James Goldrick AO, CSC

Nonresident Fellow
James Goldrick AO, CSC
Biography
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James Goldrick AO, CSC is a former Nonresident Fellow at the Lowy Institute.

He joined the Royal Australian Navy in 1974 and retired in 2012 as a two-star Rear Admiral. He commanded HMA Ships Cessnock and Sydney (twice), the multinational maritime interception force in the Persian Gulf and the Australian Defence Force Academy. He led Australia’s Border Protection Command and later commanded the Australian Defence College. A Visiting Fellow of the Sea Power Centre-Australia, an Adjunct Professor of the University of NSW at ADFA and a Professorial Fellow of ANCORS, his research interests include naval and maritime strategic issues in the Indo-Pacific, as well as the response of navies to changing technologies and operational challenges. His books include: The King’s Ships Were at Sea: The War in the North Sea August 1914-February 1915 and No Easy Answers: The Development of the Navies of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. Navies of South-East Asia: A Comparative Study, co-authored with Jack McCaffrie, will be published later in 2012.

Collision at sea
Collision at sea
The US Navy’s mastery of engineering has long been a strength for the navy, but the requirement for all its line officers to spend time as platform engineers at sea may be at the…
China’s intelligence gathering at sea: Some implications
China’s intelligence gathering at sea: Some implications
Haiwingxing’s deployment is further confirmation of both the increasing reach of the PLA-N and of its developing ability to conduct multiple, widely-dispersed operations…
Exercise Joint Sea 2017: A new step in Russo-Chinese naval cooperation?
Exercise Joint Sea 2017: A new step in Russo-Chinese naval cooperation?
The upcoming China-Russia naval exercise suggests an emerging alignment on China’s behaviour in the South China Sea and Russia’s approach to security in the Baltic.
China’s new warship and the strategic challenge to America
China’s new warship and the strategic challenge to America
The Type 055 is one component of the Chinese drive to create aircraft-carrier task forces which are capable of regional and even global operations.
The United States Coast Guard: Starving the remarkable
The United States Coast Guard: Starving the remarkable
If President Trump is serious about improving the capacity of the US military, then the USCG needs to be part of the package.
Law of the sea: Activist judges open a pandora's box
Law of the sea: Activist judges open a pandora's box
Judicial activism as a leading element of the evolution of the law of the sea will be something new and potentially destabilising.
Will Beijing's South China Sea 'land creation' lose it the peace?
Why China's next aircraft carrier will be based on Soviet blueprints
China and the sea: Will it come to prize trade flows over a maritime fortress?
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