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.

Andrew Forbes

This volume is the proceedings of the first Sea Power Conference held in Sydney in 2000.

David Wilson

The coastal shipping industry encompasses those involved in the transport of sea freight between Australian ports.

Mary Ganter

Maritime cyber-attacks constitute an added complexity on top of traditional maritime threats such as piracy, illegal activities, maritime terrorism and accidents at sea.

Captain Marcus Neo

How does the Pacific Maritime Security Program respond to the illegal, unregulated and unreported fishing activities in Papua New Guinean waters?

Lieutenant Commander Robbie Hosea

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.

Lieutenant Commander Vichith Srey, Royal Cambodian Navy

The security of submarine communications cables (SCCs) is vital to Australia’s strategic and economic interests. Transoceanic information flows for military, government, corporate and private communications rely almost entirely on SCCs.

Angus Eckstein

Pakistan and China have a multidimensional relationship, providing a good example of peaceful coexistence between two states with differing beliefs, social and political systems.

Anwar Saeed

In national security affairs what often marks Australia’s experience is an insular imagination, a feature that is most striking when it comes to understanding the importance of the sea.

Michael Evans