Gauthier Mouton, who holds a Ph.D. in political science from the University of Quebec in Montreal, is a researcher at the Institute of East Asian Studies (École normale supérieure de Lyon). He has taught international relations and Asian geopolitics at the Institute of Political Studies in Lyon, where he directed the university-level diploma program on the contemporary Far East. He currently teaches at the Catholic University of Lyon and at EM Lyon Business School. During his studies at UQAM, he served as coordinator of the East Asia Observatory and later as scientific director of the Montreal Institute of International Studies. He was a visiting scholar at East China University of Political Science and Law in Shanghai. His expertise focuses on the management of China’s natural and strategic resources and its implications for China’s international policy. Gauthier Mouton also devotes his research to new forms of conflict linked to climate change and the dynamics of securing energy flows in the context of decarbonization, particularly in the Indo-Pacific region. His doctoral research—which offers a fresh perspective on the role of official Chinese government discourse in the national energy transition since the late 20th century—was funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC). He has been published in academic journals such as Politique étrangère, Monde chinois, and Bulletin d’histoire politique, as well as in the magazine Diplomatie.
Expertise
- Chinese Politics
- Geopolitics of Energy
- Security Issues in Asia
Selected Publications
- Jérémy Jammes, Frédéric Lasserre, Gauthier Mouton et Béatrice Ziani « Circulations, Flux, Fractures : L’Asie du Sud-Est au cœur des circuits transnationaux », dans L’Asie du Sud-Est 2026. Bilan, enjeux et perspectives, Paris-Bangkok, Les Indes Savantes- IRASEC, 2026, pp. 97-120.
- Gauthier Mouton, « L’Indo-Pacifique comme objet d’études en relations internationales : lectures comparées sur la production scientifique aux États-Unis et en Chine », Sociétés plurielles, n°8, 2025, pp. 122-153.
- Gauthier Mouton, « La guerre Ukraine-Russie et les avatars de la politique énergétique de la Chine », dans Olivier Delas, Mulry Mondélice, Olivier Bichsel, Carla Gomez et Richard Ouellet (dir.), Défis énergétiques et enjeux géopolitiques contemporains. Perspectives transatlantique et internationale, Coll. Mondialisation et droit international, Bruxelles, Bruylant, 2024, pp. 173-190.
- Gauthier Mouton, « L’Australie et le Canada face à la puissance chinoise : des relations dégradées en quête d’apaisement», Diplomatie, Les Grands Dossiers (Géopolitique de la Chine), 73, 2023, pp. 64-66.
- Gauthier Mouton et Priscyll Anctil Avoine, « Grammaire bienveillante et rhétorique de combat : stratégies discursives des dirigeantes en Islande, en Nouvelle-Zélande et à Taïwan durant la pandémie de COVID-19 », Lien social et Politiques, 88, 2022, pp. 237-257.
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