Australia as a Middle Range Power: the Military-Political Dimension

... Continent. Canberra cannot but fret about Beijing's intense interest in the Indian Ocean, because the trend is fraught with stronger China-India differences and more frequent use by the Chinese Navy of the Lombok and Sunda Straits, an alternative to the overburdened ... ... Carlos: Asia Pacific Security Developments: A Regional Perspective The 2014 Defense Issues Paper pays much attention to developing Australia's defense industry with the focus on reaping budget savings and improving the armed forces' technology level and overall capabilities. The government would like to make the defense sector fully competitive ...