Chinese water-cannon Philippine boat
The Philippines has accused China’s coast guard of blocking and water-cannoning a Philippine military supply boat in the South China Sea, condemning the “excessive...
Surveilling the Torres Strait
The strategic Torres Strait and far north of Australia has very much flown under the radar for many defence watchers when compared with issues...
US must ease defence regulations for AUKUS success
Without a doubt, the United States and its allies have entered into a period of intense strategic rivalry with China, Sen. James Risch, R-Idaho,...
AUSMIN: preparedness is the key
By Jennifer Parker*
The lead-up to Saturday’s meeting between Australia’s defence and foreign affairs ministers and their US counterparts was low key, as were the...
Better way for poor nations to monitor maritime domain
By David Brewster*
Understanding what’s happening in the maritime domain, known as maritime domain awareness or MDA, is an essential element for any country that...
China’s fishy opposition to open water
By Denny Roy*
Some international issues should be non-sensitive and uncontroversial. One of these is the regulation of fishing fleets to prevent overfishing and ensure...
More US forces to rotate through Australia
U.S. and Australian officials laid the groundwork to host more U.S. forces in Australia, officials from both countries said (31 July 2023), US Naval...
Chinese flotilla off China
Japan’s Joint Staff Office (JSO) of the Ministry of Defense has announced that a Chinese People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) flotilla led by a...
France and India step up defence ties
France will supply another 26 Dassault Rafale fighter jets to India and is in discussions around a contract that would see Naval Group build...
Assessing Chinese carriers’ effectiveness
With the fast approach of the Davidson Window, which sets the date for a potential Chinese invasion of Taiwan as soon as 2027, much attention...