Australia and PNG prepare defence treaty
A half-century after gaining independence from Australia, the Pacific island state of Papua New Guinea (PNG) and Australia are negotiating what the two sides...
The case for UK’s nuclear naval upgrade
In this article, we counter some of the arguments frequently presented by those campaigning for the UK to abandon its nuclear deterrent, Navy Lookout...
Chinese ships off Sydney coast
The Australian Defence Force is monitoring three Chinese navy ships which are understood to be sailing east of Sydney. According to a Defence Department...
Taiwan: short war a delusion
By Walker Mills*
The last two presidential administrations have presided over a shift to an increasingly confrontational relationship with the People’s Republic of China (PRC)...
Chinese fighter releases flares near RAAF plane
A Chinese fighter aircraft released flares in front of an Australian military plane during what Defence describes as an "unsafe and unprofessional" interaction in...
China’s exploitative fishing fleet
Chinese fishing research vessels are scouting the Arabian Sea. The two research vessels are expected to glean information that will, in the future, support...
China in Pacific: UK admiral’s warning
Western countries should avoid pressuring Pacific Island nations from making a binary choice between working with China or the United States and its allies,...
Sanctions shatter Russian LNG project
Novatek's LNG construction center outside Murmansk is left in the dark as contractors and subcontractors abandon the plant.
There used to be up 15,000 workers...
Dynamics of conflict over Taiwan
The U.S. Navy’s strategy to “field multiple thousands of all-domain, attritable autonomous systems to warfighters by August of 2025″ is well on track, according...
Philippines arrest five alleged maritime spies
On 30 January the Philippines News Agency reported that authorities arrested five foreign nationals suspected of engaging in intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) operations...