Iranian threats: opportunity for US Navy
By Cameron Sothern*
The volume of oil that flows through the Strait of Hormuz gives it geostrategic importance. According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration,...
Russian ships deploy to Pacific
The corvette Gremyashchy and the Kilo class submarines Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky and Volkhov recently made a scheduled call at the port of Manila. This was part...
China and Turkey deliver ships to Pakistan
It is the first of the four frigates committed by China, for which a deal was signed between the two allies in 2017. The...
Cooperation key to maritime security
By Jan Stockbruegger and Christian Bueger*
Great power competition with China and Russia dominates debates in Washington. Few analysts therefore paid attention when U.S. Secretary...
US report reveals Chinese naval challenge
In an era of renewed great power competition, China’s military modernization effort, including its naval modernization effort, has become the top focus of U.S....
AUKUS: pushing China and Russia closer
By Lyle J. Goldstein*
Washington and other allied capitals have been abuzz with talk of nuclear submarines since the surprise announcement of the new trilateral...
Unwelcome challenge to NNP treaty
By Trevor Findlay*
Australia is set to become the first state without nuclear weapons to acquire nuclear-powered submarines. This presents yet another unwelcome challenge to...
Saving Taiwan from China
By Brahma Chellaney*
China’s coercive expansionism may be taking its most dangerous turn yet. Recently, record-breaking numbers of Chinese military planes have entered Taiwan’s air...
AUKUS can help Indian strategic autonomy
By Yogesh Joshi*
The AUKUS strategic partnership of Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States has created a kerfuffle whose echoes have been heard...
N Korea to build military directed at US
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un reviewed powerful missiles developed to launch nuclear strikes on the U.S. mainland, as he vowed to build an...