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If, for Robert Tombs, France and the United Kingdom first built themselves up against each other, it was first and foremost through their navies.
The Franco-British rivalry has often been cited as an archetypical confrontation between a maritime power and a continental power.
But since the 1970s, the successive revolutions of oil, containers, EEZs and now submarine cables have perhaps transformed France into a leading maritime power.
Faced with this paradigm shift, what naval strategy for France in the 21st century?
The Franco-British rivalry has often been cited as an archetypical confrontation between a maritime power and a continental power.
But since the 1970s, the successive revolutions of oil, containers, EEZs and now submarine cables have perhaps transformed France into a leading maritime power.
Faced with this paradigm shift, what naval strategy for France in the 21st century?
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Julien de Saint-Quentin is a Naval Officer with 25 years of mostly seagoing experience. He commanded 3 patrol boats in the Caribbean and a frigate in the Indian Ocean and served a total of 6 years in exchange posts with the Royal Navy, including as a Strategy and Policy Adviser to the First Sea Lord on FR/UK matters. Between 2016 and 2020, he was speechwriter to Admiral Prazuck, the head of the French Navy. Captain de Saint-Quentin holds an LLM in Public International Law and currently serves as Naval Attaché to the French Embassy in London. Education: Ecole Navale (Brest), Ecole de Guerre (Paris), University College London.
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