![]() ![]() Despite the sheer distance, since 2012, marking the 60th anniversary of diplomatic relations, both countries have been united in a strategic partnership via the Berlin-Canberra Declaration. It evaluates the Indo-Pacific from a broader perspective, discussing the potential implications of geopolitical strategic competition and AUKUS for the future of the region.Īustralia and Germany: Commonalities and Challenges in the Maritime Domainīerlin and Canberra are separated by some 10,000 miles of oceans, continents, hemispheres as well as up to ten time zones. This report aims to understand the implications of AUKUS in the Indo-Pacific and what role, if any, Indo-Pacific states and ‘hedging’ will play in Australian and American foreign policy as they seek to contain growing threats to the region, including growing Chinese influence. This book is dedicated our Navy shipmates that have endured the buzzing sound and pricking sensation of a tattoo gun for the sake of art, reflection and remembrance.”ĪUKUS and the Indo-Pacific: An Emerging Debate ![]() ![]() The reasons for being tattooed are as varied as navy’s men and women themselves. ![]() Love them or hate them, the traditional skin art is fabric to our maritime culture. “Where tattoos were once seen as the sign of a sailor or a rebel, they are now widely socially accepted, traditional and tell a unique tale. However, more than just a simple building and training transaction, this represented the end of one chapter, and the start of another in the Royal Navy’s (RN) submarine relationship with the RAN.Īn Australian vision of the Indo-Pacific - Through a Strategic and Maritime LensĪn overview of the strategic narrative of the Indo-Pacific through the maritime and strategic lens.Īnchors on Skin - Tattoos and Tales from the Royal Australian Navy Along with building the new submarines, the UK would also train Australia’s new submariners to crew the vessels. Australia subsequently ordered four Oberon class conventional submarines from the United Kingdom (UK). In October 1959 the Defence Joint Planning Committee agreed to the introduction of a submarine force in the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). 4th Royal Navy Squadron: Introduction of the Oberons ![]()
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