An Active Member in the International Community
Ahead of the international agenda and beyond the media rush, the Bridge Tank draws from its research and brings its innovative analyses to decision-makers by hosting our own events and participating in major global fora where our members have engaged in a recurring dialogue. Based on curated and stable strategic choices defined with our International Advisory Board, we provide Reports and Policy Briefs bringing “solutions” to selected audiences, in a spirit of balanced engagement with all active parties on the issues that mobilize us. Since 2016, the Bridge Tank has also been a member of the T20 –– the G20’s engagement group, comprising of around a hundred global think tanks.
Economic recovery, energy and ecological transitions in China and Europe 19 October 2020 Minister Brune Poirson, Ding Yifan from the State Council of China, Thomas Melonio, Director at AFD and Raphael Schoentgen, former President of Hydrogen Europe explored the very strong potential for ecological, industrial and financial cooperation between China and the EU, fuelled by existing trade partnerships and China's massive holding of… Read more
The Bridge Tank hosts a working lunch on EU-China relations 15 October 2020 The panelists of the Bridge Tank’s forum took part in a working lunch on the 15th of October 2020. Among them were Sylvie Bermann, former French Ambassador to China, the United Kingdom and Russia, François Loos, former French Minister Delegate for Industry and former Minister Delegate for Foreign Trade, Joël… Read more
Around George Papandreou, Madeleine Albright and several Foreign Affairs and Prime Ministers, the 22nd Symi Symposium invented the “Hybrid Forum” 30 July 2020 July 26th-30th, the progressive family resumed meeting, to discuss the current global and US situation, the future of Europe, and topics such as the lifelong learning systems, narratives of wars and progressive movements of care, energy renaissance, the Balkans, the BRICS. Striking a balance: both in person, the good old… Read more
The joint launch of the EU Hydrogen and EU energy integration strategies, along the industry’s clean hydrogen alliance, suggest Europe is ready to build a world-class energy transition advantage 25 July 2020 EU's Policy making seldom shows such a great coordination across the Union, member states, regions, across different policies and between policy makers and the industry. The 8th of July of 2020 was a landmark announcement that could face up Asian leadership ambitions. This demonstrates the cohesive strength of the European construction,… Read more
Analysing EU’s Hydrogen strategy 20 July 2020 By Joël Ruet & Antoine Goutaland - On 8th July 2020, the European Commission unveiled a 3-phases plan for Hydrogen. This is a landmark announcement for European industry with a common industrial project that could face up Asian leadership ambitions. The 3 phases consist in: (1) Enabling framework conditions for… Read more
Global Think Tanks Forum on Health in Global Governance – The Bridge Tank – Chinese Academy of Contemporary Studies 10 June 2020 The Bridge Tank and the Chinese Academy of Contemporary Studies co-hosted with the Fondation Getulio Vargas of Brazil and the Russian Academy the Sub-Forum on Health in Global Governance, a sub-Forum of the Forum on Global Governance: the main Forum had speakers like Ban ki Moon, Nobel Prize Joseph Stiglitz,… Read more
How does the pandemic impact the competition between the United States and China? 30 May 2020 An Issue Brief, by Ambassador Philippe COSTE. Tensions between the two competitors are escalating, China’s situation vis-à-vis the United States is likely to strengthen and global governance is even more severely lacking than in the past, calling for more of European contruction. Download the French text ► Not only the… Read more
Flattening Curves & Lifting Lockdowns in EUROPE – A better method for estimating infection rates 28 April 2020 This paper presents a comparative analysis of the COVID-19 outbreak across ten major European countries. It identifies the best and worst performing countries in flattening the curve and promotes a new statistical method for estimating the ‘reproduction rate’ (known as ‘R0’) to analyse individual countries and specific regions, to better… Read more
FLATTENING THE CURVE – A pan-European comparative analysis of the COVID-19 outbreak 15 April 2020 A new report published by the Bridge Tank compares the outbreak of COVID-19 across ten major European countries. This ground-breaking analysis identifies the best and worst performing countries in Europe, and the reasons behind their respective performance in flattening the curve. Italy, Spain, France, UK, The Netherlands and Belgium are the most… Read more
Innovation lunch by The Bridge Tank in Davos 23 January 2020 The Bridge Tank organized on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos an international workshop on the theme: “Accelerating the smart city - financing solutions and project governance for emerging markets. " The bridge tank organised an industry conversation on « accelerating the smart city – financing solutions… Read more
The Bridge Tank’s 2020 Davos – Highlights 23 January 2020 As each year, Davos is too hectic to come into a post. Here are, beyond our own organized "Innovation Lunch", some highlights. We started with a TV interview on this year's theme on sustainable environment at the 50th World Economic Forum - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cwk5r9PJcPE . The Davos forum of course lags… Read more
The Bridge Tank’s week in Beijing for the launch of CGTN Think Tank 17 December 2019 In early December 2019, The Bridge Tank travelled to Beijing, China on the occasion of the launch of CGTN Think Tank. Represented by its president Joël Ruet, The Bridge Tank's presence in China proved a valuable opportunity to exchange with various foundations and think tank headquartered in Beijing. As a… Read more
Unlocking Finance: The Key Factor for Investment on Green Projects in Africa 1 November 2019 A significant change in how investors approach green projects is underway. The fight against climate change requires and will require increases in the amount of capital being devoted to green projects. This underlines the importance of mobilizing financial actors from the private sector. Their awareness of this need and on… Read more
The Bridge Tank co-organizes the Sino-France Dialogue on Civilizations 25 October 2019 On 22nd of October 2019, the Sino-French Dialogue on Civilisations, co-organised by the Bridge Tank and the China International Publishing Group, was host to three working panels focused on the French and Chinese cultures and global values. The discussions focussed on the intensification of bilateral human exchanges and on the… Read more
The Bridge Tank co-hosts the seminar: ‘China: Which questions for the future?’ 13 October 2019 The Bridge Tank co-organised with the Chinese Embassy in France a seminar on the 11th of October 2019, to commemorate the 40th anniversary of economic reforms and the China and the 55th anniversary of the implementation of French-Chinese diplomatic relations. This seminar took place in Brongniart Palace and gathered French… Read more
A working lunch on international affairs around Maurice Gourdault-Montagne 20 June 2019 On June 19, 2019, France-Amériques and The Bridge Tank, represented by Jean-Claude Beaujour and Joël Ruet, co-organised a working lunch on international current affairs around Maurice Gourdault-Montagne, Secretary General of the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs, as part of the "Transatlantic Talks" series. Eric de Rothschild, Irina Bokova, Claire Martin,… Read more
Discussing Sustainable Development & Innovation at the Western Returned Scholar Association’s annual meeting 17 May 2019 From May 15-17, 2019, the Western Returned Scholars Association hosted a side conference to the Conference on Dialogue of Asian Civilizations titled “Sustainable Development: Green Collaboration and Innovation”. The keynote speakers of this conference included The Bridge Tank's president Joël Ruet, Mohan Munasinghe, former Vice-Chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate… Read more
The Bridge Tank participates in the Conference on Dialogue of Asian Civilisations 16 May 2019 The Conference on Dialogue of Asian Civilizations took place on May 15, 2019 in Beijing. For this event, Chinese President Xi Jinping invited heads of state and government and high representatives from around the world. The Bridge Tank was invited to attend this event and to give a speech at… Read more
Policy Brief : Soil as Natural Capital: a factor for sustainable diversification 14 April 2019 The soil is a living ecosystem that is capable of growth and diversification. It is also a productive capital but the conventional methods and technologies of its exploitation could lead to its destruction. Reversing this paradigm is the basis of a green growth strategy: the soil can become a carbon… Read more
Horasis Global Meeting 2019: Catalyzing the Benefits of Globalization 12 April 2019 The Horasis Global Meeting was held from April 6-9, 2019 in Cascais, Portugal. It gathered over 800 world leaders from over 70 countries around the theme “Catalyzing the Benefits of Globalization”. The Bridge Tank was represented by its chairman Joël Ruet and its board member Pranjal Sharma, advisor at the… Read more