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.
The strategic landscape continues to change in Asia and the Indo-Pacific region. The globe is becoming increasingly volatile and the rise of China is accelerating shifts in the balance of power.
This paper describes Australia’s current amphibious capability. The Australian Amphibious Force is able to employ a landing force of up to battalion-group strength over the spectrum of operations from the provision of humanitarian assistance and disaster relief to high-end warfighting, the latter capability having been tested, in conjunction with allies, during Exercise TALISMAN SABRE 2019.
Although Robert Haddick’s book ‘Fire on the Water’ is now a few years old, its subject matter continues to dominate the strategic outlook of the Indo-Pacific region.
China and Russia have a highly complex and variable relationship that is ultimately one of strategic ambivalence and convenience rather than true strategic partnership or rivalry as has been suggested in the past. An interesting dynamic between the two countries is the tension between rhetoric and reality.
This volume is the proceedings of the fifth Sea Power Conference, held in Sydney over 29-31 January 2008.
This volume is the published proceedings of a conference conducted by Mississippi State University in Jackson MS in 2007, examining Asian energy security issues.
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.
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.