Taiwan: short war a delusion
By Walker Mills*
The last two presidential administrations have presided over a shift to an increasingly confrontational relationship with the People’s Republic of China (PRC)...
Chinese fighter releases flares near RAAF plane
A Chinese fighter aircraft released flares in front of an Australian military plane during what Defence describes as an "unsafe and unprofessional" interaction in...
China’s exploitative fishing fleet
Chinese fishing research vessels are scouting the Arabian Sea. The two research vessels are expected to glean information that will, in the future, support...
China in Pacific: UK admiral’s warning
Western countries should avoid pressuring Pacific Island nations from making a binary choice between working with China or the United States and its allies,...
Sanctions shatter Russian LNG project
Novatek's LNG construction center outside Murmansk is left in the dark as contractors and subcontractors abandon the plant.
There used to be up 15,000 workers...
Dynamics of conflict over Taiwan
The U.S. Navy’s strategy to “field multiple thousands of all-domain, attritable autonomous systems to warfighters by August of 2025″ is well on track, according...
Philippines arrest five alleged maritime spies
On 30 January the Philippines News Agency reported that authorities arrested five foreign nationals suspected of engaging in intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) operations...
US, Canada and Finland in icebreaker deal
An agreement between Finland, Canada, and the United States to jointly build icebreaker ships may hold the key to deeper cooperation between the Arctic...
Cable damage: Sweden seizes suspect ship
Swedish authorities have seized a ship suspected of damaging a data cable running under the Baltic Sea to Latvia. The Vezhen - a Maltese-flagged...
Five sanctioned LNG carriers stuck in Arctic
The five LNG carriers that were included in the latest round of EU sanctions against Russia are all stalled in remote Arctic waters. For...