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The Coveted South China Sea, between Trade, Tensions, and Crises. Cross-cutting Approaches from the 16th to the 21st Century (Journée d’Études)

  • Date

    V. Friday, 28.08.2026, 08:30-10:30

    VI. Friday, 28.08.2026, 11:00-13:00/30

  • Location
    House 3 - SR226
  • Theme
    J - Connections, Entanglements, and Universal Perspectives on History

Abstract

Workshop 1: A Diachronic Approach to the South China Sea, From the 16th to the 21st Century Workshop 2. Geopolitical approach to the South China Sea, from the 1960s to the present day

Convenor

  • Pierre Journoud (University of Montpellier – Paul-Valéry)

Chair

  • Pierre Asselin (San Diego State University)
  • Pierre Journoud (University of Montpellier – Paul-Valéry)
  • Guadalupe Pinzón Ríos (National Autonomous University of Mexico)
  • Thị Hạnh Nguyen (Diplomatic Academy of Vietnam (DAV))

Panelists

  • François Gipouloux (EHESS)
  • Guadalupe Pinzón Ríos (National Autonomous University of Mexico)
  • François Drémeaux (University of Angers, France & California State University, Sacramento, USA)
  • Sunny Le Galloudec (Université Le Havre Normandie, UMR CNRS IDEES)
  • Thị Hạnh Nguyen (Diplomatic Academy of Vietnam (DAV))
  • Pierre Asselin (San Diego State University)
  • Maxime Ghazarian (Université de Montpellier Paul-Valéry)
  • Pierre Journoud (University of Montpellier – Paul-Valéry)
  • Hirotaka Watanabe (Teikyo University)
  • Christian Lechevry (former Advisor for Strategic Affairs and the Asia-Pacific to the President of the French Republic between 2012 and 2014; Permanent Secretary for the Pacific between 2014 and 2018)

Papers

  • The Maritime Space of East Asia from the 16th to the 21st Century: Relevance and Limits of the Concept of the Asian Mediterranean

    François Gipouloux

  • The Northern Philippines as a Center for Transpacific Connections: English and French Projections to the Pacific During the First Part of the 18th Century

    Guadalupe Pinzón Ríos

  • The “French Hong Kong” and “French Singapore” Projects in the South China Sea During the Colonial Period

    François Drémeaux , Sunny Le Galloudec

  • The Strategic Role of the South China Sea in the Rivalry between the great powers, from the early 20th century to 1975

    Thị Hạnh Nguyen

  • Washington and the South China Sea during the Cold War

    Pierre Asselin

  • The South China Sea seen from Brussels. European Community, NATO, and the Construction of an Analytical Foundation

    Maxime Ghazarian

  • France and the South China Sea, from 1974 to the Present

    Pierre Journaud

  • Japan, the South China Sea, and the Indo-Pacific

    Hirotaka Watanabe

  • The Effects of Power Rivalries in the South China Seas on the Strategic Balance of Oceania

    Christian Lechevry