The Indo-Pacific, an opportunity for our economic security strategies?

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Institut Montaigne partnered with the Institute of Geoeconomics, a Japanese think tank, to co-host a public conference in Tokyo titled "The Indo-Pacific: An Opportunity for Our Economic Security Strategies?". The event, which took place on June 3rd, 2024, was the third international conference conducted within the framework of the Observatory of Multilateralism in the Indo-Pacific, an initiative of the French Ministry for Armed Forces.

You can access:
- a summary of the key points discussed during the conference using this link or the one available at the top of this page;
- the recording of the conference via this link

This international event, which gathered around fifteen high-level speakers from government, industry, universities, and think-tanks of the Indo-Pacific region, aimed to take a fresh look at the public policies now at the heart of the French and European economic security agendas at a time when their policy instruments are often designed within a national framework. The discussions underscored the challenge of public–private cooperation applied to economic security and the role of actors from the defense sector.

The Observatory of Multilateralism in the Indo-Pacific is a research and events program initiated by the Directorate General for International Relations and Strategy (DGRIS). Institut Montaigne contributes to this major program alongside two other French think tanks, the Foundation for Strategic Research (FRS) and the European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR), as well as two French academic institutions, Sciences Po and Inalco.

Through this conference, Institut Montaigne, recognizing that many economic security issues have an Indo-Pacific angle, sought to align Indo-Pacific strategies with economic security policies, contributing to the ongoing debates surrounding these two key areas.