This volume was commissioned as a response to A Stronger and More Prosperous World through Secure and Accessible Seas published by the US Naval War College, to provide an Australian perspective on international maritime law issu
These two papers, by members of the Indonesian and Philippine navies respectively, discuss maritime issues relevant not only to their countries but to the wider region.
The coastal shipping industry encompasses those involved in the transport of sea freight between Australian ports.
One of the major tasks facing Australian Defence planners after WWII was the preparation of strategic policies and the development of suitable post-war force structure plans.
Maritime cyber-attacks constitute an added complexity on top of traditional maritime threats such as piracy, illegal activities, maritime terrorism and accidents at sea.
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.
In the popular imagination, Australia is not a maritime nation. Australians remember the ‘Rats of Tobruk’, but the ‘Scrap Iron Flotilla’ that contested Hitler in the Mediterranean is unknown.
After a three decade lull, great power competition has returned to Asia. This burgeoning strategic era will, however, be very different from what Australia has experienced in the past.
The Indian Ocean Region (IOR) has variously been labelled as ‘insecure and instable’, ‘a region that does not inspire confidence in the potential for peaceful governance’, ‘a disaggregated region notable for its lack of homogeneity’ and ‘a trouble