HomeAuthorsJean-Paul Tran Thiet Jean-Paul Tran Thiet Senior Fellow Expert résidentJean-Paul Tran Thiet used to be a French and European civil servant. He has held top-ranking positions as an advisor and a negotiator in both Paris and Brussels, including those as:Advisor to the private office of the Vice-president of the European Commission,Head of department at the SGAE, General Secretariat for European Affairs,Advisor, and then Co-Director of the private office of two Ministers in charge of European Affairs,Special Advisor of the French Prime Minister.After this public career, he joined the Paris Bar as an Attorney specialised in European law and economic regulation, including antitrust.Jean-Paul has always been active in not-for-profit activities, as Member of the Board of Institut Montaigne and Chairman of its "European Affairs" working group, Secretary General of Avenir-Transports, a group of members of the French Parliament, Honorary Chairman of the French association of Energy law, etc.His latest publication, “Saving the Right to Asylum”, is a production of a joint working group between Institut Montaigne and Terra Nova, two prominent French think tanks.PublicationsReportoctober 2018Saving the Right to AsylumMigration issues are tensioning political discussions and visions of Europe more than ever before. The European right to asylum is in danger.02/01/2022Zooming in on French Justice Jean-Paul Tran Thiet Senior Fellow 02/01/2021COVID-19: Should the EU Have Let Its Member States Negotiate? Jean-Paul Tran Thiet Senior Fellow 09/29/2020New Pact on Migration and Asylum: Living Up to Our Values Thierry Pech Director pf Terra Nova 08/06/2019Towards a better allocation of rescued migrants in the Mediterranean? Jean-François Rial CEO and Co-founder, Voyageurs du Monde 02/19/2019Redesigning an Obsolete European Competition Policy Sophie Segond Lawyer at the Paris bar