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Céline
Nom de l'expert
PAJON

Intitulé du poste

Research Fellow, Head of Japan and Indo-Pacific Research, Center for Asian Studies, Ifri

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Research Areas:

  • Japanese foreign and defense policy
  • International relations and geopolitics of the Indo-Pacific
  • French and European approaches to the Indo-Pacific and Pacific Islands
  • Maritime security in the Indo-Pacific
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Celine Pajon is Head of Japan and Indo-Pacific Research in Ifri’s Center for Asian Studies, which he joined in 2008. She also coordinates the research program on Pacific Islands, set up in 2022. Céline is a Senior Researcher with the Japan Chair at Vrije Universiteit Brussels (VUB) and an International Research Fellow with the Canon Institute for Global Studies (CIGS) in Tokyo. In 2016, she was a visiting researcher at JIIA, the Japan Institute of International Affairs, the think tank of the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs. A graduate from the Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva and Sciences Po Lyon, Céline also studied for two years in Japan, at Waseda University (Tokyo) and Osaka University. She tweets @CelinePajon.

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After Hiroshima: The G7 Summit, Economic Security and the EU-Japan Partnership

Date de publication
20 June 2023
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Japan and the European Union are increasingly aligned on international economic policies, the product of a similar outlook toward China – concerned without being overtly hostile – and worried about over-reach by the United States.

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Korea Looks to the Pacific: A First Cut with the 1st Korea-PIC Summit

Date de publication
06 July 2023
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Korea (ROK) held the first Korea–Pacific Islands Summit at head-of-state level on May 29/30 and entered an already crowded Pacific region.

European and Japanese Soft Power Signal Renewed Influence of G7

Date de publication
25 May 2023
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The G7 summit in Hiroshima showcased a new international order in the making: in a world where security is indivisible, the priority should be to uphold a collectively shaped rules-based order and find a modus vivendi with China. The G7 can work toward this by taking into account the diverse perspectives of industrialized countries and the Global South, which prioritizes multi-alignment and autonomy. Japan and Europe played a critical role in this process.

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China/United States: Europe off Balance

Date de publication
01 April 2023
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As French President Emmanuel Macron (accompanied by Ursula von der Leyen) is on a state visit to China, some twenty Ifri researchers decipher the stakes of the U.S./China/Europe strategic triangle.

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Japan and the Pacific Islands Countries. Longstanding Strategic Interests, Recent Strategic Engagement

Date de publication
17 March 2023
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Japan has recently stepped up its engagement with the Pacific Island Countries (PICs), building on its historical ties and strategic interests in the region.

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Food Systems in the Pacific: Addressing Challenges in Cooperation with Europe

Date de publication
06 March 2023
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More frequent climate disasters, rising sea levels, the economic fallout of Covid-19 lockdowns, border closures, supply chain constraints, and the global impact of the war in Ukraine have aggravated the challenge of maintaining sustainable and resilient food systems for Pacific Island Countries (PICs).

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Mitigating Geopolitical Risk – Japan as a Stabilizer in Asia

Date de publication
20 January 2023
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In the current tumultuous geopolitical setting, Tokyo may have a very specific, stabilizing role to play.

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The United States and France: Partners for the Pacific Islands Region?

Date de publication
30 November 2022
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Emmanuel Macron and Joe Biden are meeting for the first state visit under the Biden administration, which is reserved for France.

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France and AUKUS: Bouncing Back to Live up to Pacific Challenges

Date de publication
03 November 2022
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Back in September 2021, the announcement of AUKUS – the defense partnership between Australia, the United Kingdom (UK) and the United States (US) was a shock to Paris.

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A Green-Blue Alliance in Motion: Pacific Island Countries and Europe Fighting Climate Change

Date de publication
17 October 2022
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The Pacific Islands Countries (PICs) were the first to ratify the Paris climate agreement in 2015. Indeed, for them, climate change has had very concrete implications for years. Islanders have seen the sea level rising, endangering the very existence of atolls. They have also experienced increasingly violent cyclones and other natural disasters, and must deal with multiple impacts of a changing climate on their everyday lives

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Marc JULIENNE

Marc JULIENNE

Director, Center for Asian Studies, Ifri

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John SEAMAN

John SEAMAN

Research Fellow, Center for Asian Studies, Ifri

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Christian LECHERVY

Advisor to the Program on Pacific Islands, Center for Asian Studies, Ifri

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Françoise NICOLAS

Senior Advisor, Center for Asian Studies, Ifri

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Juliette LOESCH

Juliette LOESCH

Associate Research Fellow, Center for Asian Studies, Ifri

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Isabelle SAINT-MEZARD

Isabelle SAINT-MEZARD

Associate Research Fellow, Center for Asian Studies, Ifri