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Australia as a Regional Maritime Power
Jennifer Parker | 21 October 2026 *Originally published in The Strategist on 21 October 2026 Image: HMAS Adelaide during Indo Pacific Endeavour 2017: Peter Thompson/Department of Defence. As Australia seeks to rebuild much of its aged naval fleet, it should also look to rebuild how it perceives itself in the maritime region of the Indo-Pacific. Australia is and has always been a regional maritime power, even if its capability has at times not kept pace with that statement. A