Philippines’ new South China Sea strategy
By Xiaobo Liu and Sophie Wushuang Yi*
When China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi told his Philippine counterpart Tess Lazaro on the sidelines of an ASEAN gathering...
China vetting US’s mistakes in Iran
Wars are unpredictable. In the immortal words of Niccolò Machiavelli, “wars begin when you will, but they do not end when you please”. What...
Protecting freedom of the seas
By Simon Tisdall
The US military campaign to protect merchant shipping from Iranian attacks by asserting direct maritime control in the strait of Hormuz is...
Markets close strait before missiles fire
By Meng Kit Tang*
Tanker traffic in the Persian Gulf fell from 138 transits to fewer than eight within days of insurers withdrawing war-risk coverage...
WA N-base: planning for war
By Michael Pezzullo*
From 2027, Australia will host under the AUKUS agreement a US submarine force at HMAS Stirling, near Perth. It will be known...
Singapore & Australia sign Industrial Base Resiliency Arrangement
On 27 July 2026 the Australian Department of Defence and the Singaporean Ministry of Defence signed an Industrial Base Resiliency Arrangement (IBRA). This was...
Chinese test alters maritime geometry
By Sean Andrews*
China’s recent submarine-launched ballistic missile test into the Pacific should be understood as more than strategic signalling: it marks a shift in...
Australia-Japan critical partnership
By Derek Grossman*
Just hours after Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese visited Fiji on 6 July to agree enhance cooperation with the island state, Beijing...
Uncrewed vessels should surveil Indonesian waters
By Chong De Xian and Sandy Juda Pratama*
In February, an Indonesian naval officer publicly acknowledged what had long been understood in the service: foreign...
Falklands flare up shows vunerability
A lightly-armed Royal Navy Offshore Patrol Vessel completing a routine passage to a Chilean port raised Anglo-Argentine tensions, which have been magnified by a...