Thibault Fournol
Visting Fellow
National Maritime FoundationAreas of Research
- Indian foreign and security policies in the Indo-Pacific
- India’s regional cooperation practices
- Multilateralism and transformations of regional cooperation in Asia
- Strategic and security dynamics in the Indo-Pacific
Education
- PhD Candidate in Political Science, Centre for International Studies – CERI (Sciences Po/CNRS). Doctoral research: « Recomposing multilateral practices in the Indo-Pacific: The Indian approach to regional multilateralism » (ongoing, under the supervision of Delphine Allès and Christophe Jaffrelot).
- Curriculum in Hindi, National Institute of Oriental Languages and Civilisations – Inalco (2020 – 2021).
- Master of Research of Political Science/International Relations, Paris Institute of Political Studies – Sciences Po (2017 – 2019).
Experience
- Research Fellow, Foundation for Strategic Research – FRS (since 2022), Coordinator of the Observatory of Multilateralism in the Indo-Pacific
- Visiting Research Fellow, Observer Research Foundation (New Delhi, June –September 2023
- Visiting Doctoral Student, Centre de Sciences Humaines – CSH (New Delhi, March – May 2022)
- Rapporteur for Maritime Security & Ocean Governance, EU-India Young Leaders Programme (2023)
- Research Assistant, Foundation for Strategic Research – FRS (2021 – 2022)
- Parliamentary Attaché for Maritime Policy and Strategy, French National Assembly (2019 – 2021)
- Junior Researcher, Research & Forward Planning Section, Centre for Doctrine & Command Teaching, French Ministry of the Armed Forces (2019)
Publications
- “Finding Convergence: Seizing windows opportunities in the EU-India strategic partnership”, co-authored with Esha Banerji, Jayesh Khatu & Fanny Sauvignon, EU-India Young Leaders Programme, December 2023.
- “India-France Trilaterals in the Indo-Pacific: Imperatives, Interests, Initiatives “, co-authored with Shairee Malhotra (Observer Research Foundation), ORF Occasional Paper, n°421, November 2023.
- “Indo-Pacific lies at the core of India-France ties”, co-authored with Harsh V. Pant (Observer Research Foundation/King’s College London), Hindustan Times, July 2023.
- “Multilateralisms and minilateralisms in the Indo- Pacific. Articulations and convergences in a context of saturation of cooperative arrangements”, co-authored with Delphine Allès (Inalco), Recherches & Documents, FRS, n°08/2023, June 2023.
- “Rassembler sans s’allier. L’évolution des exercices conjoints dans la diplomatie navale de l’Inde en Indopacifique” [Federating without allying. The Evolution of Joint Naval Exercises in India’s Naval Diplomacy in the Indo-Pacific], Conflits, n°44, March-April 2023.
- “La France, la sécurité environnementale et l’océan Indien : perspectives pour la coopération franco-indienne dans le domaine maritime “ [France, environmental security and the Indian Ocean: perspectives for India-France cooperation in the maritime domain], co-authored with Manoj Babu Buraga (National Maritime Foundation), Note de la FRS, N°38/2022, November 2022.
- “Évolution des pratiques multilatérales en Indopacifique : une approche multicouche de la coopération régionale de sécurité́” [Evolution of multilateral practices in the Indo-Pacific: a multilayered approach to regional security cooperation], Annuaire français des relations internationales – AFRI, June 2022.
- “Le sens de l’Indo-Pacifique : de l’ambiguïté sémantique à l’opportunité stratégique” [The meaning of the Indo-Pacific: from semantic ambiguity to strategic opportunity], co-authored with Delphine Allès, Les Grands Dossiers de Diplomatie, n°53, October 2019.
- “From speeches to maps: compared visions of the Indo-Pacific”, Cartography Workshop of Sciences Po, 2019.