Publication:Working Papers

The SPC-A Working Papers series is designed as a vehicle to foster debate and discussion on maritime issues of relevance to the RAN, the ADF and to Australia and the region. Graduates of strategic studies programs will be invited to have their theses published through this series.

The linked papers available for download on this page are abstracts or summaries of the full paper only. Full PDF versions will be made available online progressively, and are also available in hard copy by contacting the Information Manager seapower.centre@defence.gov.au

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Current Working Papers

No. 1

New Technology and Medium Navies / By Norman Friedman.

No. 2

Struggling for a Solution: The RAN and the Acquisition of a Surface to Air Missile Capability / By Peter Jones & James Goldrick.

No. 3

Medium Power Strategy Revisited / By Richard Hill.

No. 4

The Development of Naval Strategy in the Asia Pacific Region 1500-2000 / By John Reeve.

No. 5

Maritime Strategy and Defence of the Archipelagic Inner Arc / By John Reeve.

No. 6

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles and the Future Navy / By Lieutenant Commander Peter Ashworth, RAN.

No. 7

Naval Cooperation and Coalition Building in Southeast Asia and the Southwest Pacific: Status and Prospects / By Chris Rahman.

No. 8

Analysis of Contemporary and Emerging Navigational Issues in the Law of the Sea / By Martin Tsamenyi & Kwame Mfodwo.

No. 9

Seaborne Trade Flows in the Asia Pacific: Present and Future Trends / By Commander Christopher Baldwin, RAN.

No. 10

Asian Pacific SLOC security: The China factor / By Professor Ji Guoxing.

No. 11

Protecting the National Interest: Naval Constabulary Operations in Australia's Exclusive Economic Zone / By Andrew Forbes.

No. 12

The Royal Australian Navy and Theatre Ballistic Missile Defence / By Commander Tom Mueller, RAN.

No. 13

The Timor Sea Joint Petroleum Development Area Oil and Gas Resources: The Defence Implications / By Matthew Flint.

No. 14

The Enforcement Aspects of Australia's Oceans Policy / By Barry Snushall.

No. 15

Russian Naval Power in the Pacific: Today and Tomorrow / By Alexey Muraviev

No. 16

Royal Australian Navy Aerospace Capability 2020-2030 / By Lieutenant Robert Hosick, RAN

No. 17

NSW Reserve Naval Legal Panel History.
(SPC-A holds only reference copies of Working Paper No. 17, but will redirect any requests for copies to the appropriate member of the NSW Reserve Legal Panel for action)

No. 18

Database of Royal Australian Navy Operations 1990-2005 / By Vanessa Bendle (Principal author), David Griffin, Peter Laurence, Richard McMillan, Brett Mitchell, Greg Nash, John Perryman, David Stevens, Nial Wheate.

No. 19

An Effects-Based Anti-Submarine Warfare Strategy / By Mark Hammond.

No. 20

Strength Through Diversity / By David Stevens.