Arnaud Leveau is President of Asia Centre, Founder of Alta Strategies and Associate Professor at Paris Dauphine University.
He has nearly 30 years of experience across the Indo-Pacific, spanning business, government affairs, and research. His career includes positions in leading organisations such as Airbus, Danone, Sciaci Saint Honoré, and French Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
He has held academic and research positions at the Chulalongkorn University, Kyoto University, and Sogang University. He also served as Deputy Director of the French Research Institute on Contemporary Southeast Asia.
Arnaud Leveau holds a Ph.D. in Political Science from the École Normale Supérieure de Lyon. He is a member of the Asie21 and the author of numerous publications on the Korean Peninsula, Thailand, and Southeast Asia.
His work focuses on strategic and geopolitical dynamics in the Indo-Pacific, with a particular emphasis on defence, security, and international relations.
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![The Hotel and the Steppe | Shangri-La, Ulaanbaatar and two ideas of order • Arnaud Leveau (PhD) [Asia Unfiltered 2026 n°09]](https://asiacentre.eu/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/U9.AL_HotelSteppe_Excerpt.png "The Hotel and the Steppe | Shangri-La, Ulaanbaatar and two ideas of order • Arnaud Leveau (PhD) [Asia Unfiltered 2026 n°09]")
[Asia Unfiltered 2026 #9] Arnaud Leveau, PhD, president of Asia Centre, publishes a new opinion piece, “The Hotel and the Steppe”.
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