Pascal Lorot

Pascal Lorot (born 1960) is an economics PhD from the (IEP) and a political science PhD from Panthéon-Assas University. He has been the president of Institut Choiseul for International Politics and Geoeconomics since 2003, and has also been a member of the since November, 2003.

Lorot's past activities include: director of economic studies for the French oil company Total (1995-2002), many ministerial cabinet positions, a counselor for the president of the (BERD), and a researcher at the (IFRI).

Lorot is the founder and director of the academic journal , and director of six other journals focused on geopolitical issues including:

Along with American economist and consultant Edward Luttwak, 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)

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