Author: Guillaume Gandelin

Published: Dec 09, 2025

France’s 2025 Indo-Pacific outreach shows its intent to anchor a European-Asian “third way,” grounded in real security commitments and deepening strategic alignment with India.

France’s presence in the Indo-Pacific in 2025 started with a bang. The Rafale fighter jets launched sorties from the French aircraft carrier, Charles de Gaulle, while entering the Indian Ocean on their way to Goa and the wider Indo-Pacific.

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