Prénom de l'expert

Céline

Nom de l'expert

PAJON

Research Fellow, Head of Japan and Indo-Pacific Research, Center for Asian Studies, Ifri

Research Areas:

Japanese foreign and defense policy
International relations and geopolitics of the Indo-Pacific
French and European approaches to the Indo-Pacific and Pacific Islands
Maritime security in the Indo-Pacific

Center for Asian Studies

Celine Pajon is Head of Japan and Indo-Pacific Research in Ifri’s Center for Asian Studies, which he joined in 2008. She also coordinates the research program on Pacific Islands, set up in 2022. Céline is a Senior Researcher with the Japan Chair at Vrije Universiteit Brussels (VUB) and an International Research Fellow with the Canon Institute for Global Studies (CIGS) in Tokyo. In 2016, she was a visiting researcher at JIIA, the Japan Institute of International Affairs, the think tank of the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs. A graduate from the Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva and Sciences Po Lyon, Céline also studied for two years in Japan, at Waseda University (Tokyo) and Osaka University. She tweets @CelinePajon.

Flagship Publications

Studies

October 2023

France in the Indo-Pacific: The Need for a Pragmatic Strategic Posture

France-led Multilateral exercise La Pérouse

Jérémy BACHELIER Céline PAJON

July 2023

France's IndoPacific Strategy: From a Balancing Power to a Constructive Stakeholder

Céline PAJON

Papers

March 2023

Japan and the Pacific Islands Countries. Longstanding Strategic Interests, Recent Strategic Engagement

Tongan people greeting the Japanese destroyer Osumi arriving to deliver relief supplies after the volcanic eruption and tsunami of January 2022. © Embassy of Japan in Tonga

Céline PAJON

Memos

April 2022

Two Shades of Blue: Europe and the Pacific Islands, Strategic Partners in the Indo-Pacific Era

Crédits: Montage réalisé par l’Ifri © Shutterstock

Céline PAJON

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Publications

Press

Editorials

Korea Looks to the Pacific: A First Cut with the 1st Korea-PIC Summit

06 July 2023

Korea (ROK) held the first Korea–Pacific Islands Summit at head-of-state level on May 29/30 and entered an already crowded Pacific region.

Céline PAJON Wooyeal PAIK

After Hiroshima: The G7 Summit, Economic Security and the EU-Japan Partnership

20 June 2023

Japan and the European Union are increasingly aligned on international economic policies, the product of a similar outlook toward China – concerned without being overtly hostile – and worried about over-reach by the United States.

Céline PAJON Eva PEJSOVA Brad GLOSSERMAN

European and Japanese Soft Power Signal Renewed Influence of G7

25 May 2023

The G7 summit in Hiroshima showcased a new international order in the making: in a world where security is indivisible, the priority should be to uphold a collectively shaped rules-based order and find a modus vivendi with China. The G7 can work toward this by taking into account the diverse perspectives of industrialized countries and the Global South, which prioritizes multi-alignment and autonomy. Japan and Europe played a critical role in this process.

Céline PAJON

Studies

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China/United States: Europe off Balance

01 April 2023

As French President Emmanuel Macron (accompanied by Ursula von der Leyen) is on a state visit to China, some twenty Ifri researchers decipher the stakes of the U.S./China/Europe strategic triangle.

Thomas GOMART Marc HECKER Alain ANTIL Jérémy BACHELIER Marc-Antoine EYL-MAZZEGA Diana-Paula GHERASIM Marc JULIENNE Tatiana KASTOUÉVA-JEAN Éric-André MARTIN Laurence NARDON Françoise NICOLAS Céline PAJON Alice PANNIER Isabelle SAINT-MEZARD Jean-Loup SAMAAN John SEAMAN Élie TENENBAUM Mathilde VELLIET

Papers

Japan and the Pacific Islands Countries. Longstanding Strategic Interests, Recent Strategic Engagement

17 March 2023

Japan has recently stepped up its engagement with the Pacific Island Countries (PICs), building on its historical ties and strategic interests in the region.

Céline PAJON

Memos

Credit : © Communauté du Pacifique (CPS) / The Pacific Community (SPC)

Food Systems in the Pacific: Addressing Challenges in Cooperation with Europe

06 March 2023

More frequent climate disasters, rising sea levels, the economic fallout of Covid-19 lockdowns, border closures, supply chain constraints, and the global impact of the war in Ukraine have aggravated the challenge of maintaining sustainable and resilient food systems for Pacific Island Countries (PICs).

Céline PAJON

Mitigating Geopolitical Risk – Japan as a Stabilizer in Asia

20 January 2023

In the current tumultuous geopolitical setting, Tokyo may have a very specific, stabilizing role to play.

Céline PAJON

The United States and France: Partners for the Pacific Islands Region?

30 November 2022

Emmanuel Macron and Joe Biden are meeting for the first state visit under the Biden administration, which is reserved for France.

Céline PAJON

Memos

© 2021 La Pérouse Excercise, Marine nationale

France and AUKUS: Bouncing Back to Live up to Pacific Challenges

03 November 2022

Back in September 2021, the announcement of AUKUS – the defense partnership between Australia, the United Kingdom (UK) and the United States (US) was a shock to Paris.

Jérémy BACHELIER Céline PAJON

Memos

A Green-Blue Alliance in Motion: Pacific Island Countries and Europe Fighting Climate Change

17 October 2022

The Pacific Islands Countries (PICs) were the first to ratify the Paris climate agreement in 2015. Indeed, for them, climate change has had very concrete implications for years. Islanders have seen the sea level rising, endangering the very existence of atolls. They have also experienced increasingly violent cyclones and other natural disasters, and must deal with multiple impacts of a changing climate on their everyday lives

Céline PAJON