Pascal Lorot (born 30 April 1960 at

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) is a French economist and geopolitician.

Biography

He earned an economics PhD from the l'Institut d'études politiques de Paris (1987). He has been the president of

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since 2003, and has also been a member of the French Commission of Energy Regulation since November 2003.Institut Choiseul – Pascal Lorot
Lorot's past activities include: director of economic studies for the French oil company

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(1995-2002), many ministerial cabinet positions, a counselor for the president of the

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(BERD), and a researcher at the

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(IFRI). He also was the president of the economical commission of the

Club de l'horloge The Carrefour de l'Horloge (literally ''The Clock Crossroad''), formerly Club de l'Horloge (1974–2015), is a French far-right national liberal think tank founded in 1974 and presided by Henry de Lesquen. The organization promotes an "integral ne ...

.See Philippe Lamy's thesis, p. 434: http://www.theses.fr/2016PA080034/document. Lorot is the founder and director of the academic journal '' Géoéconomie'', and director of six other journals focused on geopolitical issues including: *'' Monde Chinois'' was founded in 2004 and 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). *'' Politique Américaine'' is a French-language journal dedicated to contemporary issues in the United States of America. *'' Problèmes d'Amérique latine'' is a major French-language journal on current political, economic and cultural change in Latin America. *'' Nordiques'' was founded in 2003 and is the only French-language journal dedicated to the policies and strategies of states in Northern Europe and the Baltic. *'' Maghreb-Machrek'' is one of the largest, most renowned international reviews dedicated to the Arab world.

Contribution to international relations

Along with American economist and consultant

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, 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." (Translated from French, italics are contributor's own)

Books

*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.

References

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