Democracy Sausage: Stormy waters
Jennifer Parker joins Democracy Sausage to shed light on the American military blockade of the Strait of Hormuz and the recent personnel changes within senior ADF leadership.
Have the US achieved their principle objectives in Iran? Will the US blockade of the Strait of Hormuz improve the US negotiating position? Will Australian naval capability be useful if formally called upon?
Jennifer Parker has multiple affiliations to academic institutions and think tanks, including as; Adjunct Professor of Practice at the University of Western Australia Defence and Security Institute, Non-Resident Fellow at the Lowy Institute, Expert Associate at the National Security College at the Australian National University, and Adjunct Fellow in naval studies at the University of New South Wales Canberra. Jennifer is also an International Fellow at the London-based Council on Geostrategy.
Mark Kenny is the Director of the Australian Studies Institute. He came to the Australian National University after a high-profile journalistic career culminating in 6 years as chief political correspondent and national affairs editor of The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, and The Canberra Times.
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Top image: US DoD/MCS Gladjimi Balisage/Navy
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