Australia is a country where the tyranny of distance has a significant impact for defence planners. The Australian area of interest is vast, and the task of securing it difficult, especially with limited assets. The role of the RAN in the protection of our interests is paramount, but exhaustive. RAN ships are required to travel vast distances not only within our littoral waters, but also within those of our Asian and Pacific neighbours.
The contemporary South China Sea (SCS) situation began with regional disagreements regarding the competing claims over islands and reefs by nations including China and five members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), Vietnam, th
This report argues that several dynamics of the coming few decades in the Indo-Pacific will see naval mines used once again in the region.
The Southeast Asian region’s move towards growth and prosperity in recent years, while mainly positive, has been far from establishing a Shangri-La. Whilst interstate conflict has been minimal, there are still many political and economic hurdles within both mainland and maritime Southeast Asian states.
This volume contends that the RAN did not always give sufficient consideration to the provision of intelligence support in planning and conducting combat operations in conflicts from WWII to the Vietnam War.
This volume is the published proceedings of a conference conducted by Mississippi State University in Jackson MS in 2007, examining Asian energy security issues.
This volume is the proceedings of the 13th conference of the International SLOC Group, held in Canberra in 2001, conducted with the support of the Centre for Maritime Policy, University of Wollongong and the RAN.
During Chinese President Xi Jinping’s visit to Kazakhstan, in September 2013, he delivered a remarkable speech at Nazarbayev University in Astana, the capital city.