The changing face of maritime power
Recent attacks on commercial shipping and warships in the Red Sea by Yemen’s Houthi rebels have brought the ocean back to the forefront of...
HMS Richmond takes over from HMS Diamond in Red Sea
On 6 February as Houthi attacks against commercial vessels continue, the British frigate HMS Richmond kook over from the destroyer HMS Diamond to ensure...
Improving Australia-NZ relationship
By Justin Bassi and David Capie*
This month's 2+2 ANZMIN meeting of Australian and New Zealand foreign and defence ministers in Melbourne will be viewed...
Quad’s role in west Indian Ocean
By Jennifer Parker*
Australia’s view of the Indo-Pacific generally stops at Sri Lanka and the southern tip of India. But this regional conceptualisation leaves out...
NZ’s new AUKUS links
New Zealand took a step closer to participating in the trilateral AUKUS security arrangement today, announcing that it will examine “opportunities” related to the...
Close call for USS Gravely
A Houthi anti-ship missile got within a nautical mile of the Navy destroyer Gravely on Tuesday, and the warship used its Phalanx Close-In Weapons...
Time for Pacific maritime security program
By Shaun Cameron*
Southeast Asia’s maritime environment faces threats from piracy, slavery, and illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing. A maritime security program tailored for...
USS Finn irks China with Taiwan Strait sail
China has accused the United States of abusing international law with its military maneuvers in the western Pacific, one day after a Navy warship...
Elusive stability in China relationship
By Justin Bassi*
This month’s Chinese embassy press conference was a further effort to corral Australia into compliance and compromise with Beijing’s views. Remarks by...
The Red Sea and naval policy drift
By Richard Menhinick*
Last year I wrote the maritime opinion piece on the Defence Strategic Review (DSR) for the WA Defence Review 2022–23 annual issue....