Emmanuel Macron

As the Trump administration flirts with a global trade war, the areas of shared interest between the EU and ASEAN are becoming ever more clear.

Much attention has been paid to France’s relationship with New Caledonia in recent months, but France has also been compelled to address its colonial ties with its other great Pacific territory, French Polynesia. 

France has become the eighth nation, and the fifth in the past two years, to rise to the top of Hanoi's diplomatic hierarchy.

In terms of France’s broader Indo-Pacific engagement, the strategic implications of the New Caledonia uprising are profound both for Paris and its Western-aligned allies.

A leading Uyghur diaspora activist says that Paris should adopt robust sanctions such as those adopted in the United States in recent years.

Srettha Thavisin is acting as a roving economic salesman on state visits to France and Germany this week.

France's strategic moves in Central Asia, exemplified by Macron's recent visit to Uzbekistan, are driven by myriad factors.

In Sri Lanka, Macron continued his message that France is ready to uphold the sovereignty of island nations susceptible to the negative influence of China.

With Macron's visit to New Caledonia, Vanuatu, and Papua New Guinea, he has a chance to address France's shaken legitimacy in the Pacific.

President Macron's recent state visit to China resulted in rare yuan-denominated deals. Does that signal French support for renminbi internationalization? 

Whether France can be a trusted partner in managing China is a question that many have asked after the fiasco of Macron’s visit.

Beijing’s effusive reception of French President Macron reveals the underpinnings of its Europe strategy.

Discussions are taking place in Europe and Germany on how to deal with China, but also on which path of development to take in the coming decades, in the context of a rather shaky confidence in the U.S.

French President Emmanuel Macron and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen are the latest European arrivals in Beijing. Their views on China are similar, but not in complete alignment.

But Xi gave no indication Beijing would use its leverage as Vladimir Putin's diplomatic partner to press for a settlement.

The recent visits to Beijing of German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and European Council President Charles Michel reflected the ongoing attempt to calibrate Europe’s China policy.

French Polynesia, with its strategic location and massive EEZ, will play a key role in France's Indo-Pacific policy.

Deputy Prime Minister Joyce chimed in as well: “We didn’t deface Eiffel Tower... We got out of that contract.”

Amid COVID-19, the South Asian country needs its economic partnerships with France more than ever. Will public opinion get in the way?

The public outcry over drawings of the Prophet Muhammad continues to grow, even as Bangladesh’s government remains silent.

New Delhi wants to divorce human rights advocacy from its fight against Islamist terrorism.

New Delhi and Paris have much to do in the year ahead.

Even as the two celebrate cultural ties, political and economic tensions remain in the foreground.

France’s conflicting visions of strategic balances in the Indo-Pacific.