Hubert Védrine is a French Socialist politician. He is an advisor at Moelis &Company.
Bernard Kouchner KBE is a French politician and doctor. He is the co-founder of Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) and Médecins du Monde. From 2007 until 2010,he was the French Minister of Foreign and European Affairs in the center-right Fillon government under president Nicolas Sarkozy,although he had been in the past a minister in socialist governments. In 2010,The Jerusalem Post considered Kouchner the 15th most influential Jew in the world. Since 2015 Kouchner is workstream leader for the AMU,where he contributes his expertise in healthcare.
Ursula Plassnik is an Austrian diplomat and politician. She was Foreign Minister of Austria between October 2004 and December 2008. She has served as the Austrian ambassador to Switzerland from 2016 to 2021.
Miguel Ángel Moratinos Cuyaubé is a Spanish diplomat and politician,a member of the Socialist Workers' Party and was a member of Congress from 2004 to 2011,where he represented Córdoba. Since 7 January 2019 he is the UN High-Representative for the Alliance of Civilizations.
Élisabeth Guigou is a French politician of the Socialist Party who served as a member of the National Assembly from 2002 until 2017,representing Seine-Saint-Denis' 9th constituency.
Jean-Marie Guéhenno is a former French diplomat who served as the United Nations' Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations from 2000 to August 2008.
The presidency of Nicolas Sarkozy began on 16 May 2007 when Nicolas Sarkozy became the sixth President of the French Fifth Republic,following his victory in the 2007 presidential election. A candidate of the conservative Union for a Popular Movement (UMP),he nominated François Fillon as Prime minister,who formed a composite government,a bit modified following the UMP's relative victory during the June legislative election. Although the UMP had not obtained a majority as large as expected,Nicolas Sarkozy could launch the reforms he had pledged as a candidate as soon as he was elected. However,he tried to open his government to the opposition party,appointing several politicians close to the opposition parties.
Pierre Vimont is a French diplomat who served as the Executive Secretary-General of the European External Action Service (EEAS) from 2010 until 2015. His current rank in the French civil service is "Ambassadeur de France",which is properly not a rank but a "dignity" bestowed upon a diplomat for life. He is a senior fellow at Carnegie Europe.
The Geneva Centre for Security Policy (GCSP) is an international foundation that was established in 1995 under Swiss law to "promote the building and maintenance of peace,security and stability". The GCSP was founded by the Federal Department of Defence,Civil Protection and Sports in cooperation with the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs as a Swiss contribution to Partnership for Peace (PfP).
Bruno Stagno Ugarte was the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Costa Rica from 2006 to 2010 and was the president of the Assembly of States Parties of the International Criminal Court (ICC) from 2005 to 2008.
Philip H. Gordon is an American diplomat and foreign policy professional. Since March 21,2022,he has served as Assistant to the President and National Security Advisor to the Vice President of the United States,Kamala Harris. Earlier in his career,he was Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs (2009–2011) and Special Assistant to the President and White House Coordinator for the Middle East,North Africa,and the Persian Gulf Region (2013–2015) during the presidency of Barack Obama.
Gérard Araud is a retired French diplomat who served as Ambassador of France to the United States from 2014 to 2019. He previously served as Director General for Political and Security Affairs of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (2006–2009) and France's permanent representative to the United Nations (2009–2014).
Justin Pierre Albert Vaïsse is a French historian and intellectual. Since March 2019,he is the Director General of the Paris Peace Forum organization,an independent NGO he founded in 2018 under the impetus of French President Emmanuel Macron. The Paris Peace Forum is an annual event that aims at promoting new rules and solutions to address the global challenges of our time. Prior to this role,he was Director of Policy Planning at the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs from 2013 to 2019.
Franziska Katharina Brantner is a German politician of the Green Party who has been serving as a member of the German Parliament since 2013.
The Institut français des relations internationales is a think tank dedicated to international affairs,based in Paris,France.
François Godement is a French historian,specialist of China and international relations in East Asia. He is now a Professor in political science at Sciences Po and the Director for the strategy of Asia Centre,Paris.
Ghassan Salamé is a Paris-based Lebanese academic. He served as the Lebanese Minister of Culture from 2000 to 2003. He was the Dean of the Paris School of International Affairs (PSIA) and professor of International Relations at Sciences Po. Salaméserved as the head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya from 2017 to 2020.
French-Turkmen relations are the bilateral relations between France and Turkmenistan. France has an embassy in Ashgabat and Turkmenistan has an embassy in Paris. Both countries are full members of the OSCE and the United Nations.
María Aránzazu "Arancha" González Laya is a Spanish lawyer who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs,European Union and Cooperation in the Spanish government of Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez from 2020 to 2021. Currently,González is the dean of the Paris School of International Affairs at the elite French university Sciences Po.
