DVIDS – News – Australian Army Fire is the Allied responsibilities in preventing conflicts in the Indo -Pacific region in Lanpac

The Australian head of the army, Lieutenant General Simon Stuart, kept a keynote address on the Lanpac symposium (Land Cacific (Lanpac)) in which the responsibilities of allies and partners are emphasized in preventing conflicts in the Indo-Pacific region. Stuart drew teachings from the Peloponnesian wars and emphasized that allies and partners have agency and influence that are associated with great responsibility. He underlined the power and value of the Strategic Land Power Network in the Indo-Pacific area and the importance of transparency, strategic empathy and communication in the alternation of war.

Topics and news:
● Allies and partners have agency: Allies and partners are not only about viewers in the large power competition, but also have agency and influence that are associated with great responsibility.
● Strategic agricultural power network is powerful: the strategic land performance network in the Indo-Pacific is a strong collective with considerable hard performance, but its value is even more in its collective will and cohesion.
● The promise of the land power: The common advantages of the land power include presence, persistence, asymmetry and versatility that can be used to reduce the likelihood of conflicts.
● Significance of transparency, strategic empathy and communication: deterrence is based on the fact that the deterrent is relevant and credible, and this can be achieved with these attributes.

Key quotes:
● “A lesson that has to be drawn is that allies and partners have great responsibility, and with this great responsibility. And in view of what is at stake, the incumbent should, as I should say, to make their agency to all nations and all institutions of the national power and regret.”
● “The strategic agricultural network we represent is remarkable if it is taken into account as a whole.”
● “The country force that we generate together is a force that she has to count on. Your promise of value can be described by a number of five advantages that we share individually and together.”
● “Improving our presence to pass our ability to pass together is at least central to every collective theory of success and is of crucial importance to deter conflicts.”
● “Differences depends on the fact that the deterrent is relevant and credible. And of course relevance and credibility are relevant relative to the operating environment.”

Q&A highlights:
● Use of strengths and coping with weaknesses: In response to the skills of the Australian army, Stuart emphasized the importance of using the most important strengths, in particular the training and development of the NCO corps.
● The art and science of deterrence: Stuart emphasized that deterrence is a daily proposal that depends on the perception of the potential opponents of the deterrent.