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A Region of Flashpoints? Security in the Indo-Pacific

Date de publication
16 September 2021
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The Indo-Pacific mega-region is home to the world’s most fluid, complex, and dangerous security environment. Lingering traditional security flashpoints (Taiwan Strait, North Korea, territorial disputes) are exacerbated by the rise of China and the US–China great power competition.

France: the leading European power in the Indo-Pacific

Date de publication
16 September 2021
Accroche

In May 2018, French President Emmanuel Macron delivered a speech at the Garden Island Naval Base in Sydney, Australia, where he outlined a French strategy for the Indo-Pacific. With this speech, France formally positioned itself as an ‘Indo-Pacific power’ and became the first European country to adopt the concept as a regional framework. France’s approach to the region reflects unique sensitivities. It has also been the driving force for broader European engagement with the Indo-Pacific.

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The European Union: Caught Between the United States and China

Date de publication
07 September 2021
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The United States and the European Union (EU) are now both in agreement regarding China – long viewed benevolently – as a systemic rival in the international order. 

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France’s strategic engagement in the Indo-Pacific makes a difference: Here is why

Date de publication
09 April 2021
Accroche

Let’s face it: while there are growing expectations for a French and European enhanced engagement in the Indo-Pacific, when Europeans step up their commitment, or express their willingness to do so, they are often met with disdain, on the ground that they would not make a big difference in front of China. Is that really so?

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The EU-Japan partnership in the Indo-Pacific: opportunities and challenges

Date de publication
12 March 2021
Accroche

This paper analyses the common and divergent interests of Japan and the EU in the Indo-Pacific and identifies the most promising areas for cooperation.

France’s Indo-Pacific Strategy and the Quad Plus

Date de publication
09 February 2021
Accroche

In France, the launch of the Quad Plus raised little attention.

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Japan’s Cybersecurity Strategy: From the Olympics to the Indo-Pacific

Date de publication
03 February 2021
Accroche

In September 2020, the Ifri Center for Asian Studies held an online event on Japan’s cybersecurity strategy.

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Japan’s Economic Diplomacy in Africa: Between Strategic Priorities and Local Realities

Date de publication
22 December 2020
Accroche

During his term in office (2012-2020), Prime Minister Shinzo Abe sought to demonstrate Japan's high level of interest in Africa, including by pledging a total of $ 60 billion in financial support at the 2013 and 2016 Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD) summits and announcing his vision for a “Free and Open Indo-Pacific” (FOIP) at the TICAD-VI in Nairobi.

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What Would Suga’s Indo-Pacific Strategy Look Like?

Date de publication
05 October 2020
Accroche

With the resignation of Prime Minister Abe, the future of Japan’s Free and Open Indo-Pacific strategy has been called into question. Abe was indeed one of the key architects of this vision and he devoted enormous energy to flesh it out.

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East Asia Security in Flux. What Regional Order Ahead?

Date de publication
07 May 2020
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In February 2020, the Ifri Center for Asian Studies and the Research Institute for Peace and Security (RIPS) held a conference on the Asian security environment.

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