Geopolitics

Join the PLAN and see the world

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By Tim Coyle* The People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) has carried out a successful inaugural deployment of a powerful surface combatant force which has tested...

Wargames bring NZ closer to Australia

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*By Alexander Gillespie The appearance of three Chinese naval vessels firing live rounds in the Tasman Sea has caused understandable alarm in New Zealand and...

AUKUS under greater cyber threat: ASIO

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Foreign intelligence agencies will increase their targeting and sabotage of defence personnel, industry and AUKUS, according to a recent speech by the head of...

Extremely capable Chinese ships: NZ

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New Zealand’s defence minister has warned that Chinese warships located off the east coast of Australia are armed with “extremely capable” weapons that could...

N Korea objects to US N-sub visit

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North Korea's defence ministry said on Tuesday the United States is again posing a grave security threat by sending a nuclear submarine to a...

Australia and PNG prepare defence treaty

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A half-century after gaining independence from Australia, the Pacific island state of Papua New Guinea (PNG) and Australia are negotiating what the two sides...

The case for UK’s nuclear naval upgrade

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In this article, we counter some of the arguments frequently presented by those campaigning for the UK to abandon its nuclear deterrent, Navy Lookout...

Chinese ships off Sydney coast

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The Australian Defence Force is monitoring three Chinese navy ships which are understood to be sailing east of Sydney. According to a Defence Department...

Taiwan: short war a delusion

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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

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A Chinese fighter aircraft released flares in front of an Australian military plane during what Defence describes as an "unsafe and unprofessional" interaction in...