Research team

Biographical information

Thibault Fournol is a Research Fellow at the Foundation for Strategic Research, where he coordinates the Observatory of Multilateralism in the Indo-Pacific. His research focuses on India’s foreign and security policies in the Indo-Pacific, with a particular emphasis on India's approach and practices of regional cooperation. As part of his PhD research, he explores the evolution of India’s multilateral practices in the region, the role of non-state actors in Indian foreign policy, and the broader transformations of multilateralism in the Indo-Pacific.

Professional experience

Training

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).

Publications

• « India’s Indo-Pacific – The 2018 Shangri-La Dialogue speech: a conceptuel cornerstone? », Notes de la FRS, FRS, octobre 2024.
• « Les think tanks et la fabrique de l’Indo-Pacifique ». In Delphine Allès, Christophe Jaffrelot (eds), L’Indo-Pacifique, L’Enjeu mondial, Presses de Sciences Po, octobre 2024.
• “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.