| Description |
1 online resource (18 pages) |
| Series |
Policy report (S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies) |
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Policy report (S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies)
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| Contents |
Executive summary. -- Introduction. -- French strategic interests in the Indian Ocean region. -- France's ambitious strategic partnership with India. -- How to frame an Indo-French partnership for the security of the Indian Ocean |
| Summary |
This policy report analyses the articulation between the French strategy in the Indian Ocean on the one hand and the Indo-French partnership on the other. It first highlights France's fairly unique position, as a country claiming to be a nation of the Indian Ocean Rim. Such a claim primarily lies on the presence of the French overseas territories of La Reunion and Mayotte in the Southwest Indian Ocean. The report also underlines France's strong military focus on the Northwest Indian Ocean, with two inter-services bases respectively located in Djibouti and in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Finally, it mentions France's renewed interest in the Eastern side of this Ocean, as part of a larger opening onto Asia. Then, looking at the Indo-French partnership, the reports suggests that India is probably the country with which France has tried to build one of its most ambitious strategic partnerships outside Europe and NATO. The Indo-French partnership has indeed been of prime importance as reflected by the nature of its four pillars of cooperation (civilian nuclear technology, space, counterterrorism and defense). However, the report shows that, while generally positive, the partnership has not yet delivered as much as expected from France's point of view. This is especially the case regarding cooperation in the Indian Ocean. In particular, France has seen India's growing activism in the Southwest Indian Ocean as a signal of its diminishing influence in this sub-region. Nevertheless, the reports suggests that if France and India could accommodate each other and coordinate with each other, including in the Southwest Indian Ocean, they could give a truly geopolitical content to their partnership, while substantially contributing to the security and development of the Indian Ocean region. The report proposes a series of recommendations with this general idea in mind |
| Notes |
"March 2015." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF cover page (SRSIS, viewed April 4, 2015) |
| Subject |
Security, International -- Indian Ocean -- International cooperation
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Security, International -- Government policy -- France
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Security, International -- Government policy -- India
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Military relations.
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Strategic aspects of individual places.
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| SUBJECT |
Indian Ocean -- Strategic aspects.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85064985
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France -- Military relations -- India
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India -- Military relations -- France
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| Subject |
France.
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India.
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Indian Ocean.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, publisher
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