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Thierry De MONTBRIAL* Thierry de MONTBRIAL* Né le 3 mars 1943 à Paris. Marié. Deux enfants. Etudes Ecole Polytechnique (1963-1965) Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Mines de Paris (1966-1969) University of California, Berkeley. PhD (1970) sous la direction du professeur Gérard Debreu (prix Nobel d’économie 1983). Carrière • 1969 - Ingénieur au Corps des Mines à Metz. • 1969-1973 - Ecole Polytechnique : maître de Conférences. • 1970-1973 - Commissariat Général du Plan : chargé de mission. • 1973-2008 - Ecole Polytechnique : professeur titulaire; président du département de Mathématiques appliquées à la décision et à la gestion, puis du département de Sciences Economiques de 1974 à 1992. • 1973-1979 - Centre d’Analyse et de Prévision, CAP, (devenu Centre d’Analyse et de Prévision Stratégique, CAPS) du Ministère des Affaires étrangères : directeur (premier titulaire de cette fonction). • depuis 1979 - Institut français des relations internationales (Ifri) / www.ifri.org : fondateur et président. • 1995 - 2008 - Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers : professeur titulaire de la chaire « Economie appliquée et relations internationales ». Depuis 2008 – Professeur émérite. • depuis 2008 – Président et fondateur de la World Policy Conference (WPC) / www.worldpolicyconference.com . Autres enseignements et missions à l’étranger • Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Paris : professeur à plusieurs reprises entre 1971 et 1991 : cours d’« Economie approfondie » (1971-1973) ; cours d’« Economie internationale » (1980-1986) ; cours « Les grandes lignes de partage du monde contemporain » (1989-1991). • Institut Universitaire des Hautes Etudes Internationales (IUHEI) de Genève : professeur invité à plusieurs reprises depuis 1983. Leçon d’ouverture de l’année académique 1997-1998 à l’IUHEI (Genève) : « Les grandes tendances des relations internationales à la fin du siècle ». • Université de Tel Aviv : titulaire de la quatrième Jimmy Carter Annual Lecture (mars 1989) : « A New International Order ? ». • Université de Corée : titulaire de la troisième Inchon Memorial Annual Lecture (novembre 1989) : « The Gorbatchev Revolution and the International System ». • Faculté universitaire Saint-Louis, Bruxelles : séance inaugurale du cycle de conférences publiques (octobre 1991) : « Risque et raison ». • Institut diplomatique de Pékin : professeur invité (depuis 2006). Plusieurs centaines de missions sur les cinq continents depuis 1974 : participation à des conférences internationales et conférences personnelles portant sur les différents aspects du système international. *Pour plus de détails voir : www.thierrydemontbrial.com Principales autres responsabilités En France - Conseil d’administration de l’Ecole Polytechnique (1974-1977) ; - Comité National et Directoire du Centre national de la recherche scientifique/CNRS (1974-1981) ; - président du Centre Franco-Autrichien pour le rapprochement économique en Europe/CFA (Paris, Vienne) depuis 1983 ; - Conseil de perfectionnement de l’Ecole Supérieure de Guerre (1987-1992) ; - Comité du Département « Sciences de l’Homme et de la Société » du CNRS (1988-1992) ; - président du Centre d’Etudes des Relations entre Technologies et Stratégies (CREST), Ecole Polytechnique (1988-1992) ; - Commission du Livre Blanc de Défense (1993-1994) ; - président de la Fondation pour la Recherche Stratégique/FRS (1993-2001) ; - Comité de rédaction puis président du Comité éditorial de la Revue des deux Mondes (1988-1994) ; - éditorialiste au Figaro (1989-2001) et éditorialiste associé au Monde (2002-2010) ; - président du Conseil de prospective européenne et internationale pour l’Agriculture et l’Alimentation/COPEIAA, (2003-2005) ; - président du Comité de réflexion du Medef sur l’« Avenir du système commercial multilatéral » (2004) ; - membre du Conseil d’administration de Capgemini (2005-2013) ; - Commission du Livre Blanc sur la défense et la sécurité nationale (2007-2008) ; - Membre du Conseil d’administration de la Fondation Renault (depuis 2010). Hors de France Comité de direction de l’Atlantic Conference, Chicago (depuis 1976) ; Commission Trilatérale (1976-2002) ; Comité directeur des Bilderberg Meetings (1976-2011) ; Comité de rédaction des revues Foreign Policy, Washington, depuis 1980, The International Economy, Washington, et The South African Journal of International Affairs, Johannesburg, depuis 1998 ; Conseil de l’Institute for East-West Security Studies (1983-1987) ; président du European Strategy Group (organisation issue de la collaboration des principaux instituts de recherche européens compétents sur les questions stratégiques (1989-1991) ; Ancien membre du Conseil consultatif international du Center for European Policy Studies, Bruxelles ; Conseil puis Comité exécutif de l’International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS), Londres (1983-1999) ; Conseil consultatif du Research Institute of International Trade and Industry, Tokyo (1994-1997) ; Conseil consultatif de rédaction de la European Review, depuis 1997 ; Conseil consultatif international du Standford Institute for International Affairs, depuis 2000 ; Comité de rédaction du Journal of Southeast European Black Sea Studies, depuis 2001 ; Comité de rédaction de la revue Russia in Global Affairs, Moscou, depuis 2002 ; Conseil consultatif international de l’Institute for International Economics (devenu Peterson Institute), Washington, depuis 2003 ; Conseil consultatif international du Carnegie Moscow Center depuis 2003 ; Conseil consultatif auprès du secrétaire général de l’OMC, Genève (2003-2005) ; Task force indépendante, Renewing the Atlantic Partnership, co-présidée par Henry A. Kissinger et Lawrence H. Summers, The Council on Foreign Relations, New York, 2004; Président du Conseil International du Groupe OCP, Maroc (depuis 2009). Académies Institut de France (Académie des Sciences Morales et Politiques). Elu le 29 juin 1992. Président de cette Académie et de l’Institut de France pour l’année 2001. Académie des Technologies (membre fondateur, 2000). Academia Europaea (élu en 1993) ; Académie Royale de Belgique (élu en 1996) ; Académie Royale Suédoise des Sciences de l’Ingénieur (élu en 1999) ; Académie roumaine (élu en 1999) ; Académie des Sciences de Russie (élu en 2003) ; Académie des Sciences de Moldavie (élu en 2006) ; Académie des Sciences de Bulgarie (élu en 2006) ; Real Academia de Ciencias Económicas y Financieras, Espagne (élu en 2008). Prix et distinctions Prix Louis Marin de l’Académie des Sciences Morales et Politiques (1991) ; Prix de la Fondation Louise Weiss (1991) ; Prix des Ambassadeurs 1996 (pour l’ouvrage Mémoire du temps présent) ; Grand Prix de la Société de Géographie pour l'ensemble de son œuvre 2003 ; Prix Georges Pompidou 2003 (pour l’ouvrage L’Action et le système du monde). Docteur Honoris Causa de l’Académie roumaine pour les études économiques (1996) ; de l’Académie des Sciences d’Azerbaïdjan (2002) ; de l’Université de Brasov, Roumanie (2003) ; de l’Université Galatasaraÿ, Istanbul (2004) ; de l’Université d’Etat de Chisinau, Moldavie (2005) ; de l’Institut d’Etat des relations internationales (MGIMO) de Moscou (2007), de l’Université de Bucarest, Roumanie, (2011) et de l’Université « A.I. Cuza » de Iasi, Roumanie (2014). Décorations françaises: Commandeur de la Légion d’honneur (2007) ; Grand Officier de l’ordre national du Mérite (2011) ; Commandeur de l’ordre des Palmes académiques (2002) ; Commandeur du Mérite agricole (2008). Décorations étrangères Officier de l’ordre du Mérite de la République Fédérale d’Allemagne (1991) ; Officier de l’ordre de la Couronne de Belgique (1991) ; Officier de l’ordre d’Orange-Nassau des Pays-Bas (1992) ; Commandeur de la Croix du Sud, Brésil, (1999) ; Commandeur du Mérite autrichien (2001) ; Croix d’Honneur pour les Sciences et les Arts de 1ère classe, Autriche (2008) ; Grand Officier Ordre du Soleil Levant – Etoile d’Or et d’Argent, Japon (2009) ; Ordre de l’Amitié, Russie (2009) ; Grand Officier de l’Ordre de l’Etoile de Roumanie (2011) ; Grand Officier de l’ordre du Mérite de la République de Pologne (2013). Travaux Principaux thèmes : économie mathématique et économique théorique ; économie appliquée ; analyse du système international (histoire, géographie, économie, politique, sécurité) ; théorie de l’action et de la décision. Ouvrages [1] Economie théorique, PUF, 1971. [2] Essais d’économie parétienne, Ed. du CNRS, 1974. [3] Le Désordre économique mondial, Calmann-Lévy, 1974. Traduction en espagnol et italien. [4] L’Energie : le compte à rebours, J.C. Lattès, 1978. Traduction en anglais et italien. [5] La Revanche de l’Histoire, Julliard, 1985. [6] La Science économique ou la stratégie des rapports de l’homme vis-à-vis des ressources rares: méthodes et modèles, PUF, 1988. [7] Que Faire ? Les grandes manœuvres du monde, La Manufacture, 1990. [8] Mémoire du temps présent, Flammarion, 1996. Prix des Ambassadeurs 1996. Traduction en allemand, bulgare, polonais, roumain, russe. [9] Introduction à l’économie (avec E. Fauchart), Dunod, 1999. 4e édition 2007. [10] Pour combattre les pensées uniques, Flammarion, 2000. [11] L’Action et le système du monde, PUF, 2002, 4e édition, collection « Quadrige », PUF, 2011. Traduction en roumain, russe, serbe, chinois, bulgare, polonais, anglais. Prix Georges Pompidou 2002. [12] La guerre et la diversité du monde, éd. de l’Aube, 2004. [13] Géographie politique, PUF, collection « Que-Sais-je ? », 2006. Traduction en grec et bulgare. [14] Il est nécessaire d’espérer pour entreprendre – Penseurs et bâtisseurs, Ed. Les Syrtes, 2006. [15] Vingt ans qui bouleversèrent
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