Importance of Indonesian sea lanes
By Aristyo Rizka Darmawan*
If there is one thing Canberra has learned from the Strait of Hormuz crisis, it is how vulnerable Australia remains and how...
A Hormuz corridor solution
By Frank Bell*
The Strait of Hormuz does not need to be made safe to reopen global shipping. It only needs to be made governable....
Russia in the Indo-Pacific
By Paul Pelczar*
A Russian naval visit to Jakarta in recent days has passed with little media notice in Australia. Drawn from the Pacific Fleet,...
Indonesians find Chinese drone
An Indonesian fisherman has recovered a Chinese reconnaissance underwater drone developed by CSIC (China Shipbuilding Industry Corporation), MilitarNUI reports.
According to the Republika media outlet,...
Maritime insurance and Hormuz tanker traffic
By Mark Bailey*
The Strait of Hormuz oil and LNG tanker traffic was not closed by Iranian or US action. Tankers cannot sail because their...
Chinese hospital ship in PNG
On 8 April the Peoples Liberation Army-Navy (PLA-N) hospital ship Silk Road Ark arrived in the Papua New Guinea capital, Port Moresby. The visit...
Hormuz opening: US or nobody
By Tom Sharpe*
As the US-Israeli war with Iran enters its sixth week, Tehran has turned the Strait of Hormuz into a weapon. Since early...
Slow trickle of Hormuz vessels
Cargo vessels and tanker transits through the Strait of Hormuz saw a minimal rise last week, despite Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s denial the waterway...
Russian warships visit Indonesia
A Russian naval task group, comprising the corvette Gromky, the submarine Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky and the ocean-going tug, Andrey Stepanov, arrived in Tanjung Priok, Jakarta on...
ADF-NZDF Cyber Agreement
The Five Eyes Defence Cyber Contact Group Conference in Melbourne during March marked a significant step forward in trans-Tasman cyber cooperation. The New Zealand...