Chinese container ship takes Arctic route
After a 25-day voyage via the Arctic a Chinese container ship has arrived at Teesport in the UK.
The voyage of the Dubai Tower, operated...
Bigger US military presence in Australia
The US military's presence in Australia is set to grow further, with the defence minister flagging upcoming announcements on a greater US "force posture"...
China gets Russian oil via northern route
Twelve tankers sailed across the Northern Sea Route with more than ten million barrels of oil to Chinese buyers in the first eight months...
Moving against Russia in the far north
By Tom Sharpe*
US marine corps missile vehicles landed on Jan Mayen, a remote volcano island in the High North (August 2026)
It is 560 miles...
Why Putin is taking aim at AUKUS
Vladimir Putin has taken fresh aim at AUKUS and warned that the Indo-Pacific is “becoming increasingly prone to conflict” in what marks a significant...
Australia should help Philippine Coast Guard
By Joy Dianne Gumatay*
At 4am, the Philippine Coast Guard begins building an overview of what is happening across the country’s ports and waterways. How...
Iran war exposes US Indian Ocean role
By Nilanthi Samaranayake*
Recent reporting(Opens in new window) in the aftermath of Iran’s attacks on US bases in the Gulf suggests that the United States...
Iran – a fleet in being
By Tim Coyle*
The United Staes/Israel war against Iran is into its fifth month. The Strait of Hormuz remains closed and regime change ‘decapitation’ strikes...
Hormuz: three critical islands
Abu Musa, Greater Tunb, and Lesser Tunb occupy positions of strategic importance disproportionate to their size. Situated near the Strait of Hormuz, the three...
Hormuz: tolls and fees must be resisted
By Donald R Rothwell*
Two irrefutable fundamentals exist in the Strait of Hormuz which are colliding with a core tenet of the global rules-based international...