Chinese hospital ship in PNG
On 8 April the Peoples Liberation Army-Navy (PLA-N) hospital ship Silk Road Ark arrived in the Papua New Guinea capital, Port Moresby. The visit...
Hormuz opening: US or nobody
By Tom Sharpe*
As the US-Israeli war with Iran enters its sixth week, Tehran has turned the Strait of Hormuz into a weapon. Since early...
Slow trickle of Hormuz vessels
Cargo vessels and tanker transits through the Strait of Hormuz saw a minimal rise last week, despite Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s denial the waterway...
Russian warships visit Indonesia
A Russian naval task group, comprising the corvette Gromky, the submarine Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky and the ocean-going tug, Andrey Stepanov, arrived in Tanjung Priok, Jakarta on...
ADF-NZDF Cyber Agreement
The Five Eyes Defence Cyber Contact Group Conference in Melbourne during March marked a significant step forward in trans-Tasman cyber cooperation. The New Zealand...
China’s hospital-ship statecraft
By Malika Knapp*
Medical assistance and defence objectives are closely intertwined, with free treatment serving to normalise a foreign military presence while advancing China’s geopolitical...
Ukrainian drone wrecks Russian ship
A high-profile Russian security service vessel, designed for Arctic operations, has been struck by a Ukrainian drone while docked at the Vyborg shipyard near...
Australia-European Union Security and Defence Partnership
On 24 March Australia and the European Union announced that they are strengthening cooperation through a new Security and Defence Partnership. The Prime Minister...
Understanding Iran’s power over Hormuz
The Strait of Hormuz has a particular geographical importance to the world, as the land on one side belongs to Iran, and the country...
Overcoming Diego Garcia misinformation
By Nilanthi Samaranayake*
Criticism by both U.S. President Donald Trump and U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer about using the Diego Garcia military base for U.S....