Eric Frécon

Visiting Fellow @ASPI_org + Adjunct Fellow @Ecole_navale, @IRSEM1, @IRASECBangkok.
Views mine. RTs not endorsements.

[Euan Graham @graham_euan]

The Indopacom name change has, predictably, gone down like a lead balloon in India. Can’t imagine Australia and Japan are thrilled about it either. Nomenclature counts, because it says something about the ordering of priorities. Interested to see if State Department follows suit.

[POLITICOEurope @POLITICOEurope]

The decisive moment at the G7 summit came when Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy showed snapshots of a burning Kyiv cathedral to U.S. President Donald Trump.

But it was French President Emmanuel Macron who ultimately pulled off a surprising coup.
https://t.co/34nj4ynL1c

[Jay Tarriela @jaytaryela]

The decision to expose the illegal presence of the People’s Republic of China’s floating, movable platform is not only about being transparent with the Filipino people and countering China’s lies.

It is also meant to inform the international community, like-minded states, and our allies and friends that China is once again violating UNCLOS, undermining the rules-based order, and jeopardizing the peace and prosperity of this region.

Because if we choose to stay silent — if we choose to look away from such unlawful acts — we only embolden the bully, convincing it that it can do whatever it pleases simply because it has the military and economic might to silence the rest of us.

But the Philippines will not be silenced. We choose to stand up to bullies!

[ASPI @ASPI_org]

NEW RESEARCH 📢

'Pressure Points Part 3: China in the Pacific and Indian oceans' by Joe Keary, @raji143 & Linus Cohen details China's expanding security engagement in the Indo-Pacific & how Australia and regional partners can respond.

📚 Read the report: https://t.co/Lw9FuvoD8g

[Eric Frécon @EfreconMerlyon]

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[Eric Frécon @EfreconMerlyon]

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[Euan Graham @graham_euan]

Pleased to contribute this column for @koreatimescokr exploring potential overlap as well as key differences between the Korean and Australian nuclear submarine programs: https://t.co/bGH1kYKSW7

[Eric Frécon @EfreconMerlyon]

@ChiaraLovotti @abrahamyan13 @swasrao @mihaisebe @DaganLauren @edwardsychan @aegesJ @valikaleji @marenos42313152

[Eric Frécon @EfreconMerlyon]

Webinar on "RUSSIA, SOUTH CAUCASUS AND THE GULF CRISIS: IMPACT ON CONNECTIVITY, SECURITY AND POWER CONFIGURATIONS", Thursday, June 18th, 11:30 am-12:30 pm (CEST, UTC+02:00).
With @ChiaraLovotti and @abrahamyan13
Registration link: https://t.co/Th0R19cPag

[ASPI @ASPI_org]

Preserving South China Sea rights means exercising them | David Dutton | https://t.co/yiIBHCeoj4

[Tom Antonov @Tom_Antonov]

France is sending a clear message on technological sovereignty. The #DGSI (French security agency) has dropped Palantir 🇺🇸 and chosen ChapsVision 🇫🇷 instead. The objective is to avoid new strategic dependencies in AI and ensure that critical digital capabilities remain under national control rather than at the discretion of foreign providers.

[ALPACI - Joint French Forces in French Polynesia @ALPACI_FAPF]

During #MARARA2026 in Hao, @RIMaP_P and @USARPAC trained a complex scenario: crowd-control under disturbance while evacuating a casualty. From field extraction to medical care aboard FS Prairial ⛑️⚓🪖 #Readiness #Interoperability

[ASPI @ASPI_org]

The latest Fault Lines digest is out now!

This edition covers 🇯🇵-🇵🇭 maritime boundaries, Malaysia's plans for long-range strike, the Quad's new infrastructure project, and much more.

📩 Subscribe: https://t.co/bEBqQ2NjH3
📚 Read the digest: https://t.co/8cF1a516vj

[Scott Robertson @sarobertson_]

Carney: Canada is very pleased to be accepting your invitation to join this exceptionally important initiative, Ocean Eye. The European Union, as is often the case, increasingly the case, stepping up to help solve global challenges.

[Stephen Dziedzic @stephendziedzic]

Fascinating US-Vanuatu dynamics. Napat has repeatedly pressed DC to elevate ties- including through a new pact- and heaped praise on Trump's two genders EO. Meanwhile his Climate Change Minister has been locked in diplomatic combat with the Administration on climate for months

[Stephen Dziedzic @stephendziedzic]

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[Anna Powles @AnnaPowles]

Solomon Islands Prime Minister Matthew Wale has raised the idea of a Pacific-wide security treaty...Wale has made it clear he believes China should not play a major role in Pacific security, and that there should be a "Pacific-led" security architecture.
https://t.co/aeItWJm9Jq

[Scott Robertson @sarobertson_]

Carney: I believe that President Macron's style, which is direct, it's concrete and it's ambitious, is well suited to making progress with all G7 partners very much including President Trump.

[Anna Neumann @anna_p_neumann]

French President Macron once again emphasized yesterday what a special moment it is for Europe that 🇨🇦 is now the first country outside of geographic Europe to hold an observer role with the EU.

„It was a strong political signal, a symbol of what unites us.“

[French Aid to Europe 🇨🇵 🇪🇺 @aidefranceukr]

🚨 According to the French Deputy of the Minister of the Armed Forces, France will defend the Baltic States and Romania against any military aggression from the Russian Federation.