New insight into India’s maritime strategy
The “Evaluation of India’s Indian Ocean Strategy” report tabled in the Indian parliament in August, deserves more attention globally. Unlike many other countries, India...
Thailand buys Chinese submarine
Thailand, one of the United States’ oldest allies in Asia, has reportedly signed a deal with China to buy a Chinese-built Type 039A (Thai-designated...
UK, US vessels in Taiwan Strait
A U.S. and U.K. warship transited the Taiwan Strait this month (September 2025) last week drawing protests from Beijing, USNI News has learned.
U.S. guided-missile...
US boarded Venezeulan tuna vessel
Personnel from a U.S. warship boarded a Venezuelan tuna boat with nine fishermen while it was sailing in Venezuelan waters, Venezuela’s foreign minister said...
The myth of Chinese domination
By Sam Roggeveen*
Australia’s former prime minister Tony Abbott wrote in the Wall Street Journal recently that “a world dominated by Beijing would resemble China,...
The important AUK part of AUKUS
By Andrew Horton*
In the unforgiving calculus of statecraft, moments of genuine strategic re-engineering are exceedingly rare, born not from choice but from the collision...
Countering China’s Pacific push
By Jason Lancaster*
Guadalcanal, the Coral Sea, Tarawa, New Guinea, and Iron Bottom Sound highlight the strategic location of the South Pacific during the Second...
Philippines opens base near Taiwan
The Philippines activated a new military base last week in the Luzon Strait in a move that the Philippine military claims will support the...
Self-reliance strengthens the alliance
By Jennifer Parker*
With Defence Minister Richard Marles back from a mysterious trip to the United States, the alliance is back in the spotlight, as...
AUKUS Pillar II needs focus
By Malcolm Davis*
Risk of failure is growing for AUKUS Pillar Two, the mechanism intended to turbocharge technology cooperation and deliver advanced military capabilities to...