AUKUS and the N-subs a year on
By Jennifer Parker*
It is now 12 months since the release of the ‘optimal pathway’ Australia needed to follow to acquire a force of nuclear-powered...
Japan’s comfort level tested
By Euan Graham*
Defence cooperation between Australia and Japan has yet to find its top gear but, after a cautious start, that relationship is in...
India’s rocket development
Underwater warfare is going to get more competitive in the Indian Ocean Region. Days after Pakistan laid a keel for an AIP (Air Independent...
Philippines naval upgrade
Amid increasing tensions in the South China Sea with China and fears of how a conflict over Taiwan could jeopardize the country’s territories in...
Growing undersea threats
The way that maritime drones are reshaping naval warfare is becoming clear in the Black Sea. But the extent to which their underwater cousins,...
China opens fifth Antarctic base
When China opened its fifth research station in Antarctica this month, analysts sounded alarm bells about potential security threats on Australia's southern doorstep, the...
Naval lessons from Ukraine after two years
In year two of the Ukraine war, the naval domain continued to be a lower-tier area of conflict — and yet, both sides stepped...
Threats: we must not avoid the ‘China’ word
By Alex Bristow*
Writing in The Australian Financial Review on 5 February (republished with permission by ANI), my former ASPI colleague, Jennifer Parker, put an...
Philippines Navy adjusting to ‘external defence’ posture
The Philippine News Agency reported on 23 February that Commodore Roy Vincent Trinidad, the Philippines Navy's spokesperson for the West Philippine Sea (WPS), stated...
ASPI urges US-China hotlines
Australia should encourage the United States and China to improve their crisis management, including through leader-level “hotlines”, and conduct its own exercises to better...