loader image

Center for International Relations
and Sustainable Development

CIRSD Mourns the Passing of Mohamed Benaissa

The Center for International Relations and Sustainable Development (CIRSD) deeply mourns the passing of Mohamed Benaissa, a distinguished diplomat, statesman, and a founding member of our Advisory Board. A towering figure in international diplomacy, Mohamed Benaissa was among the Middle East’s most …

Decentralized International Finance and the End of U.S. Financial Hegemony

Nemanja Plotan is a political economist currently serving as a Geopolitical Risk Analyst at the Vienna-based GEA Group, a global technology supplier in the food processing industry. It has been more than 80 years since the representatives of 44 countries met at the Mount Washington Hotel in Bretton …

Multilateralism and the New World Order

HRH Prince Turki AlFaisal, Chairman of the Board, King Faisal Center for Research and Islamic Studies* First let me thank the Paris School of International Affairs at Sciences Po for the kind invitation to be this important summit. It is a pleasure being with you all. I have put my initial thoughts …

CIRSD and Sciences Po Host High-Level Panel on Multilateralism in Paris

Paris, January 2025 – The Center for International Relations and Sustainable Development (CIRSD), in partnership with Sciences Po, hosted a thought-provoking panel discussion on “Multilateralism and the New World Order” as part of the 10th Youth & Leaders Summit in Paris. The panel brought toget…

No Geopolitics for the Defenseless (and Why the EU is no Different)

Giacomo Maragnani is a graduate student of international governance and diplomacy at Sciences Po in Paris, France, as well as a research and editorial intern at the Center for International Relations and Sustainable Development (CIRSD). The 2024 U.S. presidential election once again took center stag…

REFORM, REBUILD, OR RAMPAGE: Jeremić’s three Rs for global turmoil

Moscow, December 2024 – Vuk Jeremić, President of the Center for International Relations and Sustainable Development (CIRSD), delivered a speech at the IX Moscow International Conference on Political Risks and Foresight at the MGIMO University titled “International Uncertainty 2025.” Speaking at the…