Abstract This volume examines the notion of a maritime school of strategic thought for Australia, a debate that emerged in 2012 during the development of the 2013 Defence White Paper. The book is the product of a short research project conducted by the Sea Power Centre – Australia in 2013. A series of five seminars...

Risks are growing that China-centric maritime incidents could lead to war in Asia. Authors Rory Medcalf and Raoul Heinrichs, with maritime adviser Justin Jones, examine the drivers of Asia’s growing maritime ‘crisis of confidence’, including clashes of sovereignty, national pride and military strategy. They examine the prospects for confidence-building measures to reduce those dangers, and...