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Europe Yearns to Be an Indo-Pacific Player

20 March 2024
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There is a war on at home, but Europe’s strategic and naval aspirations are on the far side of the world. After years in search of a geopolitical identity, Europe is aiming to become a much bigger player in one of the most contentious spaces in international relations: maritime security, including in Asia.

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Replay - Paris Naval Conference 2024: The Evolving Role of the Carrier Strike Group

25 January 2024
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This second edition of the Paris Naval Conference, bringing together high-level speakers from France, the UK, the USA, Italy and India, and organized by Ifri and the French Navy, aimed to redefine the role of CSGs in a changing strategic context, particularly in terms of the future threats it faces.

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The Ambitions of the Islamic Republic of Iran in the Pacific

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05 April 2023
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In January 2023, the Iranian Navy staged a show of force near the Australian Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) amid growing tensions between Tehran and Canberra.

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Interview - Conférence navale de Paris: The Return Of Naval Combat

18 January 2023
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An interview with the chiefs of staff of the French, American, and British navies.

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French "State Action at Sea" as a Model for SE Asian Coast Guards

16 March 2022
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South-East Asian countries like Philippines and Indonesia have to cope with an increasing number of maritime issues in order to exert their sovereign rights over their territorial waters, archipelagic waters and exclusive economic zones (EEZ). In the midst of a tense geostrategic environment, the security of maritime areas and, more broadly, security in the high seas, are subject to major threats and illegal activities as recently summarized in the last Information Fusion Centre (IFC) annual report: piracy and sea robbery, maritime terrorism, cyber-attacks and AIS spoofing, trafficking of all kinds, illegal fishing activities and maritime pollution.

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Mavi Vatan, the "Blue Homeland": the Origins, Influences and Limits of an Ambitious Doctrine for Turkey

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29 April 2021
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Turkey’s activism in the Eastern Mediterranean now appears to be guided by an ambitious legal and geopolitical doctrine, based on the claim of a vast maritime domain – the “Blue Homeland” or Mavi Vatan in Turkish. 

The Mediterranean: a Sea of Crises?

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01 December 2016
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The Mediterranean is currently an intersection of upheavals and crises. Destabilization on its southern shores, uncontrolled migrations, simmering hostilities in the east surrounding exploitation of energy resources, military presence of all the great world powers (from Washington to Beijing, and Moscow of course), and increasing assertion of regional powers…

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The Ambitions of the Islamic Republic of Iran in the Pacific

Date de publication
05 April 2023
Accroche

In January 2023, the Iranian Navy staged a show of force near the Australian Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) amid growing tensions between Tehran and Canberra.

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foreign policy.jpg
Image principale médiatique

Europe Yearns to Be an Indo-Pacific Player

20 March 2024
Accroche

There is a war on at home, but Europe’s strategic and naval aspirations are on the far side of the world. After years in search of a geopolitical identity, Europe is aiming to become a much bigger player in one of the most contentious spaces in international relations: maritime security, including in Asia.

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maritimeexecutivemespas.png

French "State Action at Sea" as a Model for SE Asian Coast Guards

16 March 2022
Accroche

South-East Asian countries like Philippines and Indonesia have to cope with an increasing number of maritime issues in order to exert their sovereign rights over their territorial waters, archipelagic waters and exclusive economic zones (EEZ). In the midst of a tense geostrategic environment, the security of maritime areas and, more broadly, security in the high seas, are subject to major threats and illegal activities as recently summarized in the last Information Fusion Centre (IFC) annual report: piracy and sea robbery, maritime terrorism, cyber-attacks and AIS spoofing, trafficking of all kinds, illegal fishing activities and maritime pollution.

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Replay - Paris Naval Conference 2024: The Evolving Role of the Carrier Strike Group

25 January 2024
Accroche

This second edition of the Paris Naval Conference, bringing together high-level speakers from France, the UK, the USA, Italy and India, and organized by Ifri and the French Navy, aimed to redefine the role of CSGs in a changing strategic context, particularly in terms of the future threats it faces.

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Interview - Conférence navale de Paris: The Return Of Naval Combat

18 January 2023
Accroche

An interview with the chiefs of staff of the French, American, and British navies.

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