The Ties That Bind

Protection and Projection in France's Indian Ocean Islands of Mayotte and Réunion

Datos Bibliográficos

ID3948953
AutoresAlistair Cole (0000-0002-9222-0523, Hong Kong Baptist University, Special Administrative Region of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, People’s Republic of China, autor de correspondencia), Jean-Pierre Cabestan (0000-0001-5933-8901, Hong Kong Baptist University, Special Administrative Region of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, People’s Republic of China)
Año2024
Páginas1-25
Fecha de publicación2024-01-03
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaGeopolitics (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1465-0045 • E-ISSN: 1557-3028
EditorialInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/14650045.2023.2294794
OpenAlexW4390536112
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas2
Referencias citadas21

The article addresses a two-fold question: first, why does the French state invest so much time and resources in its Indian Ocean islands, Mayotte and Runion?And why do these ultramarine regions remain wedded to the French Republic?The high degree of insular buy-in both regions involves a two-level game, connecting state and island actors.Such turning to mainland France represents a form of African agency, however dependent on the mainland these islands appear to be.The causal mechanisms of the integration of the French Indian Ocean territories combine historical legacy (choosing France), institutional evolution (departmentalisation), common economic and military security challenges, the cost calculus of mainland France's readiness to govern ultramarine territories and a widely shared set of beliefs in the value of remaining French.The islands are acting like rational actors, whose insular and isolated status pushes in the direction of seeking protection in an unstable environment

Archaeology · China · Economics · Economy · Geography · Geopolitics · Indian ocean · Mainland · Mainland China · Political science · Politics · Social science · Sociology · Island Studies and Pacific Affairs · Law · Migration and Labor Dynamics · Migration, Identity, and Health · Geology · Oceanography