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Reframing the French Indo-Pacific: Les TAAF, a ‘Fictional Collectivity’ of Real Strategic Interests

The TAAF’s recent integration as a component of France’s Indo-Pacific strategy marks a new chapter in the atypical connectivity between three very...

Paco Milhiet

Mayotte's contested sovereignty has given rise to a complex nexus of challenges: mass irregular migration, mounting social tensions, and regional...

La Réunion embodies France’s enduring presence in the Indian Ocean and its ambition to project influence across the wider Indo-Pacific region.

President Macron’s recent tour of the IOR underscored the complex interplay between France’s global strategic ambitions and the local realities of...

The fifth edition of the exercise in the Indo-Pacific is the pinnacle of a wider 150-day French deployment, centered around the Charles de Gaulle...

The Mauritius-U.K. deal will likely draw attention to France, another European sovereign state with contested territories in the Indian Ocean...