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War in the Indo-Pacific: China, the DSR and the Future of the Australian Military

Australia stands at the precipice. The Indo-Pacific is now entering the most dangerous strategic period since the Second World War. The People's Republic of China has embarked in the greatest peacetime military expansion, especially in the maritime domain, seen anywhere since the 1910s. And just as that militarization generated the geopolitical tensions that led to the Great War, exceptionally dangerous Sino-American competition is the defining feature of both Australia's region and our time. The Australian military's reaction to this dynamic and rapidly deteriorating strategic environment had been highly problematic. Dysfunctional platform acquisition and development has been made worse by a convoluted grand strategy which has been far too focused on the rather mundane problems of the prior strategic epoch, as opposed to the extremely dangerous situation the nation was now facing. The result of this dysfunction is the Defence Strategic Review and the new strategic doctrine of National Defence. This comprehensive reform of the ADF has profound implications for the wider Australian military, including the largest expansion of the Royal Australian Navy since the second world war. But are these reforms enough, and does the fundamental strategic and operational doctrine which forms the foundation of the National Defence paradigm represent a wise course for Canberra to chart? This expensive analysis examines the history of Australian strategic thought, unpacks the National Defence doctrine including the concept of Deterrence by Denial, explores the changes to the Royal Australian Navy and how this new naval force structure could be employed within several campaign scenarios. Finally, the far more contentious abandonment of Plan Beersheba and the reduction in LAND-400 Phase 3 is also examined. Australia's environment is rapidly changing, and so is the ADF, but only history will decide whether the changes that have been made are enough. 0:00 Forward Defence and the Defence of Australia Doctrine 37:29 INTERFET and the Global War on Terror 1:10:48 The Wasted Decade: China's Rise and Force 2030 1:56:48 The Defence Strategic Review: National Defence, a Strategy of Denial and Deterrence by Denial 2:42:10 Campaign Scenarios: A Defensive Naval Battle in the Sea-Air Gap 3:45:06 Campaign Scenarios: Sea Line of Communication Defence 4:04:38 Campaign Scenarios: Offensive Amphibious Operations 4:21:26 The Independent Fleet Review and the Future Surface Fleet 5:16:55 The Land Domain: The Focused Force, Littoral Maneuver and the Abandonment of Plan Beersheba 5:48:51 The Air, Space and Cyber Domains 5:57:39 A Pathology in Australian Strategic Thought