Strategy

In building a database to consolidate previously unconnected data, this report proposes that two types of non-military action in the Indo-Pacific — the Belt and Road investment project and the use of civilian vessels as maritime militia — should b

In a series of meetings convened over 1949–50, the governments of Australia, Britain and New Zealand negotiated the Australia-New Zealand-Malaya arrangement (ANZAM).

Timor-Leste, still commonly referred to as East Timor, is an island nation that gained independence in 2002.

The idea of the Indo-Pacific as a single region of interest is specifically useful for Australia, because it encompasses all of Australia’s maritime surrounds.

This paper proposes an Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) strategy that leverages the author’s experience as a submariner and views the ASW problem through Effects Based Operations theory and Boyd’s OODA (observation, orientation, decision, action) Loop

This paper argues that the Australian concept of defending the archipelagic inner arc is strategically flawed, potentially dangerous, and in need of further development.

This paper explores the naval strategic history of the Asia-Pacific region, providing a context for understanding current and prospective regional developments by applying a thematic approach to demonstrate that strategy is about choices condition

Maritime Strategy for Medium Powers was published by Richard Hill in 1986 and this paper, written 15 years later, re-examines whether the theories of medium-power maritime strategy survived intact or need to be modified.