Jacques Baudouin France

Writer.

Jacques Baudoin is both a writer and an editor. His former responsibility include: in charge of the educational and professional formations issues to the Labor ministry (1994 - 1995), former consultant to the Higher Institute of National Defense Studies (49^th session). He is also vice-president of the Choiseul Institute. He wrote several books among which “Mandarin Blanc” historical novel price, “l'Homme de Jade” (Editions JC. Lattès) and of “A quoi jouent les hommes” (Editions Flammarion).

Finally, he is director of the Chinese world revue.

António Marques Bessa Portugal

Expert in politics.

Dr. António Marques Bessa is professor and president of the educational council of the Superior Institute of Social Sciences and Politics of the Technical University of Lisbon (ISCSP-UTL). He coordinates the Social Science bachelor and heads the research master of African Studies.

Invited professor in several universities of the Portuguese world, he is also permanent speaker of the Military Institute of Luanda in Angola. He is speaker as well for the UNDP on African Portuguese speaking countries issues.

His main study interests are theories of political leadership and geopolitics of Africa, Portuguese cultures countries and the developing world.

Charles Cogan United States of America

Dr. Charles G. Cogan is a Research Associate at the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University.

A graduate of Harvard, then a journalist, and then a military officer, he spent thirty-seven years in the Central Intelligence Agency, 23 of them on assignments overseas. From August 1979-August 1984 he was chief of the Near East South Asia Division in the Directorate of Operations. From September 1984-September 1989 he was CIA Chief in Paris. After leaving the CIA, he earned a doctorate in public administration at Harvard, in June 1992.

He lectures and writes in English and French. His latest book is French Negotiating Behavior: Dealing with “La Grande Nation” (United States Institute of Peace Press, 2003). A French-language version, with an update, is entitled, Diplomatie à la française (Editions Jacob-Duvernet, 2005).

In recognition of the latter work, he was awarded in November 2006 the Prix Ernest Lémonon of the Academy of Moral and Political Sciences of the Institut de France.

Pierre Conesa France

CEO of the European Company of Strategic Intelligence.

Former senior official at ministry for defense, Pierre Conesa, was deputy manager at the direction of the international relations of the General Delegation for the Armament, under director at the Delegation for Strategic Affairs, and responsible for mission for Chief of Staff of the armies. Near the Prime Minister, he worked at the general secretariat of Armament.

Alumni of the National Administration School (ENA) in Paris, Pierre Conesa, published many articles in Le Monde Diplomatique and more than 10 books (novels, philosophical and strategic essays). He is also professor at Science Politique Paris and at ENA.

Steve Gentili France

President of the French-speaking Business Forum.

Steve Gentili was born in 1949, he was fist President Director of an important agribusiness corporation, he became President of the BRED-Banque Populaire and is also President of the French-speaking Business Forum.

Michel Guénaire France

Lawyer and writer.

Doctor in Public Law, former Constitutional Law Professor at the University Strasbourg III, he is now associate lawyer at Gide Loyrette Nouel. H is member of the society analysis counsel, counselor at the political innovation council, member of the writing committee of the “Semaine juridique-Administration et collectivités territoriales”.

Besides several law papers and articles, he is the author of: What is the principle of Government, (Qu'est ce que le principe de gouvernement), under the pseudonym Mirabeau 1989, The First (Le Premier), roman 1994, A World leaderless (Un Monde sans élites) essay 1995, The Modern Prince or the limits of the willingness (Le Prince moderne où les limites de la volonté), essay 1998, Decline or upraising of power (Déclin ou renaissance du pouvoir), essay 2002, The French genius (Le Génie français), essay 2006.

Christian Harbulot France

Director of the “Ecole de Guerre Economique”.

International Expert in Economic Intelligence, in history and in Politics.

Since the beginning of the 1980 he worked on issues of Economic rivalries and power strategies. He leads the “Ecole de Guerre Economique” (ESLSCA Group) that he founded in 1997.

His major publications are The Economic War Machine (La Machine de Guerre Economique), Economica 1992, France has to say no (La France doit dire non), Plon 1999, The Cognitive War (La Guerre Cognitive), Lavauzelle 2004, The Invisible hand of powers (La Main invisible des puissances), Ellipses 2005, The Ways to power (Les Chemins de la puissances), Tatamis 2007.

General Carlo Jean Italy

Geoeconomist.

The General Carlo Jean is the president of the Geopolitical and Economical Research Center at the University of social sciences in Roma (LUISS).

Recognized author at the international level, his research works are about asymmetrical conflicts, international security and strategic stakes of the war of information.

The General Jean was formerly director of the Strategic Studies of the Military Center, the Military Adviser of the Italian Republic President and the President's personal representative of the Organization for the Safety and the Cooperation in Europe.

In 2003, he is named Delegated Commissioner for Nuclear Safety under the government of Silvio Berlusconi.

Cameron Kerry United States of America

Lawyer.

Cameron F. Kerry is a member of the international law firm Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky & Popeo, P.C. He practices at the intersection of litigation and regulation, where he has been called on to solve legal problems in the regulation of cable television and communications. In addition, Mr. Kerry has been an Adjunct Professor of Telecommunications Law at Suffolk Law School and has published and lectured articles on communications law and litigation.

During 2003 and 2004, Mr. Kerry reduced his practice to take on several roles as a senior advisor and surrogate for the Democratic Presidential campaign. He remains active in civic and political affairs. He received his B.A. from Harvard College, and his J.D. from Boston College Law School.

Thomas Menk Germany

President of the VSW BW.

Dr. Menk studied law at the Johannes Gutenberg University in Mainz, Germany, and passed in 1986 his first legal state examination and in 1989 his second legal state examination. In 1988/1989 he accomplished a post-graduate master's degree study of public administration at the University for Public Administration in Speyer, Germany (Main subject: administration and international relations) and in 1993 his doctorate in public administration (Title: Force for peace — about concept and history of collective security (UN), legal historical and sociological aspects).

He started his professional career as scientific assistant (1990–1994) at the University for Public Administration in Speyer (Main field of research: theory of the state, constitutional law, international law of conflicts). Dr. Menk was from 1994 to 2001 Officer in a German Federal Security Agency, and became in 2001 a Member of the Federal German Ministry of the Interior. Since 2001 he is Director of the Corporate Security Department of Daimler Chrysler AG. Since 2002 he is Member of the Security Committee of the Federation of German Industries (BDI), and since April 2004 President of the Baden-Württemberg Association for Industrial Security in Industry (VSW BW).

Victor Perevalov Russia

Legal Administrator of the Ural Region.

Graduated in Law in 1968.

Victor Perevalov is a Public law and political science teacher. He published more than 130 articles of constitutional law, of politics and of philosophy and of the fundamental course of politology. He is both an expert of politics and of federalism. Mr Perevalov is an Honorific professor of Russian and foreign universities (Humboldt University in Berlin, International Law Institute in the USA). Mr Perevalov is as well president of the Juridic Inter-regional higher studies of Russia, president of the scientific council of the Lawyer Association of Russia, former regional president of the electoral committee. He participated in the writing of the constitution of the Russian Federation, the constitution of several articles of State constitutions. He received several State decorations. He is Prime Laureate in Russia and abroad (“United Europe”, Oxford 2005; Laureate of the “Association for industrial promotion and development”, Paris 2006).

Ali Rastbeen Iran

Geopolitician.

Ali Rastbeen is president of the International Institute of Strategic Studies of Paris, and director of the revue “Géostrategique”.

He wrote several articles and papers on geostrategies and geopolitics. He is a well-known specialist on Iran and on strategic and energetic issues of the Middle East.

Wolfgang Reineke Allemagne

Writer.

Wolfgang Reineke, 67, writer and management consultant. 1960 - 1965 Universities of Heidelberg and Tübingen major in international politics and economics. His Heidelberg office manages projects in international affairs and strategic planning. Reineke is a member of the International Institute for Strategic Studies, London (IISS). Co-founder and Vice President of the Administration Board of the European Institute for Security (EIS), as such ever since dealing with issues of European crisis and conflict management. Today he is President of the German branch of the EIS, the Gesellschaft für Europäische Aussen-und Sicherheitspolitk, GEAS, in Heidelberg.

Published numerous books and studies about strategic planning and crisis management in public and political affairs.

Christophe Réveillard France

Historian.

Doctor in History, he graduated in International Public law, professor Assistance at the Sorbonne University. He is also Seminar Director at the “Collège interarmées de Défense” at the Ecole Militaire.

Christophe Réveillard is the author of among others, On a Few myths of the European Community (Sur Quelques mythes de l'Europe Communautaire), F-X de Guibert 1998, Key dates of the European Construction (Les Dates-clefs de la construction européenne, Ellipse 1999 & 2003, The Americanization of Occidental Europe during the XX^th century (L'americanisation de l'Europe au XX^ème siècle, Presse de l'Université Paris-Sorbonne (PUPS) 2002.

Correspondent of the Revue of International History, “Nova Historica” (Rome) and member of the writing Committee of the French Review of Geopolitics, he heads the collection “Key dates” for Ellipses Edition.

Francesco Sidoti Italy

Distinguished professor of Criminology from Aquila University.

Doctor in penal law (“Bari University”) and in Sociology (“Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales”), the professor Sidoti is author of many works on Intelligence, Terrorism and international security. He is published and teaches in the United States, in Asia and in several European countries.

Anh Tiecieng People's Republic of China desistance

Diplomat.

Graduated from the Institute of Foreign Languages of Beijing, Han Tiecheng is the Minister Adviser in charge of the Economic and Social Affairs. He starts his career at the Sales Department of the Embassy of the People's Republic of China in Paris.

He practices then various functions at the Ministry for the Foreign Trade, then at the Ministry for the co-operation with the foreigner as Director of Protocol of the Foreign Governments Financing.