1974-1977Board of Directors of the École Polytechnique
1974-1981Member of the National Committee and Directorate of the Centre national de la recherche scientifique/CNRS
1983-2015Chairman of the Franco-Austrian Centre for European Economic Convergence (Paris, Vienna). Honorary Chairman since 2021
1987-1992Conseil de perfectionnement of the École Supérieure de Guerre
1988-1992Departmental Committee for Human and Social Sciences of the CNRS
1988-1992Chairman of the Centre for the Study of the Relationship between Technology and Strategy (CREST), École Polytechnique
1993-1994Commission on the Defence White Paper
1993-2001Chairman of the Foundation for Strategic Research (FRS)
1988-1994Editorial committee, then President of the Editorial Board of the Revue des deux Mondes
1989-2001Columnist at Le Figaro
2002-2010Columnist at Le Monde
2003-2005Chairman of the Council for European and International Analysis on Agriculture and Food COPEIAA
2004Chairman of the Medef Discussion Group: ‘’The Future of the Multilateral Commercial System’’
2005-2013Board of Directors of Capgemini
2007-2008Commission on the Defence and National Security White Paper
2010-2023Board of Directors of Renault Foundation
2019-2023Board of Directors of Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers (CNAM)
Out of France
Since 1976Steering Committee of the Atlantic Conference, Chicago
1976-2002Trilateral Commission
1976-2011Steering Committee for the Bilderberg Meetings
Since 1980Editorial Committee of Foreign Policy, Washington
Since 1998Editorial Committee of The International Economy, Washington, and The South African Journal of International Affairs, Johannesburg
1983-1987Council of the Institute for East-West Security Studies
1989-1991President of the European Strategy Group (organisation bringing together the leading European institutes on strategic research)
Former member of the international consultative council of the Centre for European Policy Studies, Brussels
1983-1999Council then Executive Committee of the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS), London
1994-1997Consultative Council of the Research Institute of International Trade and Industry, Tokyo
Since 1997Consultative Editorial Council of the European Review
Since 2000International Consultative Council of the Stanford Institute for International Affairs
Since 2001Editorial Committee of the Journal of Southeast European and Black Sea Studies
Since 2002Editorial Committee of Russia in Global Affairs, Moscow
Since 2003International Consultative Committee of the Institute for International Economics (now the Peterson Institute), Washington
Since 2003International Consultative Council of the Carnegie Moscow Center
2003-2005Advisory Council of the WTO Secretary General, Geneva
2004Independent task force, Renewing the Atlantic Partnership, co-chaired by Henry A. Kissinger and Lawrence H. Summers, The Council on Foreign Relations, New York
2009-2019Chairman of the Advisory Board of the OCP Group (Morocco)
Since 2018Editorial Committee of China International Strategy Review (CISR)
Since 2023Member of the Advisory Board of the La Maison Française of the New York