One of the fundamental responsibilities of a state is to protect its territorial sovereignty from threats and potential conflict.
Countries around the world rely on free passage of goods across the seas, with 90- 95 per cent of international trade by volume carried by ships.
This paper summarises many of the details of seaborne trade flows to and from Australia and both extra and intra-Asia Pacific regional trade, before examining future trends in shipping and seaborne trade to 2020.
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 security incidents in 2019 saw coordinated attacks against commercial shipping near the Strait of Hormuz, off the Port of Fujairah, and in the Sea of Oman.
The maritime strategies of navies in the Asia-Pacific region will change in the next century in response to emerging developments in the regional strategic environment.
This book is the proceedings of a seminar held in Canberra on 20 August 1996. Australia is and always has been a maritime nation.
When, at the turn of the nineteenth century, Mahan wrote voluminously and incomprehensibly (at times) on sea power, his purpose was to show that the lessons of sail remained relevant in the age of steam.
The papers published in this volume are authored by naval officers who have enjoyed visiting research fellowships at the Sea Power Centre - Australia.