#France: #India: the odd couple to command the Indian Ocean from Reunion to the Straits of Malacca. Antonia Colibasanu, @GPFutures
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🗓️ 26 July 2023
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#France: #India: the odd couple to command the Indian Ocean from Reunion to the Straits of Malacca. Antonia Colibasanu, @GPFutures
https://geopoliticalfutures.com/why-france-and-india-are-natural-partners/
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| 0:00.0 | This episode is brought to you by Lionsgate Plus. |
| 0:04.3 | The third season of Alliancegate Plus original series The Great is streaming exclusively on |
| 0:08.6 | Lionsgate Plus. |
| 0:10.1 | Follow Catherine the second played by L-Fanning and Peter The Great, played by Nicholas |
| 0:13.7 | Holt, as they hilariously attempt to make their marriage work after some seemingly insurmountable |
| 0:18.2 | problems. |
| 0:19.2 | From attempt to murder and the imprisonment of close friends to their never-ending legal |
| 0:22.6 | responsibilities. |
| 0:24.0 | The Great, season three, is streaming exclusively on Lionsgate Plus. |
| 0:30.0 | This is CBS, I'm the World, I'm John Bachelors. |
| 0:38.6 | The Republic of France, the Republic of India, they do not share a continent, they do not |
| 0:43.8 | share a history, and yet I welcome Antonio Colabasano for geopolitical futures writing about |
| 0:50.9 | the logic of France and India working together in the Indian Ocean for the balance of this |
| 0:56.2 | century. |
| 0:57.2 | In the Indo-Pacific, this stark fact France has more than one and a half million French |
| 1:03.0 | citizens in the Indo-Pacific, mostly in the Indian Ocean, but also the possessions in |
| 1:09.4 | the Pacific Ocean. |
| 1:11.5 | And France was the first signatory of the UN Convention of the Sea. |
| 1:16.2 | Why? |
| 1:17.2 | Something called an EEC, exclusive economic zone. |
| 1:21.1 | And Antonio, a very good evening to you. |
| 1:23.3 | Thank you for this. |
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