Is a professor of contemporary history and international affairs at CY Cergy-Paris University. A graduate of the École Normale Supérieure, he earned his PhD at La Sorbonne and has held several senior academic leadership positions, including Vice-Chancellor of the University of Paris–La Sorbonne and Provost of Paris Sciences & Lettres University. He is the co-founder and president of the Brennus Institute, a Paris- and Vienna-based research institute focused on the emergence and organization of the multipolar world, working with public, private, and non-profit actors in a changing geopolitical landscape. He is also an Honorary Doctor of the Academy of Philosophy of Rio de Janeiro.