The ‘Bone’ is back on Guam
By Dave Makichuk
Reading some media reports, one would have surmised the US military ran away from its warfighting Pacific duties like frightened little girls,...
Vietnam rejects China’s fishing ban
Vietnam has rejected China's ban on summer fishing in disputed areas of the South China Sea, and has encouraged its fishermen to continue their...
US and UK ships to Barents Sea
Four U.S. Navy ships and a U.K. Royal Navy ship sailed into frigid Arctic waters of the Barents Sea on May 4 to conduct maritime security...
The challenge of maritime domain awareness
By Jay Benson*
To effectively govern the maritime space, states need an accurate picture of what is happening and where in order to establish normal...
China bolsters presence in disputed waters
China has bolstered its presence in the South China Sea by setting up two administrative bodies on islands in the disputed water, dubbed "its...
Anzac: Why didn’t they listen to the Navy?
If only the British Government had listened to a naval voice in 1915, the whole Gallipoli campaign would have ended differently, the war shortened...
Covid-19: time to invoke ANZUS?
By Michael Shoebridge*
The US is in its worst crisis since World War II. With more than 582,000 confirmed cases of Covid-19, it is the current global...
Is US supporting Vietnam over Paracels?
By Yoichiro Sato
A collision between a Vietnamese fishing boat and a Chinese coast guard patrol boat near the Paracel Islands, which resulted in...
US no longer SE Asian resident power
By William Choong
For years at the Shangri-La Dialogue, the pre-eminent meeting of defence ministers held in Singapore, successive secretaries of defence from the United...
Japanese destroyer holed in Chinese trawler collision
China accused Japan of sailing a warship in its waters after a collision with a fishing boat in the East Sea.
Beijing’s foreign ministry criticised...