Pascal Lorot

=Biography (1960-Present)=

An economics PhD from the [http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Institut_d%27%C3%A9tudes_politiques_de_Paris l'Institut d'études politiques de Paris] (IEP) and a political science PhD from [http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universit%C3%A9_Paris_II l'Université Paris II] , Pascal Lorot has been the president of Institut Choiseul for International Politics and Geoeconomics since 2003 and has also been a member of the [http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commission_de_r%C3%A9gulation_de_l%27%C3%A9nergie French Commission of Energy Regulation] since November, 2003. [ [http://www.choiseul.info/pascal_lorot.php?lang=uk Institut Choiseul – Pascal Lorot ] ]

Lorot's past activities include: the director of economic studies for the French oil company TOTAL (1995-2002), many ministerial cabinet positions, a counselor for the president of the [http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/BERD European Bank of Reconstruction and Development] (EBRD) and also a researcher at the [http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Institut_fran%C3%A7ais_de_relations_internationales French Institute of International Relations] (IFRI).

He is the founder and director of the academic journal " [http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%A9o%C3%A9conomie Géoéconomie] ", yet also is director of six other journals focused on geopolitical issues including:
*" [http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monde_chinois Monde Chinois] " Founded in 2004, Monde Chinois is a leading French journal dedicated to the analysis of economic, strategic, political and cultural evolutions in the Chinese world (People's Republic of China, Taïwan, Hong Kong and Singapore).
*" [http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politique_am%C3%A9ricaine Politique Américaine] " Politique américaine is a French language journal dedicated to contemporary issues in the United States of America.
*" [http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Probl%C3%A8mes_d%27Am%C3%A9rique_latine Problèmes d'Amérique latine] " Problèmes d'Amérique latine is a major French language journal on current political, economic and cultural change in Latin America.
*" [http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nordiques_%28revue%29 Nordiques] " Founded in 2003, Nordiques is the only French language journal dedicated to the policies and strategies of states in Northern Europe and the Baltic.
*" [http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maghreb-Machrek Maghreb-Machrek] " One of the largest, most renowned international reviews dedicated to the Arab world.

Contribution to International Relations

Along with American economist and consultant Edward Luttwak, Lorot helped develop a branch of international relations study known as geoeconomics (sometimes spelled geo-economics). According to Lorot:

"Geoeconomics analyzes "economic strategies"--notably commercial--, decided upon by states in a political setting aiming to "protect their own economies" or certain well-identified sectors of it, to help their national enterprises acquire technology or to "capture certain segments of the world market" relative to production or commercialization of a product. The possession or control of such a share confers to the entity–-state or national enterprise–-"an element of power" and international influence and helps to reinforce its economic and social potential." [ [http://www.choiseul.info/pascal_lorot.php?lang=uk Institut Choiseul – Pascal Lorot ] ] (Translated from French, italics are contributor's own)

Bibliography

*Le siècle de la Chine, Choiseul, 2007
*Planète Océane. L'essentiel de la mer (co-direction of the work with Jean Guellec), Choiseul, 2006
*A qui profite la guerre ?, Editions 1, 2003
*Guerre et économie (co-direction of the work with Jean-François Daguzan), Ellipses, 2003
*Dictionnaire de la mondialisation (direction of the work), Ellipses, 2001
*Introduction à la Géoéconomie (direction of the work), Economica, 1999
*La Géopolitique (with François Thual), collection "Clefs", Montchretien, 1997, 2002 (2ème édition)
*Histoire de la Géopolitique, Economica, 1995
*Histoire de la Perestroïka, "Que-sais-je ?", P.U.F. 1993
*Les nouvelles frontières de l'Europe (direction of the work), Economica, 1993
*Le réveil balte, collection "Pluriel-intervention", Hachette, 1991
*La conquête de l'Est - Les atouts de la France dans le nouvel ordre européen (avec Georges Ayache), Calmann-Lévy, 1991
*Les pays baltes, "Que-sais-je ?", P.U.F. 1991. 2ème éd.
*Finance internationale Soviétique - Quelques éléments de réflexion, collection "Les cahiers", IFRI, 1989
*Singapour, Taiwan, Hong-Kong, Corée du Sud : les nouveaux conquérants ? (with Thierry Schwob), Hatier, 1986, 3ème éd. 1988
*Les zones franches dans le monde (with Thierry Schwob), collection "Notes et études documentaires", La documentation française, 1987
*Les zones franches, éditions de l'Institut économique de Paris, 1984.

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