The geopolitical interests of the great powers in Oceania are not unique to the 21st century: the United Kingdom, Japan, the United States and France have all left their mark on the colonial history of the oceans. Yet the region has long been reduced to Australia, without being considered a continent in its own right. In Géopolitique de l'Océanie. Décentrer le regard sur les Etats insulaires du Pacifique (Le Cavalier Bleu, 2026), Sarah Mohamed-Gaillard proposes a vision of Oceania that sheds more light on the place of island states in international relations, as well as the shared culture, conceptions and practices of the region's states. Between the renewed appetites of powers such as China, the existential problems posed by climate change and rising sea levels, and the question of marine resources, Oceania is at the heart of very contemporary dynamics. The historical and geographical approach allows us to take a different look at territories that are still little known, yet which are the object of much covetousness and competition.
Sarah Mohamed-Gaillard is a senior lecturer in contemporary history at INALCO, a researcher at the Centre for Social Science Studies on the African, American and Asian Worlds (CESSMA) and holds the qualification to supervise research. Her research focuses on French policy in Oceania from the 19th to the 20th century and on regional and international issues in contemporary Oceania. She has previously published *L’Archipel de la puissance ? French Policy in the South Pacific from 1946 to 1998 (Peter Lang, 2010), *History of Oceania. From the Late 18th Century to the Present Day (Armand Colin, 2015) and Atlas of Oceania (Autrement, 2021), as well as several contributions to academic books and journals
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