Speaker: Commodore Jonathan Mead, RAN, Surface Force Commander

1. Naval Cooperation in a Sea of
Anarchy
Commodore Jonathan Mead, RAN

2. IONS: the beginning is the most
important part of the work

3. Indian Ocean and the islands of San Serriffe
1977

4. Piracy
Narcotics
Fish stocks
Energy
HADR
Narcotics
Maritime Terror
Trade
Climate HADR
People Smuggling
Trade
The Tragedy of the Commons
Security Complexes/IONS sub-
regions

5. Naval Cooperation - IONS sub-
groupings
o South Asian Littorals - Bangladesh, India, Maldives, Pakistan,
Seychelles and Sri Lanka
o West Asian Littorals - Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman,
Qatar, Saudi Arabia, UAE and Yemen
o East African Littorals - Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Eriteria,
France, Kenya, Madagascar, Mauritius, Mozambique, Somalia,
South Africa, Sudan and Tanzania
o South East Asian and Australian Littorals - Australia,
Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, Thailand and Timor Leste

6. Naval Cooperation -Priority Areas
 MDA
 Capacity Building
 Interoperability
 Common Security Interests

7. Naval Cooperation - Campaign Plan
Year 0
Agreement to Plan
Select sub-regional coordinators
Establish sub-regional websites, managed
by coordinators
Commence dialogue under an IONS
framework
Information Exchange
Year 1
Personnel Exchange Programs
Senior Officer visits
Training teams
Bilateral ship visits
Development of SOPs
Year 2
IONS Conclave
New sub-regional coordinators elected
Continued progression of Year 1 activities
Planning for sub-regional naval gathering
Planning for regional naval gathering
Year 3
Sub-regional naval gathering
Year 4
IONS Conclave
IONS naval gathering
New sub-regional coordinators selected

8. The ‘Indian Ocean World’
• A naval community
• Collective self interest

9. Questions