Surge in refugee surveillance
Australia’s defence force has boosted surveillance aircraft and ships to detect possible asylum seeker boats after the Coalition claimed people smugglers would market temporary...
Technology drive Indo-Pacific arms race
Technology has been a key driver in the ongoing arms race in the Indo-Pacific, as regional powers seek to leverage technology to build up...
Strategic Review: message from chiefs
Message from the Secretary of the Department of Defence and the Chief of the Defence Force:
Colleagues,
This afternoon the report of the Defence Strategic Review...
Pakistan holds major maritime conference and exercise
The Pakistan International Maritime Expo & Conference (PIMEC), an initiative of the Pakistan Navy, and the Ministry of Maritime Affairs was held on 10-12...
Canada and AUKUS
Dr Jeffrey F Collins and Mr Matthew Bondy*
This article was first published in the Australian Naval Review, 2022, Issue 1, in June 2022.
Introduction
In a country...
Indon-Viet accord over maritime boundary
A recent agreement between Indonesia and Vietnam over maritime boundaries in the South China Sea will likely smooth over the occasionally tense relationship between...
Explainer: East and South China Seas
On 8 February the US Congressional Research Service released its report, U.S.-China Strategic Competition in South and East China Seas: Background and Issues for...
Congress urged to expedite N-subs
A former leading commander of the US navy in the Indo-Pacific has urged Congress to fast-track development of Australia’s nuclear submarines, warning the AUKUS...
Stabilising the Indo-Pacific, the New Centre of the World
This article was first published in the Australian Naval Review, 2021, Issue 2, in December 2021.
By Lieutenant Sarah Kaese, RAN
‘The world order which we seek...
Nuclear advantage remains unexplained
Of all the places to drop a bombshell about Australia’s quest for new submarines, could Defence Minister Richard Marles have picked a worse one...