lawyer and of Alexandra de Montbrial. He graduated from the École PolytechniqueÉcole Polytechnique
The École Polytechnique is a state-run institution of higher education and research in Palaiseau, Essonne, France, near Paris. Polytechnique is renowned for its four year undergraduate/graduate Master's program...
(1963) and from the École des Mines
École nationale supérieure des mines de Paris
The École Nationale Supérieure des Mines de Paris was created in 1783 by King Louis XVI in order to train intelligent directors of mines. It is one of the most prominent French engineering schoolsThe École Nationale Supérieure des Mines de Paris (also known as Mines ParisTech, École des Mines de...
(1966). He received his doctorate in Economics from the University of Berkeley (California, United-States). He directed the Center of Analysis and Prevision (CAP) for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs prior to Jean-Louis Gergorin
Jean-Louis Gergorin
Jean-Louis Gergorin is a former French diplomat and former executive vice president of EADS – the giant European aerospace company that controls Airbus. He is also the whistleblower of the Clearstream Affair; a money laundering scandal that has garnered international attention and disturbed the...
.
Academic positions
He founded the Department of Economics of the École PolytechniqueÉcole Polytechnique
The École Polytechnique is a state-run institution of higher education and research in Palaiseau, Essonne, France, near Paris. Polytechnique is renowned for its four year undergraduate/graduate Master's program...
where he was president until 1992. He is the director of the trimestrial Politique étrangère
Politique étrangère
Politique étrangère is the quarterly of the Institut français des relations internationales . It is France's oldest international relations journal. The first edition dates back to 1936 under the aegis of the Centre d’études de politique étrangère...
and teaches at the Conservatoire national des arts et métiers
Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers
The Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers , or National Conservatory of Arts and Crafts, is a doctoral degree-granting higher education establishment operated by the French government, dedicated to providing education and conducting research for the promotion of science and industry...
and for the Master Recherche Relations internationales of Pantheon-Assas Paris II University.
He created in (1979) and leads the Institut français des relations internationales
Institut français des relations internationales
L'Institut français des relations internationales is the main independent research and debate institution dedicated to international affairs, based in Paris, France....
(IFRI) that publishes the annual Ramsès report. Member of the Director Committee of the Bilderberg conferences since 1976. He is member of the council of the Centre d'études prospectives et d'informations internationales (CEPII) and is on the editorial board of Foreign Policy
Foreign Policy
Foreign Policy is a bimonthly American magazine founded in 1970 by Samuel P. Huntington and Warren Demian Manshel.Originally, the magazine was a quarterly...
.
Distinctions
- Elected in 1992 to the Académie des sciences morales et politiques in the chair of Louis JoxeLouis JoxeLouis Joxe was a French statesman, judge and politician.-Career:* Ambassador of France to the USSR * Ambassador of France to the Federal Republic of Germany...
. Président of the Académy in 2001. - Docteur honoris causa by the Université Galatasaray in 2004
External links
- Le système du monde et la philosophie de l'action, conférence à l'Ecole normale supérieure, 26 mars 2002