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In an increasingly competitive maritime environment, the Saltwater Strategists provide insightful and considered discussion on maritime issues in the Indo-Pacific. Well respected strategists, academics, international relations and maritime professionals from across the region provide their thoughts on the maritime challenges and opportunities within the region. If you want to understand current maritime issues within the Indo-Pacific region, the Saltwater Strategists: The Pacific Series is the podcast for you.The Saltwater Strategists is a product of the Australian Naval Institute (ANI). The ANI is a non-profit self-supporting organisation that encouraging the promotion and advancement of knowledge related to the maritime profession. The ANI Provides an exchange of ideas concerning issues related to the maritime profession.
Australian Naval Institute hosts Saltwater Strategists, a society show with 43 episodes published.
Unpacking the Maritime Elements of the 2026 National Defence Strategy The Australian Naval Institute hosted a discussion on 6 May 26 examining the maritime elements of the recently released 2026 National Defence Strategy
Inaugurated in 2021, The Australian Naval Institute’s Commodore Sam Bateman Book Prize is awarded annually by the ANI to recognise excellence in books making a major contribution to the study and understanding of naval a
Key to success in naval and maritime security operations is situational awareness. Collection and collation of battlespace data represents a significant component of operations, often long before the commencement of the
Host Duncan MacRae is joined by the Royal Australian Navy’s Warrant Officer Cheryl Collins, OAM CSM, currently Warrant Officer Joint Operations and the Command Senior Enlisted Leader to the Chief of Joint Operations Aust
In this first episode for 2026, host Duncan MacRae sits down with John Seymour to discuss ‘Australia’s Naval Alliances: Lessons of History’, his new book exploring the development of Australian seapower and naval forces
In this final episode of Saltwater Strategists for 2025, host Duncan MacRae sits down with Omni Executive’s Steven Thorpe and Nick Stoker to discuss Australian engagement and partnership in the Pacific region. Omni, an A
The recent Indo-Pacific Maritime Trade Exposition and the Royal Australian Navy’s Seapower Conference was the venue for the launch of ‘A Maritime Strategy for Australia – AMS 2035’, a monograph from the Naval Studies Gro
In this episode of the Australian Naval Institute’s (ANI) Saltwater Strategists, special guest host and ANI Councillor Jen Parker is joined by Vice Admiral Mark Hammond, AO, Chief of the Royal Australian Navy and Patron
In this episode of Saltwater Strategists, host Duncan MacRae welcomes former Sri Lankan naval officer Dr Roshan Kulatunga to discuss Sri Lankan maritime strategy through the lens of his recent academic research. Dr Kulat
The trilateral AUKUS agreement has drawn significant attention to the matter of naval shipbuilding across all three participant nations. Joining host Duncan MacRae to discuss the many challenges facing naval shipbuilding
In this episode of the Saltwater Strategist, ANI councillor and podcast host Duncan MacRae speaks with Angela Gillham, Chief Executive Officer of Maritime Industry Australia Ltd (MIAL) and member of the Australian Govern
Inaugurated in 2021, The Australian Naval Institute’s Commodore Sam Bateman Book Prize is awarded annually by the ANI to recognise excellence in books making a major contribution to the study and understanding of naval a
2025 marks the 50th anniversary of the formation of the Australian Naval Institute. In this first episode for 2025, podcast host Duncan MacRae chats with sitting ANI President, Peter Leavy, AM CSM, to discuss the history
In this episode of the Australian Naval Institute’s Saltwater Strategists, host Jen Parker is joined by Lieutenant General Simon Stuart, Chief of the Australian Army, to discuss the Army's strategic focus on optimising f
In this episode of the Australian Naval Institute’s Saltwater Strategists, host Jen Parker is joined by Tom Shugart, a prominent expert in naval and defence strategy, to discuss the evolving power of the People’s Liberat
In this episode of the Australian Naval Institute’s Saltwater Strategists, ANI Councillor Jen Parker and renowned British naval historian Professor Geoffrey Till discuss Professor Till’s book, ‘How to Grow a Navy’. ‘How
In this episode of the Australian Naval Institute’s Saltwater Strategists, ANI Councillor Duncan MacRae is joined by Dr Collin Koh Swee Lean, senior fellow at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, to discuss
In this episode of the Australian Naval Institute’s Saltwater Strategists, ANI Councillor Duncan MacRae welcomes Rob Wilson, Business Development Manager for Systematic in Australia, and Mick Devine, Defence Account Mana
In this special episode of the Saltwater Strategists, we bring you the annual Vernon Parker Oration recorded in Canberra on 15 May 2024. Professor Rory Medcalf AM, Head of the National Security College, Australian Nation
In this episode of the Australian Naval Institute’s Saltwater Strategists, ANI Councillor Jen Parker (www.jennifer-parker.com.au) and Open-Source Intelligence expert HI Sutton from ‘Covert Shores’ (www.hisutton.com) disc
Mark Douglas
elder and story keeper · Starboard Maritime Intelligence
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Jennifer Parker
Patient Advocate, Transformational Speaker, Healthcare Leadership Speaker · University of Notre Dame
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Peter Jones
Professor of Transport and Sustainable Development · UCL Centre for Transport Studies
1 appearance on this show
Mark Hammond
Vice Admiral · Royal Australian Navy
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Emma Salisbury
Dr.
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Cheryl Collins
Royal Australian Navy
1 appearance on this show
Nick Stoker
Omni Executive
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