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...
The Russian factor in the Pacific
New analysis from the Australian Strategic Policy Institute argues that Russia’s deepening economic and strategic reliance on China and its sizeable Pacific submarine fleet...
New UK augurs well for AUKUS
By Nick Crouch*
Australia, so dependent on Britain for AUKUS, needn’t worry about new Prime Minister Andy Burnham’s commitment to defence or about opportunities for...
Cocos (Keeling) Islands as a security asset
By Troy Lee-Brown*
The marine park around the Cocos (Keeling) Islands should be understood as a national security asset, not just a conservation zone. This...