Russian breaching closed waterway
A Russian cargo ship slipped quietly into the Black Sea with a suspected load of war supplies for Russia's invasion of Ukraine, H I...
Treaty to protect the high seas agreed
It has been almost two decades in the making, but this month in New York, after days of gruelling round-the-clock talks, UN member states...
Indonesia-Singapore cooperation
Indonesia–Singapore Maritime Security Cooperation: from ‘Reluctant’ to ‘Expansive’
This article was first published in the Australian Naval Review, 2021, Issue 2, in December 2021.
By Mr Risrian...
Australian N-subs: Speed, stealth, firepower
In a nondescript office building in Canberra, hundreds of officials have spent months fine-tuning highly secretive plans for Australia to become just the seventh...
Australia, NZ and shared risks
By Robert Ayson*
The potential for conflict in the region should have Canberraand Wellington thinking about shared strategic risks, the Lowy Institute's Interpreter reports.
A week...
AUKUS deal must cut through controls
A maze of US regulations and export control laws still stand between Australia and the multibillion-dollar AUKUS agreement, even as the countries prepare to...
Another Guardian class vessel for Pacific
The Commonwealth is set to order another Guardian class patrol boat from Austal as part of the Pacific Maritime Security Program (PMSP). The additional...
AUKUS to test Australian industry
By Jason Van der Schyff*
Australia’s defence and technology industry will be tested like never before by the AUKUS partnership in managing the torrent of...
Australia likely to get British N-sub
With the formal announcement of Australia’s path to obtain nuclear attack submarines expected to happen in Washington next month, speculation about the likely solution AUKUS...
Indonesia’s submarine problem
By Alexander M. Hynd and Max Broad*
This September will mark 50 years of formal diplomatic ties between Indonesia and South Korea.
Indonesia’s Ministry of Foreign...