It should be remembered that France has, because of its territories both in the Indian Ocean and in the Pacific, the second world economic zone in the oceanic domain

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a way for France to remind people that it is a power, that it has interests. national and international in both the Indian Ocean and the Pacific.

This is one opportunity among others, but the meeting of April 13 is one of the possibilities to reaffirm the legitimacy of the French presence in the major discussions within the framework of what is today called the Indo-Pacific.

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it is a region which concentrates a third of international trade, these maritime trade routes are a vital transit space for this international trade and all actors have an interest in securing these lines, considering that the Indian Ocean is characterized through strategic choke points that make these lines particularly vulnerable,

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At the economic level, with regard to France, 40% of non-EU imports come from the Indo-Pacific and 34% of its non-EU exports go to the Indo-Pacific, these are quite significant figures

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For India, this is one of the affirmations of its desire to be one of the pivotal countries in this Indo-Pacific space and it is above all a way of reaffirming the links with France

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even though India should host the next BRICS summit in a few months (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa, editor's note) in which there will therefore be China and Russia

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France is in the process of seeing how it can interact with the QUAD (Quadrilateral Dialogue for Security, an informal cooperation between the United States, Japan, Australia and India, note), but the QUAD, this are four different countries, with which Paris maintains relations specific to each one

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have just bought major military aircraft from France, which shows that relations are already well established.

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especially in the Indian Ocean.

The two countries have cooperated on subjects such as space, the maritime domain.

For decades, the relationship between France and India has actually been one of the strongest among the QUAD countries

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At the security level, the problem is that we have a mutual insecurity that is growing, with increased military spending and increased militarization of the region.

China is militarizing archipelagos that are in dispute.

More generally, it is calling into question international law, the United Nations convention on the law of the sea and militarization is also an expression of growing competition between the United States and China in the region and regional powers.

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India has suffered in recent months a cyberattack on the Internet network in Bombay.

On the other hand, twenty of its soldiers were killed by Maoists and there was an attack on an iPhone factory.

Everything seems to go back one way or another to China,

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China is trying to make India appear unstable, in order to create so many internal problems that it becomes less able to collaborate with other countries

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Today we are witnessing a classic but fascinating diplomatic game.

The QUAD countries and others, including France, speak of Indo-Pacific.

Both China and Russia continue to talk about Asia-Pacific.

Which is not the same thing since it puts India aside, ”

Obviously, first and foremost, its economic power.

We can see this clearly with the somewhat ambiguous place held by the ASEAN countries, which do not want to have to choose between China - which is for many of them the number one economic partner

- and this American alliance which for the India is not supposed to be an alliance but more of a partnership with the United States and its Japanese and Australian allies.

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It is a way of responding to the tensions between Russia and Europe after the change of statute of Crimea.

We are far from the ocean shores, but it is this very great game that is being deployed and in this very great game, the QUAD is an important new element.

In parallel with QUAD, this kind of trilateral meeting tends to affirm precisely the multiplicity of channels through which the world is being recomposed,

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When is China going to launch an attack on Taiwan

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Given the way China operates, it will try to erupt tensions in different places.

For example, if Russia goes to Ukraine, if the problems escalate in Burma and if there are other problems with Iran or North Korea, Washington, Paris and London will be concerned about all these other tensions. , which leaves an open door to launch a cyberattack on Taiwan

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And in the end, China will have what it wants, which is to take control of Taiwan, but also to try to launch its digital currency in order to undermine the US dollar.

These are the two main goals for Beijing today

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before, countries said they wanted American security and Chinese investments, except that now we are increasingly worried about China, so there are fewer possibilities to navigate between two waters