South China Sea: now Vietnam expands
Vietnam has accelerated and expanded dredging and landfill work at several of its outposts in the Spratly Islands in the second half of 2022,...
US Diego Garcia base in balance
Negotiations now underway between the United Kingdom and a tiny Indian Ocean nation could have significant repercussions for a strategically located U.S. Navy installation...
AUSMIN: the submarine conundrum
By Justin Burke*
Despite the customary expressions of friendship, warmth, and praise for an unbreakable alliance at the 2022 Australia-US Ministerial Consultations (AUSMIN) in Washington...
China’s difficult Taiwan position
When it comes to Taiwan, the United States’ goal is to ensure Beijing understands an invasion is “never easy to do rapidly or cost-free,”...
Buying time to avoid Taiwan war
By Joseph Nye*
Could the United States and China go to war over Taiwan? China regards the island 145 kilometres off its coast as a...
China: the danger of being too late
A year before the U.S. entered World War II, Gen. Douglas MacArthur warned: “The history of failure in war, or in any other human...
Iranians flash blind US crews
An Iranian patrol boat on Monday flashed its spotlight at the bridges of two Navy ships in the Strait of Hormuz, which U.S. military...
More US aid for Australian airfields
By Brendan Nicholson*
Canberra and Washington have committed to improving logistics at Australian airfields, including at bases in the country’s north, to support increased rotations...
China’s massive naval build up
China is building more modern surface combatants and expanding its aircraft carrier and logistics force to grow its naval influence further from shore, according...
Russia blocks Siberian sea route
Foreign military vessels are now required to notify Russia through diplomatic channels three months in advance before sailing north of the Siberia coast between...