Deadlines/Event Dates June 3, 2024
Institut Montaigne is partnering with the Institute of Geoeconomics (IOG) to co-host a public conference in Tokyo, titled: “The Indo-Pacific, an opportunity for our economic security strategies?”
The conference will be held on Monday, June 3, 2024 and will be livestreamed (please register here).
This event marks the third international conference organized within the framework of the Observatory of Multilateralism in the Indo-Pacific, an initiative of the French Ministry for Armed Forces (DGRIS). Institut Montaigne, alongside two other prominent French think tanks—the Foundation for Strategic Research (FRS) and the European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR)—as well as Sciences Po and Inalco, contributes to this significant research program.
Through its work program and this conference, Institut Montaigne aims to bridge the gap between Indo-Pacific strategies and economic security policies.
Currently, economic security remains loosely integrated into the strategies of the main regional players. Yet, most economic security issues have a possible Indo-Pacific angle: trade and investment diversification to ensure supply chain security, gaps in technology transfer control regimes, and responses to risks of economic coercion.
This conference will shed light on the areas of convergence and divergence between France and its Indo-Pacific partners. It will also highlight the extent to which defense cooperation is conducive to greater economic security.
The event will begin with a keynote address by Rear Admiral Jacques Rivière, High Representative for the Indian Pacific area of the French joint commander of the Asia Pacific zone and armed forces in French Polynesia (ALPACI – COMSUP POLYNESIA). Throughout the day, we will convene around fifteen high-level speakers from government, industry, universities and think-tanks of the Indo-Pacific region in three panel discussions (please see the tentative agenda of the conference below).
For those who wish to participate in this event, please send an email to iog-secretariat@ihj.global.