Governance
In line with issues of trade, exchange rates, and the environment, the issue of international governance is of great importance within our work. Our publications and events deal with the many forums of international cooperation, especially those focused on economic issues (G20/G8, WTO, IMF, WB, UN) and the environment, and follows debates linked to global regulation, international norms, multilateral institutions, and to the many bilateral and multilateral agreements in use today (FTA, international treaties, bilateral and multilateral investment treaties, etc.).
Latest publications
The challenges facing Southeast Asia: Chinese, transnational and internal
Monday 11 August 2014
In recent months, China and the South China Sea (and the ability of Burma to manage the threats posed ..... read more
Are we Witnessing the Emergence of a Decentralized World?
Tuesday 11 December 2012
Is it utopian to consider a system of global governance that would be accepted by all? The increasingly ..... read more
China and Reforms to the International Monetary System
Thursday 18 October 2012
During the Economic Breakfasts session held on 18 October 2012, Christian de Boissieu (Acting President ..... read more
East Asian fingerprints on the G20
Wednesday 25 July 2012
G20 summits are becoming anchors for a bigger, largely subterranean process for the development of ..... read more
China and the Global Financial Crisis, A Comparison with Europe
Thursday 05 July 2012
This book examines China’s response to the 2007-2008 global financial crisis, and the resulting new ..... read more
Latest related media
Monday 02 July 2012
Even if some documents have indicated that the term "governance" originated in France during the Middle Ages, it has progressively disappeared from French, reappeared in English language, which still uses the word. But the concept emerged in a more significant fashion in the 1990s; while globalization was developping. Is governance a purely Western concept, invented by Western countries in order to influence the direction that globalization would take? How do non-Western countries (China and Africa, for example) understand, utilize, and assimilate the concept?
Latest related events
How Cohesive are the BRICS?
Tuesday 10 April 2012 - Asia Debates
China and India are strategic rivals. India and Brazil denounce China's monetary manipulations (while they pursue a mercantalism that is increasingly important). .....