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Jean-Luc Domenach
Senior Research Fellow Sciences Po
domenach@ceri-sciences-po.org - Tel: +33 1 58 71 70 67

Holds a Ph.D. and degrees in history, political science and Chinese. Joined Sciences Po in 1973. Lived in Tokyo from 1970 to 1972 and served as the French Cultural Attaché in Hong Kong from 1976 to 1978. Former policy analyst at the Policy Planning Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (1979-1981); former director of CERI (1985-1994) and former vice-president for research at Sciences Po (1995-2001). Spent five years (2002-2007) in Beijing where he created and led the Antenne franco-chinoise de sciences humaines et sociales at Tsinghua University.
A regular columnist for Ouest-France; member of the editorial board of Vingtième siècle and correspondent for L’Histoire. A regular contributor to Revue française de science politique, Politique étrangère, Politique internationale, Critique internationale, Pacific Review, Asia Europe Journal ; participates in the Asia Network, the Euro-Asia Alliance and the Université de Tous les Savoirs. Knight of the National Order of Merit and Knight of the Order of the Legion of Honour.

Teaching
- Sciences Po: undergraduate courses; founder and director of the Asia Program in the Master’s in Comparative Politics

Research interests
- Domestic and foreign policy of the People’s Republic of China
- International relations in East Asia
- Writing China’s history today

Bio en français

Publications
Books
  • La Chine m’inquiète, Perrin, 2008
  • Comprendre la Chine d’aujourd’hui, Paris, Perrin, 2007
  • Où va la Chine ?, Paris, Fayard, 2002, 392 p.
  • L'Asie et nous, (avec Aimé Savard), Paris, Desclée de Brower, 2001.
  • L'Asie en danger, Paris, Fayard, 1998, 340 p.
Articles in peer-reviewed journals

Contributions to edited volumes

  • Participation à Stephane Courtois (dir.), Dictionnaire du communisme, Larousse, 2007
  • "La Chine est-elle entrée dans le monde ?" in Université de tous les savoirs, La Chine aujourd’hui,  Odile Jacob, 2003.
  • "Le communisme chinois au risque de la mondialisation", in Yves Michaud (dir.), Qu'est-ce que la culture ?, Paris, Ed. Odile Jacob, 2001.
Other
  • "Les vrais maîtres de la Chine", Politique internationale, janvier 2007.
  • "Les années Mao : révolution et tragédie", L’Histoire, juillet-août 2005.
  • "Les mutations du monde chinois", Géoéconomie, 18, été 2001.
  • "La transition post-totalitaire en Chine", Commentaire, 24 (93), printemps 2001.
  • "La Chine face à l'Occident", Géopolitique, 67, octobre 1999.
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