#17 Strategic Daily: Why the Island Chains are Critical to the security of Australia and New Zealand.

You might often hear about 'The First Island Chain'. But what are they exactly, and why do they matter?

The island chains in the Indo-Pacific region play a crucial role in the security of Australia and New Zealand. The concept of the island chains was first proposed by American statesman John Foster Dulles in 1951 as a strategic maritime containment plan to surround the Soviet Union and China with naval bases in the West Pacific. These island chains act a…