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Maritime control and Australia’s strategic future

Control of the seas has once again become the defining measure of power in the Indo-Pacific.

EDITOR'S LETTER

Maritime control and Australia’s strategic future

Control of the seas has once again become the defining measure of power in the Indo-Pacific. Across the world’s most contested maritime region, the competition for dominance is reshaping trade routes, defence postures, and the balance of global influence. For Australia, a nation whose prosperity and security are inseparable from the oceans that surround it, the implications are profound.
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EDITOR'S LETTER

Maritime control and Australia’s strategic future

Control of the seas has once again become the defining measure of power in the Indo-Pacific. Across the world’s most contested maritime region, the competition for dominance is reshaping trade routes, defence postures, and the balance of global influence. For Australia, a nation whose prosperity and security are inseparable from the oceans that surround it, the implications are profound.
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