France can help PM fix AUKUS
Recently-elected Labor Prime Minister Anthony Albanese faces a dilemma on nuclear submarines. Having received only a single day’s notice, and wanting to avoid looking...
The aim of China’s third carrier
By Sam Roggeveen*
China’s launch of a new aircraft carrier, its third and the second built entirely at home, speaks to Beijing’s ambitions to become...
Sweden and Finland could help US in Pacific
If Sweden and Finland succeed in joining NATO, their addition could provide the fringe benefit of enhancing U.S. strategies and tactics against a rival...
Maritime law-enforcement opportunity
By Anthony Bergin and Lee Goddard*
During the recent visit by Australian Defence Minister Richard Marles to Japan, the nations vowed to strengthen the interoperability of their...
Quad to use space to enforce norms
By Philip Citowicki*
At the first in-person leaders’ summit of the Quad in Washington in September last year, the four member countries came forward with...
Seapower is Ukraine’s friend in long war
By Basil Germond*
The Ukraine war is at a strategic turning point. As the Russian offensive intensifies in the Donbas without resulting in any substantial...
Melting Arctic ice could weaken Russian grip
With climate change rapidly opening up the Arctic to shipping, new trade routes could help reduce the shipping industry’s carbon footprint and also weaken...
Iranian vessels buzz US ships in Hormuz
Three vessels from Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy approached patrol coastal ship Sirocco and expeditionary fast transport ship USNS Choctaw County in an...
US looking to add to Guam to face China
As tensions between China and the US continue to escalate, Pentagon is beefing up its infrastructure and logistics in the Pacific, which would serve...
UK PM to help de-mine Black Sea
Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Thursday Britain was willing to assist with demining operations off Ukraine’s southern coast and was considering offering insurance...