Published by Ifri and Österreichisch-Französisches Zentrum für Annäherung in Europa, 2018
The story of the Austro-French Centre for Rapprochement in Europe is at the same time the story of Europe; the story of the once turbulent bilateral relations, that will be deepened in the framework of this centre; the story of a divided continent, which finds ist way back towards unity and peace; the story of political and economic Change in Middle and Eastern Europe but as well in countries of the Western Balkans; and – as well – a story of a project, Europe, that needs to be reconsidered every once in a while. The Story of the Austro-French Centre is that interesting because it is a mirror of the historic development of the continent.
Read the entore foreword in French here
What we need more than ever in those times of uncertainties is to strengthen dialogue between political and civil societies across Europe.
Thierry de Montbrial, former President of the Austro-French Center for Rapprochement in Europe (1985 – 2015)
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Thierry de Montbrial is Executive Chairman of the French Institute of International Relations (Ifri), which he founded in 1979. He is Professor Emeritus at the Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers. In 2008, he launched the World Policy Conference. He has been a member of the Académie des Sciences Morales et Politiques of the Institut de France since 1992, and is a member of a number of foreign Academies.
Thierry de Montbrial chaired the Department of Economics at the Ecole Polytechnique from 1974 to 1992. He was the first Chairman of the Foundation for Strategic Research (1993-2001). Entrusted with the creation of the Policy Planning Staff (Centre d’Analyse et de Prévision) at the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs, he was its first director (1973-1979).
He has authored more of twenty books, several of them translated in various languages, including Action and Reaction in the World System. The Dynamics of Economic and Political Power (UBC Press, Vancouver, Toronto, 2013) and Living in Troubled Times. A New Political Era (World Scientific, 2018).
He is a Grand Officier of the Légion d’honneur, Grand Officier of the Ordre National du Mérite. He has been awarded the Order of the Rising Sun – Gold and Silver Star, Japan (2009) and other state honors by the French and several foreign governments.
Thierry de Montbrial is a graduate of the Ecole Polytechnique and the Ecole des Mines, and received a Ph.D. in Mathematical Economics from the University of California at Berkeley.
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