Christophe Prazuck, Direc­tor of the Ocean Insti­tute, Sor­bonne Uni­ver­sité, for­mer Admi­ral and Chief of Staff of the French Navy.

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The oceans play a cen­tral role in our soci­eties. Our trade, our food, our bio­di­ver­si­ty, our cli­mate, our data rely at one point or anoth­er on the oceans. We observe a con­tin­u­ous increase of the mar­itime trade, and at the same time some coun­tries are will­ing to change the rules and deny oth­ers the right to sail, drill, lay date cables in the waters sur­round­ing their coasts. Hence, oceans are also the new the­ater of the great pow­er com­pe­ti­tion as well the stage cho­sen by region­al pow­er to spread their aggres­sive wings. What are the main trends of the mar­itime com­pe­ti­tion? Who are the actors? What are their means?  What are the threats? Where inter­na­tion­al coop­er­a­tion is working?

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Hervé Coutau Bégarie 2002, “L’aventure de la géopoli­tique”, Rela­tions inter­na­tion­als, N°109.

Mar­tin Motte (2018), La mesure de la force, Tal­landi­er.

Christophe Prazuck (2021), “Ten­sions mar­itimes en Méditer­ranée ori­en­tale”, La revue des deux mon­des, Mars.

James Stra­vidis (2017), The geopol­i­tics of the world’s oceans, Pen­guin Press.

Ian Urbina (2019), The Out­law Ocean, Knopf.

Web­sites:

https://www.oce.global/en/resources/climate-science/ipcc-special-report-ocean-and-cryosphere-changing-climate-summary

https://www.ifri.org/fr/publications/editoriaux-de-lifri/lettre-centre-asie/mer-de-chine-droit-de-mer-paradoxe-chinois