HMNZS Te Kaha to deploy to Arabian Sea
In 2025, the New Zealand frigate HMNZS Te Kaha will deploy to the Arabian Sea as part of Combined Task Force 150, the multi-national...
Pentagon update on the Chinese military
This month (December 2024) the Pentagon released its 2024 Annual Report on Chinese Military and Security Developments Pentagon Annual Report on Chinese Military and...
Latest Mogami Class frigate launched
On 19 December 2024 the tenth Mogami class frigate, named Nagara, was launched at the Mitsubishi Heavy Industries shipyard in Nagasaki. A total of...
2024 Naval Shipbuilding and Sustainment Plan
On 20 December the Commonwealth Government released the 2024 Naval Shipbuilding and Sustainment Plan (NSSP). This document outlines the Government’s investment of up to...
Naval competition in the Indian Ocean
The South Asian Voices (SAV) editorial team collaborated with the Strategic Learning team on a wide-ranging SAV Q&A that explores the importance of naval...
Climate change: lessons from Tracy
By Raelene Lockhorst and John Coyne*
On Christmas morning in 1974, Cyclone Tracy unleashed catastrophic destruction on Darwin, forever altering the city and Australia’s approach...
Filling the AUKUS comms gap
By Jacqueline Gibson and Cameron Hendrix*
Gaps in AUKUS communication strategies limit public understanding of its benefits and allow malign actors, such as China and Russia,...
Here come the (tougher) Marines
By Andrew Rolander*
The US Marine Corps is dramatically increasing its relevance to the war fighting capability of the United States. As the world lurches...
Building maritime capacity in polar regions
By Aaron Delano-Johnson and Myles McCarthy*
Sporting the distinctive racing stripe worn by many of the globe’s coast guards, the world’s newest polar-capable research vessel...
China’s new Latin American beachhead
By Selwyn Parker*
China should be extremely grateful to the Peruvian government of Dina Boluarte. Courtesy of her Congress, which rewrote the rules of foreign...