C’est ce soir que s’ouvre à Cannes, sur la Côte d’Azur, la cinquième édition de la “World Policy Conference “, conférence internationale sur la gouvernance mondiale, organisée à l’initiative de l’IFRI (Institut français des relations internationales). Pendant quatre jours, du 7 au 10 décembre, des dirigeants politiques d’horizons divers, de hauts responsables et des directeurs généraux de grandes entreprises internationales, réunis pour l’occasion au prestigieux hôtel Martinez, procéderont à des débats et des échanges de vues sur les meilleurs moyens d’améliorer la gouvernance mondiale dans différents domaines et secteurs d’activité. […]
World Policy Conference du 7 au 10 décembre 2012
L’édition 2012 de la World Policy Conference (WPC) organisée par l’IFRI se tient à Cannes, à l’hôtel Martinez, du 7 au 10 décembre 2012. Plus de 250 personnalités d’environ 40 pays se réuniront à Cannes pour débattre des grands enjeux internationaux. […]
World Policy Conference 2012 : le Moyen-Orient, l’Afrique et l’Union européenne au centre des débats
[…] La cinquième édition de la World Policy Conference (WPC), club international de réflexion sur les grands enjeux politiques ou économiques mondiaux, se tiendra cette année à Cannes, du 7 au 10 décembre. Principaux thèmes abordés : l’avenir de l’Union européenne (UE), les conflits au Moyen-Orient, mais aussi la gouvernance économique mondiale ou le développement du continent africain. […]
Alassane Ouattara en France, début décembre: le communiqué de la présidence de la République
[…] Le Chef de l’Etat se rendra ensuite à Cannes (France), où il participera à la 5e édition du World Policy Conference, organisée par l’Institut Français des Relations Internationales (IFRI), le samedi 08 décembre 2012. A cette occasion, le Président de la République prononcera une allocution sur le thème : “la gouvernance économique internationale”. […]
Răsvan Radu, Liviu Voinea, Vasile Iuga, Remus Borza, Gruia Stoica, Alexandra Gătej și Eugen Simion participă la World Policy Conference 2012
Răsvan Radu (CEO, UniCredit Tiriac Bank România), Liviu Voinea (Secretar de Stat in Ministerul de Finante si membru in board-ul EximBank S.A.), Vasile Iuga (Country Managing Partner of PwC Romania si Managing Partner al PwC South-Eastern Europe SEE), Remus Borza (Presedintele EuroInsol), Gruia Stoica (Presedintele Grampet Group), Alexandra Gătej (CEO Maldon&Wat) și Eugen Simion (Președintele Fundației Naționale pentru Artă și Știință) vor reprezenta România în cadrul World Policy Conference 2012. […]
Cannes, 7-10 December 2012 – World Policy Conference
The World Policy Conference (WPC) was founded in 2008; its mission is to discuss both the opportunities and the risks of an open world and to identify the conditions under which international relations could be organized to ensure structural stability in such a world. Antonio Vitorino, the President of Notre Europe – Jacques Delors Institute will be one of the speakers of the World Policy Conference organized by French Institute of International Affairs (l’Institut français des relations internationales – IFRI) in Cannes from 7 to 10 december 2012. Antonio Vitorino will lead the debate on The future of the EU” .
World Policy Conference 2012 : le Moyen-Orient, l’Afrique et l’Union européenne au centre des débats
[…] Plus de 300 personnalités sont attendues à Cannes, du 7 au 10 décembre, pour débattre des grands enjeux internationaux lors de la 5e World Policy Conference (WPC). La cinquième édition de la World Policy Conference (WPC), club international de réflexion sur les grands enjeux politiques ou économiques mondiaux, se tiendra cette année à Cannes, du 7 au 10 décembre. Principaux thèmes abordés : l’avenir de l’Union européenne (UE), les conflits au Moyen-Orient, mais aussi la gouvernance économique mondiale ou le développement du continent africain. […]
Cannes, 7-10 décembre 2012 – World Policy Conference
[…] La World Policy Conference (WPC), organisée par l’Institut français des relations internationales (IFRI), a été fondée en 2008 ; sa mission est de discuter à la fois des chances et des risques qu’offre un monde ouvert et d’identifier les conditions dans lesquelles les relations internationales pourraient être organisées afin d’assurer la stabilité structurelle d’un tel monde. Antonio Vitorino, Président de Notre Europe – Institut Jacques Delors sera l’un des intervenants de la conférence annuelle World Policy Conference. […]
Communiqué de la Présidence de la République
[…] Le Chef de l’Etat se rendra ensuite à Cannes (France), où il participera à la 5e édition du World Policy Conference, organisée par l’Institut Français des Relations Internationales (IFRI), le samedi 08 décembre 2012. A cette occasion, le Président de la République prononcera une allocution sur le thème : “la gouvernance économique internationale”. […]
Alassane Ouattara lundi à Paris pour une mobilisation de fonds
[…]Après la réunion du Groupe consultatif sur le financement du PND, le président Ouattara sera à la World Conference Policy de l’IFRI à Cannes, du 7 au 9 décembre, ajoute la même source. […]
World Policy Conference – 5e édition (Cannes, 7-10 décembre 2012)
[…] La 5e édition se tiendra à Cannes du 7 au 10 décembre, en présence de Mario Monti, Alassane Ouattara, Ali Babacan, Pascal Lamy, Ángel Gurría, Christophe de Margerie et Bruno Lafont. Au programme des discussions on trouvera les thèmes incontournables de l’actualité, parmi lesquels l’avenir politique, économique et monétaire de l’Union européenne, analysé notamment par Joaquin Almunia, Vice-président de la Commission européenne, Joschka Fisher, ancien Vice-chancelier et ministre des Affaires étrangères de la République fédérale d’Allemagne, Radoslaw Sikorski, ministre polonais des affaires étrangères ou encore Pierre Vimont, Secrétaire général exécutif du Service Européen pour l’Action Extérieure. […]
Christophe de Margerie à la World Policy Conference
L’IFRI organisera sa conférence sur la gouvernance mondiale à Cannes en décembre prochain. Christophe de Margerie, Mario Monti ou encore Benoît Cœuré interviendront notamment sur la crise de la zone euro. C’est le président directeur général de Total qui introduira cette année le dîner débat de la conférence sur la gouvernance mondiale, organisée par le centre de recherche en relations internationales français IFRI. La conférence qui se déroulera du 7 au 9 décembre prochain à Cannes abordera notamment les thèmes de la gouvernance économique mondiale, et de ses enjeux financiers, de l’avenir des zones Moyen-Orient et Afrique. […]
Belle affiche
Mario Monti, président du Conseil italien, et Pascal Lamy, directeur général de l’Organisation mondiale du commerce, sont parmi les premiers participants confirmés de la World Policy Conference (WPC), dont la 5e édition se tiendra à Cannes du 8 au 10 décembre prochain. La WPC est organisée par l’Institut français des relations internationales (Ifri), dirigé par Thierry de Montbrial.
2011 Conference proceedings
15:00 – 16:00 | Opening session
Thierry de Montribal
President and Founder of the WPC
“[…] governance is essential. Without governance, our highly interdependent system is likely to explode.”
Heinz Fischer
President of the Republic of Austria
“Reinstating the primacy of politics is one of the major challenges – we cannot afford to waste this opportunity.”
Abdullah Gül
President of the Republic of Turkey, Guest of honor of the 4th edition of the WPC
” […] no single power can cope with these challenges alone. There is a need for truly effective multilateralism with the participation of the emerging powers.”
Debate
16:15 – 17:00 | Plenary session 1
“The ECB and the sustainability of the Euro”
Introduction by Thierry de Montbrial
President and Founder of the WPC
Peter Praet
Member of the ECB’s Executive Board
“The ECB will continue to remain an anchor of confidence and stability in a global economy characterized by marked uncertainties.”
Debates
17:00 – 19:00 | Plenary session 2
“Arab spring and global governance”
Introduction by Volker Perthes
Chairman and Director of Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik (SWP)
Amr Moussa
Former Secretary General of the League of Arab States, candidate to the Egyptian presidential elections
“We want to move together and have interaction where our world lives in a better way and with more connections.”
Hrh Prince Turki Al-Faisal
Chairman of King Faisal Center for Research and Islamic Studies
“Reform is no longer a choice for us. It is an imperative. For us to be able to meet these challenges of providing justice, livelihood and equal opportunity for all is an opportunity as well as a challenge.”
Edward Djerejian
Founding Director of James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy, former US Ambassador to Syria
“In the long arch of history the United States identifies with the Arab Awakening’s quest for individual freedom, equality of opportunity and broader political participation.”
Christophe de Margerie
Chairman & CEO of Total
“We may be mistaken, but as stakeholder in all these countries we are entitled to have our say.”
Amr Moussa
Former Secretary General of the League of Arab States, candidate to the Egyptian presidential elections
Hrh Prince Turki Al-Faisal
Chairman of King Faisal Center for Research and Islamic Studies
Debates
19:00 – 20:15 | Plenary session 3
“Major catastrophes and global governance”
Introduction by Jim Hoagland
Associate Editor, Chief Foreign Correspondent of the Washington Post
Yukiya Amano
Director General of the IAEA
“Showing the highest level of nuclear safety is a responsibility for each country. The role of the IAEA is to help them. Every country is varied and an international response is needed.”
Scott Charney
Corporate Vice President, Trustworthy Computing of Microsoft
“I think the biggest thing that people need to start to appreciate in more detail is that the internet is now connecting everyone’s life.”
Yukiya Amano
Director General of the IAEA
Scott Charney
Corporate Vice President, Trustworthy Computing of Microsoft
Yukiya Amano
Director General of the IAEA
Scott Charney
Corporate Vice President, Trustworthy Computing of Microsoft
Yukiya Amano
Corporate Vice President, Trustworthy Computing of Microsoft
Debates
20:15 – 21:15 | Welcome cocktail
21:15 – 23:00 | Dinner at the Hofburg Palace (Conference Center)
“Dinner”
Introduction by Thierry de Montbrial
President and founder of the WPC
Herbert Stepic
CEO of Raiffeisen Bank International
“[…] besides the very necessary consolidation process we need to focus on strategic growth programs. This will only be possible through solidarity.”
Conclusion by Thierry de Montbrial
9:00 – 10:15 | Plenary session 4
“Corporate social responsibility and global governance”
Introduction by Bruno Lafont
Chairman and CEO of Lafarge Group
“The novelty of the phenomenon of CSR is that it is […] increasingly seen not only as a condition of survival for the firm today, the licence to operate, but as a powerful lever to render sustainable value creation in the long run.”
Mary Robinson
Former President of Ireland, President of Mary Robinson Foundation
“I believe the central challenge ahead is to turn the progress of the past decade into new actions that will move governments and markets sufficiently to make respect for human rights part of mainstream business practice around the world.”
Narayana Murthy
President and founder of Infosys Technologies Limited
“As long as corporations seek respect from every stakeholder, I believe they will automatically use the power of corporate social responsibility to add value to society.”
Debates
10:45 – 12:15 | Plenary session 5
“The future of the G8 and G20: challenges and prospects for the economic and financial systems”
Introduction by Kemal Dervis
Vice-President for Global Economy at the Brookings Institution and Senior Advisor at the Sabanci University; former Minister of Economic Affairs of Turkey
Jacob A. Frenkel
Chairman of JPMorgan Chase International, former Governor of the Bank of Israel
“Asia, led by the economies of China and India, will continue to grow at very rapid rates and latin America, which in the past was the source of economic turmoil, is now becoming a source of stability and growth.”
Il Sakong
Presidential Envoy of the Republic of Korea
“The appropriate governance system is particularly crucial at the global community level in this age of non-polar or G-Zeeo world. The world at the time of the Seoul G20 Summit faced a heightened risk of global currency war.”
Lourdes Aranda
Sherpa of Mexico to the G20, Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs of Mexico
The priorities for Mexico will be: economic stability, international trade, financial regulation, food security, and green growth.”
Panelists’ Remarks
Debates
12:30 – 14:30 | Lunch debate
Introduction by Thierry De Montbrial
President and founder of the WPC
Kishore Mahbubani
Dean and Professor in the Practice of Public Policy of the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy at the National University of Singapore
“I feel optimistic because i would say that the world has now reached agreement on three new global consensuses.[…]That is why I say that the next 20 years will be the best 20 years the world has ever seen.”
Debates
14:45 – 15:30 | Plenary session 6
“Debriefing of the European Council”
Jean-David Levitte
Diplomatic Advisor and Sherpa of President Nicolas Sarkozy
“We are not only determined to save the euro, but also determined to become one of the world’s most competitive area in the 21st century.”
Debates
15:30 – 17:00 | Plenary session 7
“Europe as a laboratory for global governance”
Introduction by Charles Kupchan
Professor in international relations at the Georgetown University
Toomas Hendrik Ilves
President of the Republic of Estonia
“My question is how long can we sustain or expect the Parliament to sustain its pro-European solidarity in a democratic country when it is going against the wishes of the electorate?”
Bartholomew 1st
Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople
“The European Union, and Europe more generally, is beyond all doubt a laboratory for global governance. However, as history shows, it is not the only one.”
Fu Ying
Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China
“There are many discussions about if China is to “rescue” Europe and how. […]What Europe needs is not a savior but a cooperation partner.”
Kemal Dervis
Vice-President for Global Economy at the Brookings Institution and Senior Advisor at the Sabanci University; former Minister of Economic Affairs of Turkey
“I do not believe that there can be a successful end of the story without the surplus countries – the north, particular Germany but not only Germany – accepting that they also have to make an effort so that their surpluses do not continue at very high levels.”
Panelists’ Remarks
Debates
17:30 – 19:30 | Parallel workshops
Workshop #1 – Energy and environment
Introduction by William Ramsay
Senior Advisor of the Center for Energy at Ifri
“Energy policy makers are fully aware of what the policy options are and what the programmes could be. […] The economy around the world is too parlous and it is not a time when politicians make difficult decisions. “
Manoëlle Lepoutre
Executive Vice President, Sustainable Development and Environment of Total
“Our first priority is to manage the risk associated with our operations, to avoid any major accidents and that is really a constant progress.”
Paal Frisvold
Chairman of the Board of Bellona Europa asbl
“The fact is that we need to reduce emissions, we know that, but we also know that 80% of the world’s energy is based on fossil fuels and that the global energy demand is increasing rapidly and vastly […]”
Kristina Rüter
Research Director of OEKOM research AG
“Key challenges in the Oil & Gas industry include climate protection and gradual shift to low-carbon/non-fossil energy sources, minimisation of environmental risks […]”
Debates
Workshop #2 – Food security
Introduction by Mostafa Terrab
Chairman and CEO of OCP Group
Louise Fresco
Professor at the University of Amsterdam
“We have done a great deal with the so-called Green Revolution, but we have also seen the effects levelling off, and we need to find new ways to produce foods sustainably […]”
Yashwant Thorat
CEO of the Rajiv Gandhi Trust
“High prices worsen food security in the short term but in the long run, they lead to investments being made in agriculture and to better food security, because countries feel they have to invest and increase productivity.”
Jean-Yves Carfantan
“Food security claims to keep in mind two main points, first that most of the soil reservoir for feeding the population is located in wet tropical lands, especially in Africa, and these soils do not have the same behaviour as soil in Europe […]”
Qu Xing
President of China Institute of International Studies (CIIS)
“I summarise the measures taken by Chinese governments in this regard into 11 fields: first, intensifying supervision on the quality and safety of agricultural products, second, establishing and strictly implementing market access systems for food quality and safety […]”
Debates
Workshop #3 – Health
Introduction by Jérôme Contamine
Executive Vice-President, Chief Financial Officer, and Member of the Executive Committee of Sanofi-Aventis
“It is clear that there is still a huge gap between what could be a reasonable and acceptable level of health for the worldwide population and where we are today.”
Petra Laux
Head of Global Public Affairs at Novartis
“A global health citizenship index for all players to sign up to could be a good way of moving forward in health issues.”
Steve Howard
Founding Secretary General of The Global Foundation
“If we put health too much into its own box, it might turn off all those who are not actually in the health sector.”
Debates
Workshop #4 – Global Governance and its current state
Introduction by Stewart Patrick
Senior fellow and director of the program on international institutions and global governance at the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR)
“Governance at the global level is obviously more complex in a system of sovereign states lacking overarching political authority.”
Sean Cleary
Chairman of Strategic Concepts (Pty) Ltd
“The other possibility is that we develop a greater sense of humility, stop imagining that we know all the answers and we can go back to business as usual […]”
Bruno Lafont
Chairman and CEO of Lafarge Group
“[…] we operate in a lot of different countries, and we see that there are limits to the approach of how we should approach global governance with different cultures.”
Debates
20:30 | Gala dinner at the Rathaus
Gala dinner
9:00 – 10:00 | Reports from parallel workshops
William Ramsay
Energy And Environment
Louise Fresco
Food Security
Jérôme Contamine
Health
Stewart Patrick
Global Governance and its current state
Remarks of Panelists
Conclusion by Thierry de Montbrial
10:00 – 11:15 | Plenary session 8
“Development and security”
Introduction by Jim Hoagland
Associate Editor, Chief Foreign Correspondent of the Washington Post
M.K. Narayanan
Former National Security Advisor of the Prime Minister; Governor of West Bengal of India
“Emerging threats and challenges in the 21st century are likely to test the flexibility, ingenuity and ability of governments worldwide.”
Yury Fedotov
Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
“In addition, while drugs and crime, often appear to be local in nature, our solutions must be global.”
Debates
11:30 – 12:30 | Plenary session 9
“Africa”
Jean-Michel Severino
Chairman of Investisseur et Partenaire, member of the French Academy of Technology
“2011 is the first year where the GDP of non-OECD countries will be higher than the GDP of OECD countries. It also leads us to try to see whether we can find ways out of the major economic crisis that the OECD world faces by introducing new partners into the game.”
Lionel Zinsou
Chairman of PAI Partners
“[…] the perception of Africa by China is totally different. It is not neo-colonialism. It is just a country looking at a continent with a sort of pragmatic view and nothing like a colonial heritage.”
Jean-Michel Severino
Chairman of Investisseur et Partenaire, member of the French Academy of Technology
Lionel Zinsou
Chairman of PAI Partners
Jean-Michel Severino
Chairman of Investisseur et Partenaire, member of the French Academy of Technology
12:30 – 14:30 | Lunch debate
“Lesson learned: an experience of the Polish-Russian rapprochement”
Introduction by Thierry de Montbrial
President and founder of the WPC
Anatoly Torkunov
Rector of the Moscow State Institute of International relations, Co-Chairman of the Polish-Russian Group on Difficult Matters
“Russia and Poland are countries with overlapping history and historic mythology about each other. […] Our countries always stress the morality of their foreign policy.”
Adam Daniel Rotfeld
Former Foreign Minister of Poland, Co-Chairman of the Polish-Russian Group on Difficult Matters
Debates
14:45 – 15:45 | Plenary session 10
“Middle East”
Introduction by Steven Erlanger
Paris Bureau Chief of the New York Times
Ehud Barak
Former Prime Minister; Minister of Defense and Deputy Prime Minister of Israel
“I believe that those leaders in the Arab world who opened their societies more for many voices and for women’s advancement ended up more stable when they faced this Arab Spring.”
Debates
16:00 – 18:00 | Plenary session 11
“General debate”
Introduction by Dominique Moïsi
Special Advisor at Ifri
Hubert Védrine
Former French Minister of Foreign Affairs
“The next developments in the great matter of governance will depend on whether or not alliances will be formed. If so, will they divide the world into hostile systems or will they make it possible to go beyond such hostility?”
Joschka Fischer
Former German Minister of Foreign Affairs
“In the 21st century the defining force will be the rise of the new powers or, even more, the desire of the people to get out of poverty and achieve the same living standard that we have been used to in the West.”
Igor Ivanov
Former Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs
“In our country, people want evolution, not revolution. We have had revolutions and suffered from them. We want evolution and our country to be a modern country with strong democratic institutions.”
Robert Badinter
Former French Minister of Justice, former President of the Constitutional Council
“In order to establish its credibility, the international criminal justice system has to be universal. […]There are still too many states that benefit from absolute immunity thanks to the Security Council.”
Debates
18:00 – 18:15 | Conclusions
20:30 | Closing dinner
2011 Program
2011 Report
Dos trimestres de contracción
[…] Esa es una de las claves del ciclo que se inicia en España, en un escenario mundial que –según la reciente World Policy Conference– tiene que adaptarse a la emergencia de los poderes emergentes y con un giro global hacia Asia, porque en Occidente habita sólo un doce por ciento de la población del planeta. Pero no se sabe cual será el nuevo orden resultante. […]
Güler Sabancı: Nachbarn sollten von Türkei lernen!
[…] Ein ähnliches Loblied auf die Türkei gab bereits Staatspräsiden Abdullah Gül während der Eröffnungssitzung der “World Policy Conference” in der Wiener Hofburg. Seiner Meinung nach steuere die Weltwirtschaft geradewegs auf eine Rezession zu. Im Gegensatz zu seinem Heimatland der Türkei habe die Europäische Union ihre eigenen Stabilitätskriterien missachtet. […]
La Syrie, un test pour la crédibilité de la Ligue arabe
[…] “L’impulsion du changement a été donnée en 2004 au sommet de Tunis”, plaide Amr Moussa, secrétaire général de 2001 à 2011, lors d’un forum organisé récemment à Vienne par l’Ifri. Il se rappelle avoir appelé à la “transparence” au sein d’une organisation au fonctionnement passablement opaque. Et plaidé pour le vote à la majorité, et non plus par consensus, ce qui paralysait nombre de décisions. […]
Cigars of the Pharaoh (II)
[…] And most recently, Amr Moussa, former secretary-general of the Arab League and presidential candidate in Egypt, said at the World Policy Conference in Vienna, “Turkey will not serve as a role model for the Arab world.” President Gül was one of the guest heads of state at the same conference. […]
Lourdes Aranda, “Sherpa” de la présidence mexicaine du G20
La crise de la zone euro ne doit pas être traitée dans le cadre du G20 La vice-ministre des Affaires étrangères du Mexique a détaillé pour “La Tribune ” les priorités du G20, en marge de la World Policy Conference organisée par l’Ifri. Après la France, le Mexique a pris le 1er décembre dernier la présidence du G20, le forum réunissant les vingt principales économies mondiales émergentes (Brics…) et du G7 (Etats-Unis, Japon, Canada et Europe), jusqu’à novembre 2012. […] Deuxième puissance émergeante à présider le G20 après la Corée du Sud, le Mexique ne veut en ” surcharger ” l’agenda et plaide pour que le sommet du G20 ne traite que d’enjeux mondiaux. […]
Israel, US ‘determined’ to halt Iran nuclear drive: Barak
Israel and the United States are determined to prevent Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons and do not rule out any option to that end, Israel’s defence minister said on Sunday.
Our two countries clearly believe that a nuclear Iran is neither conceivable nor acceptable and we are determined to prevent Iran from getting nuclear weapons,” Defence Minister Ehud Barak told public radio, two days after meeting US President Barack Obama. […]
A civil war that’s bigger than just Syria
[…] Assad’s government has become a killing machine,” says Turki bin Faisal of Saudi Arabia, one of the kingdom’s most senior princes, a former chief of intelligence, ex-ambassador to Washington and a man not given to bombast. “The killing has to stop This kind of leadership is unacceptable. Change in Syria is now inevitable.” He made these remarks at the recent World Policy Conference, a gathering of officials and experts organized by IFRI, the French think tank. […]
الحرب الأهلية السورية أكبر من سوريا نفسها
[…]لقد أدلى الأتراك بهذه الملاحظات في مؤتمر السياسة العالمي, و هو تجمع للمسئولين و الخبراء نظم الأسبوع الماضي في العاصمة النمساوية من قبل إيفري و هو مركز دراسات فرنسي.الحرب الأهلية في سوريا تتضمن قوات و مخاطر تتعدى حدود البلاد. على خلاف الثورات التي اندلعت في تونس و مصر وليبيا و كما يبدو اليمن, فإن النتيجة في سوريا سوف تقلب موازين القوة في حرب أهلية كبرى داخل الإسلام و هو الأمر المستمر منذ ثلاثة عقود. إن مستقبل سوريا سوف يكون أكثر غموضا و حتى أكثر إرباكا من الثورات الأخرى, و قد فهم القادة العرب هذا الأمر فجأة […]
The Chairman Il Sakong of KITA participated in the 4th World Policy Conference” as a presidential envoy
The Chairman Il Sakong of KITA participates as a presidential envoy in the 4th World Policy Conference, which will be held from December 9(Friday) to 11(Sunday), 2011 in Vienna, Austria. Chairman Sagong will present Korean government’s vision about building global governance on world economy under the title of “G8, the future of G20,” in the conference where foreign heads of states, high ranking officials, and prominent scholars will participate. […]
Address of His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew at the “World Policy Conference”
Your Excellencies, distinguished participants,Since the 15th century, Europe has been the protagonist in the unification of the Oecumene, the ‘inhabited world’. If we further take into account Europe’s overseas offshoots, globalization is, in fact, the result of many centuries of European Ecumenism.In the past, the ideal of bringing together the whole of humanity inspired many political and religious entities. The Roman and the Chinese Empires, the Christian Church and the Muslim Ummah, all faced the same political challenges: namely, what we term today ‘problems of governance’. […]
Zeit der Diktatoren ist vorüber, in Arabien wird sich alles ändern”
Die Zeit der Diktatoren ist vorüber, die Phase der Reformen ist angebrochen. Dieses Resümee zum arabischen Frühling hat der ehemalige Generalsekretär der Arabischen Liga, Amr Moussa, vor kurzem während der “World Policy Conference” in der Wiener Hofburg gezogen. “Wir gehen durch einen historischen und ernsten Wandel”, sagte er. “In Arabien wird sich alles” ändern”. Deshalb müsse sich auch die israelische Regierung ändern, betonte Moussa. […]
Thierry de Montbrial : La poussée islamiste était prévisible
Les enjeux de gouvernance liés aux bouleversements en Afrique du Nord ont été les principaux thèmes de la 4e édition de la World Policy Conference, qui s’est tenue à Vienne (Autriche) du 9 au 11 décembre. Entretien avec son initiateur Thierry de Montbrial, directeur de l’Institut français des relations internationales (Ifri). […]
[유럽연합 재정통합] “독일·남유럽 경제 실력차 못 줄이면 위기 반복될 것”
佛국제관계연구소 주관·조선일보 후원’세계정책회의’유로존 위기 원인은- 단일통화 사용으로 환율조정 안돼, 남유럽 경쟁력 잃고 독일은 이득최악 위기 벗어났나- EU 26개국’신안전성장 협약’ 합의, 협약 준수하면 금융 정상화 될 것中, 무조건 지원엔 부정적- “하루1달러로 사는 사람1억명인데 유럽 구해야 한다는 건 현실 호도” […]
Riyad n’exclut pas d’acquérir l’arme nucléaire
Membre influent de la famille régnante d’Arabie saoudite, le prince Turki al-Faysal, ex-ambassadeur à Londres et à Washington, est aussi un ancien chef des services de renseignements du royaume. Il participait samedi à la 4e World Policy Conference organisée à Vienne par l’Institut français des relations internationales (Ifri). […]