Because of its utility as the safest and cheapest way of transporting goods and people, the sea has always been a basis - and many would say the basis - for trade.
According to some assessments, by 2030 Australia could be left with no domestic refining capacity, less than 20 days’ worth of refined petroleum fuel reserves, and the reality that the Australian Defence Force will be entirely reliant on imports f
Indonesia realises that a substantial, strategic transformation is taking place in the 21st century. The centre-of-gravity of the geo-economic and geo-political world is shifting towards Asia.
There are two reasons why Australia should be interested in the new but now much-discussed maritime aspirations of Indonesia and the trials and tribulations Indonesia faces in turning those aspirations into reality.