Maritime Matters

Maritime Matters Episode Title: 21 June China's new coastguard regulation & Australian Replenishment ships

In this episode of Maritime Matters Jennifer Parker (https://www.jennifer-parker.com.au/) and Richard Dunley (https://www.unsw.edu.au/staff/richard...) discuss the week that was in Maritime Matters, including:

• New publications from Richard and Jen:

AUKUS Optimal Pathway: Optimal Pathway: the best option left - Richard Dunley

https://www.ussc.edu.au/is-australias-aukus-submarine-pathway-really-optimal

Small Mobile Pieces of National Sovereignty?—Uncrewed Vessels, Naval Diplomacy, and the Challenge of Signaling - Richard Dunley

https://digital-commons.usnwc.edu/nwc-review/vol77/iss1/4/

Time to promote a woman as deputy chief of Navy - Jennifer Parker

https://www.afr.com/policy/foreign-affairs/time-to-promote-a-woman-as-deputy-chief-of-navy-20240620-p5jnae

• China's new Coastguard regulation

Reading links:

The South China Sea Dog That Hasn’T Barked … Yet - Zack Cooper and Greg Poling

https://warontherocks.com/2024/06/the-south-china-sea-dog-that-hasnt-barked-yet/

• Chinese interception of resupply at Second Thomas Shoal - Continued escalation

• Defects on Australian replenishment vessels

Maritime Matters Episode Title: Shangri-La Dialogue and AUKUS submarines

In this episode of Maritime Matters Jennifer Parker (https://www.jennifer-parker.com.au/) and Richard Dunley (https://www.unsw.edu.au/staff/richard...) discuss the week that was in Maritime Matters, including:

• Shangri-La Dialogue

• Chinese interception of resupply at Second Thomas Shoal

• Update from VADM Jonathon Mead about AUKUS Pillar 1

• Collins Class LOTE

• Did you know? Australian Army Watercraft

Maritime Matters Episode Title: Exercise Joint Sword 2024A

In this episode of Maritime Matters Jennifer Parker (https://www.jennifer-parker.com.au/) and Richard Dunley (https://www.unsw.edu.au/staff/richard...) discuss the week that was in Maritime Matters, including:

• Exercise Joint Sword 2024A, China’s exercises off the coast of Taiwan

• South Australia’s deal with Huntington Ingalls Industries

• Decommissioning of HMAS Anzac & HMAS Huon

• Collins Class LOTE

• Did you know? Taiwan Median Line & ADIZ

Date: 10 May 2024

Maritime Matters Episode Title: China's PLAAF unsafe and unprofessional behaviour and the week that was

In this episode of Maritime Matters Jennifer Parker (https://www.jennifer-parker.com.au/) and Richard Dunley (https://www.unsw.edu.au/staff/richard...) discuss the week that was in Maritime Matters, including:

• China's PLAAF aircraft's unprofessional and unsafe behaviour towards a Australian Navy helicopter in the Yellow Sea

• Exercise Balikatan completes

• ASC workers strike in South Australia

• China's new UUV

• Ukrainian USVs with Surface to Air Missiles

• Did you know? Australia's Operation Argos

Maritime Matters Episode Title: The week in maritime affairs: Scarborough Shoal & Austal-Hanwha

In this episode of Maritime Matters Jennifer Parker (https://www.jennifer-parker.com.au/) and Richard Dunley (https://www.unsw.edu.au/staff/richard...) discuss the week that was in Maritime Matters, including:

• Chiefs of Navy meeting at the Western Pacific Naval Symposium

• Chinese harassment of Philippine vessels near Scarborough Shoal

• Hanwha’s potential takeover of Austal and implications for the Australian general purpose frigate procurement

• Did you know? The Radford-Collins Agreement

Date: 26 April 2024

Maritime Matters Episode Title: The week in maritime affairs: Western Pacific Naval Symposium and mid-range missiles in South East Asia

In this episode of Maritime Matters Jennifer Parker (https://www.jennifer-parker.com.au/) and Richard Dunley (https://www.unsw.edu.au/staff/richard...) discuss the week that was in Maritime Matters, including:

• PLA Navy ships at Ream Naval Base, Cambodia

• The Western Pacific Naval Symposium in Qingdao, China 21-13 Apr 24

• The Philippines' acquisition of the Brahmos cruise missile

• US deployment of mid-range missile capability to South East Asia

• Did you know? Code for Unplanned Encounters at SEA (CUES)

Links:

Code for Unplanned Encounters at SEA (CUES) Link here

Date: 19 April 2024

Name of podcast: Maritime Matters

Episode title and number: Australia's National Defence Strategy and the week that was

Summary: In the first episode of Maritime Matters Jennifer Parker (https://www.jennifer-parker.com.au/) and Richard Dunley (https://www.unsw.edu.au/staff/richard-dunley) discuss the week that was in Maritime Matters, including the release of Australia's National Defence Strategy, the impact of tensions in the Middle East on the maritime domain, and some interesting naval capabilities announced in the last week.

Chapters:

Australia's National Defence Strategy [02:01]

Operational Developments in the Middle East [20:54]

Capability Announcements [29:57]

Did you know? The Sandison Line [38:02]

Links

National Defence Strategy https://www.defence.gov.au/about/strategic-planning/2024-national-defence-strategy-2024-integrated-investment-program#:~:text=The%20Australian%20Government%20has%20released,the%20concept%20of%20National%20Defence.

The Sandison Line: For a description see Australian Maritime Doctrine https://seapower.navy.gov.au/media-room/publications/australian-maritime-doctrine-2010#:~:text=Australian%20Maritime%20Doctrine%20is%20the,Navy%20goes%20about%20its%20business.

A short teaser for the new Maritime Matters podcast - The weekly podcast where Jennifer Parker and Richard Dunley breakdown the weeks issues impacting maritime security in Australia and the wider Indo-Pacific.