In the shadow of the recent US, Pacific Island Country summit ANI Councillor Jen Parker sat down with Professor Stuart Kaye, the Director of the Australian National Centre for Ocean Resources and Security to discuss the law of the sea and strategic competition in the Pacific.

In the fourth episode of the ANI’s flag ship Podcast series, the Saltwater Strategists, the Podcast discusses developments in the Pacific, including the relationship between the law of the sea and maritime security. It considers the impacts of climate change and illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing in the Pacific as well as the August 2022 restriction on warships visiting the Solomon islands. Asking the question of how strategic competition is impacting the application of the law of the sea in this vital Pacific region.

In the third episode of the ANI’s flag ship podcast the Saltwater Strategists, ANI Council Board Member Simon Walstrom talks to US Navy RADM (Rtd.) Jeffrey Harley and Dr Paul Mitchell who is the current Professor of Defence studies at the Canadian Forces College. A hugely decorated former RADM in the United States Navy with senior appointments including assignments with the US 7th Fleet and a previous President of the U.S. Naval War College, Admiral Harley offers a perspective on the current Indo-Pacific brinkmanship, along with Dr Mitchell who is the current Professor of Defence Studies at the Canadian Defence College. Both scholars offer a viewpoint from the US and Canada with insightful perspectives, on the current maritime situation that is emerging in the Indo-Pacific.

In the second episode of the ANI’s flag ship Podcast series, the Saltwater Strategists, ANI Councillor Jen Parker talks to Rear Admiral Steve Moorhouse, RN, OBE. Rear Admiral Moorhouse commanded the UK’s first Carrier Strike Group deployment to the Indo-Pacific since Hong Kong was transferred from the UK to China in 1997 and is currently serving as the Royal Navy’s Director Force Generation.

In light of the August 22 release of the UK’s Maritime Security strategy, the Podcast discusses the significance of the UK’s March 2021 integrated review of security ‘Global Britain in a Competitive Age’ and the importance of the UKs ‘Indo-Pacific tilt’ for both the UK and the region.

On this inaugural Saltwater Strategists: Pacific Series Podcast ANI Councillor Jen Parker talks to Dr Anthony Bergin, a senior fellow with the Australian Strategic Policy Institute about the maritime security challenges facing the Pacific.

A short summary of what to expect from the Saltwater Strategists: The Pacific Series.