A charismatic personality, Gérard Araud speaks at the Grandes Écoles (Science Po, Université Paris-Dauphine, ILERI, l’École des Relations Internationales (….), international groups and institutions such as the European American Chamber of Commerce, Institut Jacques Delors, etc., on any topic related to foreign policy corresponding to his functions as Political Director of the Quai, i.e., the highest position in the political sector of the House of Commons, and PR in New York.