Richard Balme is professor of political science at Sciences Po, and a fellow at the Centre for European Studies. He is scientific councilor of the Master in International Public Management in the Paris School of International Affairs (PSIA), and director of the executive master in "Politiques et Management du développement - Potentiel Afrique."   He teaches public policy analysis and comparative politics at Sciences Po and also teaches at the School of Public Policy and Management at Tsinghua University in Beijing. Among his recent publications are:  European Governance and Democracy: Power and Protest in the European Union, (with D. Chabanet, Rowman and Littlefield 2008) and Europe-Asia Relations: Building Multilateralisms, (with B. Bridges, Palgrave, 2008).  His current research is focused on comparative environmental and climate governance.