The Philippines plays an important geopolitical role in the Indo-Pacific region because it occupies a geostrategic location among the Americas, Oceania and Asia. It connects Southeast Asia and Northeast Asia.
Piracy at sea is one of the world’s oldest crimes and will persist alongside the ongoing development of seaborne trade and transportation.
Timor-Leste, still commonly referred to as East Timor, is an island nation that gained independence in 2002.
The global maritime domain exists not only for logistics and commercial traffic but also as a military operational domain in which state actors compete.
The idea of the Indo-Pacific as a single region of interest is specifically useful for Australia, because it encompasses all of Australia’s maritime surrounds.
This paper is a compilation of RAN operations from 1990-2005. The operations database contains the name of the operation, its dates, type of operations, vessels involved and comments about the operation.
This paper discusses the future of RAN aerospace capabilities over the period 2020-30, examining developing technologies, their potential utilisation, and how the RAN can build a robust aerospace capability to ‘fight and win at sea’.
This paper examines the implications of the enforcement framework discussed in Australia’s Oceans Policy (AOP) on the RAN.
The RAN is acquiring a new class of warship for the air defence role, the Hobart class DDGH, which will deliver capabilities similar to those of AEGIS-equipped US Navy ships.