Luxembourg Institute for European and International Studies
Institut d'Etudes Européennes et Internationales du Luxembourg

The Vitality of Nations

Coping with Shrinking: The Yugoslav and the Serbian Experiences

(in association with the Belgrade Institute for European Studies and in cooperation with Anglo-Serbian Society),
29-30 June 2007, Belgrade

The Vitality of Vietnam

(in association with the Institute of Sociology, Academy of Social Sciences of Vietnam),
16 March 2007, Hanoi

Growth and Interaction in the World Economy: The West and the Rest, 1000-2000 AD

(based on an essay by Angus Maddison),
24-25 May 2002, Harvard

Executive summary (60.56 kB)

The Vitality of India

(in association with the Indian Council of Social Science Research, New Delhi and the Centre for Research in Rural and Industrial Development, Chandigarh)
9-10 March 2002, Chandigarh, India

Social and Antisocial Capital

(based on an essay by Paul Streeten),
11 May 2001, Harvard

Executive summary (63.77 kB)

The Vitality of China and the Chinese

(in association with the Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences),
12-13 May 2000, Shanghai

Does Economics Matter?

(based on an essay by Charles Kindleberger),
17 April 2000, Harvard

The Revitalisation of the City of Saint Petersburg

19-20 June 1999, Saint Petersburg

The World We Are Entering: 2000-2050

(based on an essay by Immanuel Wallerstein),
4-5 June 1999, Schengen, Luxembourg

Economics of the Twenty-First Century

(based on a manuscript by Andrew Kamarck),
24 April 1998, Harvard

Two Hegemonies: Britain 1846-1914 and the United States 1941-1989

(in association with the Institute for Historical Research, London),
2-4 May 1997, Cumberland Lodge, UK

Capitalism, Socialism and Dictatorship: Outgrowing Communist and Capitalist Dictatorships

(in association with the Center on Institutional Reform and the University of Maryland, Washington; based on a manuscript by Mancur Olson),
24-25 January 1997, Luxembourg

World Economic Perspectives till the Year 2050

(based on a manuscript by Walt Rostow),
18-19 October 1996, Harvard

The Vitality of Pre-Communist, Communist and Post-Communist Russia

(in association with the Moscow Science Foundation),
27-28 September 1996, Moscow

The Disruption of Traditional Forms of Nurture in the 20th Century

(based on an essay by William McNeill),
13-14 July 1996, Luxembourg

Capitalism, Socialism and Dictatorship: Outgrowing Communist and Capitalist Dictatorships

(in association with the Center on Institutional Reform and the University of Maryland, Washington; based on a manuscript by Mancur Olson),
12-13 April 1996, Washington D.C.

The Vitality of Pre-Communist, Communist and Post-Communist Russia

(in association with the Moscow Science Foundation),
22-23 September 1995, Moscow

The Wealth and Poverty of Nations or Why some are so Rich and some so Poor

(based on a manuscript by David Landes),
26-27 May 1995, Harvard

The Decline of the Western Alliance: A Cultural Interpretation

(based on a manuscript by Christopher Coker),
20 January 1995, London

The Vitality of the Netherlands

16-17 December 1994, Luxembourg

World Economic Primacy, 1350-1990

(based on a preliminary manuscript by Charles Kindleberger),
6-7 May 1994, Harvard

The Vitality of Britain

17-18 December 1993, Luxembourg

The Vitality of Japan in a Comparative Perspective

(in association with the Japan Institute of International Affairs, Tokyo),
26-27 March 1992, Tokyo

The Vitality of Central and Eastern Europe after the Eclipse

14-16 December 1991, Stirin (Prague)

The Vitality of Nations, Western Europe, Eastern Europe, the United States and Japan in the Contemporary World

27-28 September 1990, Harvard

The Vitality of Nations, Western Europe, Eastern Europe, the United States and Japan in the Contemporary World

9-11 March 1990, Bourglinster, Luxembourg