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Deployment of the French Frigate Bretagne in the Indo-Pacific: Implementing French Strategy in the Region

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The deployment of the French Navy’s multi-mission frigate (FREMM) Bretagne in the Indo-Pacific in recent months demonstrates France’s capability to project power far from the mainland and solidifies its Indo-Pacific strategy.

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Operating in the Asia-Pacific region presents a considerable logistical challenge, requiring careful planning, anticipation and rigorous oversight. Having logistical and technical support points is crucial.

For the first time, a French first-rank frigate participated in a multilateral exercise in the South China Sea (Valiant Shield 2024). The exchanges, port calls and joint exercises contribute to mutual understanding and the building of trust, which are essential for solid and lasting cooperation.

Demonstrating action and projection capabilities is part of the French military’s strategic signaling policy aimed at its counterparts in the region. However, the relative discretion of the TANSKORN mission shows that France could benefit from strengthening its strategic communication to better convey and explain the stakes of its deployments.

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Deployment of the French Frigate Bretagne in the Indo-Pacific: Implementing French Strategy in the Region

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Marc JULIENNE

Marc JULIENNE

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Director, Center for Asian Studies, Ifri

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Céline PAJON

Céline PAJON

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

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Asia is a nerve center for multiple global economic, political and security challenges. The Center for Asian Studies provides documented expertise and a platform for discussion on Asian issues to accompany decision makers and explain and contextualize developments in the region for the sake of a larger public dialogue.

The Center's research is organized along two major axes: relations between Asia's major powers and the rest of the world; and internal economic and social dynamics of Asian countries. The Center's research focuses primarily on China, Japan, India, Taiwan and the Indo-Pacific, but also covers Southeast Asia, the Korean peninsula and the Pacific Islands. 

The Centre for Asian Studies maintains close institutional links with counterpart research institutes in Europe and Asia, and its researchers regularly carry out fieldwork in the region.

The Center organizes closed-door roundtables, expert-level seminars and a number of public events, including an Annual Conference, that welcome experts from Asia, Europe and the United States. The work of Center’s researchers, as well as that of their partners, is regularly published in the Center’s electronic journal Asie.Visions.

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