Lawfare over Chagos islands
Ahmed Mujuthaba and David Brewster*
For decades, Mauritius and the United Kingdom have been in a dispute over ownership of the Chagos Islands in the...
US-China: the importance of alliances
By Joseph S. Nye*
The United States and China are competing for dominance in technology. America has long been at the forefront in developing the...
Australia should make things right with France
By Stephen Loosley*
This year marks the 80th anniversary of Australia’s war with France. It is largely forgotten, but the facts are simply these. Vichy...
Stepping out of the shadows
By Clive Williams*
Public speeches by heads of intelligence agencies are infrequent, so the speech by Richard Moore, Chief of the British Secret Intelligence Service...
Global Britain and the search for collective seapower
Whereas the rationale for seapower politics and the convergence of interests between liberal, maritime nations is not something new, 2021 has exposed two new...
Antarctic aerodrome a lost opportunity
By Claire Young*
The Australian government has cancelled the proposed aerodrome near Davis station in the Australian Antarctic Territory (AAT), emphasising environmental concerns but probably...
Geography: Australia’s top strategic asset
By Anastasia Kapetas*
In the debate about what AUKUS is and what it might become, much has been made of the idea that in an...
Regulating underwater drones in Indonesia
By Taufik Rachmat Nugraha*
According to the Indonesia Ocean Justice Initiative, between 2018 and January 2021, a large number of Chinese vessels “deactivated” their AIS...
The past, present and future of maritime trade warfare
SBLT Theo Squires, RAN*
This article was first published in the Australian Naval Review, 2019, Issue 2, in December 2019.
Commerce raiding, also known as guerre de...
N-propulsion information accord signed
The signing of the Exchange of Naval Nuclear Propulsion Information Agreement (the Agreement) with our AUKUS partners – the United Kingdom and the United...