Iran trumps US, threatens law treaty
By Crispin Hull
US President Donald Trump’s innate inability to empathise with others and lack of intelligence to foresee consequences are likely to hand Iran...
China’s Taiwan rehearsals
By Jason Wang, Marvin Bernardo, Pei-Jhen Wu, and Andrew S. Erickson*
For years, the public debate over a possible Chinese Communist invasion of Taiwan has...
Mapping China’s expansion
New research from the Australian Strategic Policy Institute details how and why China is expanding its security engagement across the Pacific and Indian ocean...
China’s expansion in two oceans
China’s security footprint was once confined to its immediate neighbourhood. That time is now past. Under the leadership of Xi Jinping since 2013, China...
Has Australia’s Antarctic Shelf claim been shelved forever?
By William Hazell*
For more than two decades, the extent of Australia’s claim to the Antarctic seabed has remained unresolved. In 2004, Australia lodged a...
French Navy seizes Russian tanker
The French Navy seized sanctioned tanker MT Tagor on 31 May while it operated in the Atlantic, marking the service’s fourth shadow fleet seizure...
Joint Statement, AUKUS Defence Ministers’ Meeting
On 30 May the following AUKUS Defence Ministers’ Joint Statement was released:
The Honourable Richard Marles, Australian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defence, the...
Iran tightens grip on Hormuz
Iran is tightening its grip on the Strait of Hormuz by asserting unprecedented control over one of the world's most strategically important shipping lanes...
China drives off Dutch ship in Paracels
Chinese naval and air forces drove off a Dutch air defense frigate near a disputed archipelago using warnings and electronic interference, Beijing’s South China...
Iran’s new mini-submarine
By Tom Sharpe*
The Strait of Hormuz remains in a state of near lockdown. Many things worry merchant captains thinking of running the gauntlet there:...