Philippines’ new tougher stand on China
By Criselda Yabes*
The Manila government raised strong protests when Chinese vessels were seen anchored in the disputed Spratly Islands in the South China Sea....
US cancels Black Sea deployment
The United States has cancelled this week's planned deployment of two warships to the Black Sea, Turkish officials and media said Wednesday, amid high...
China’s fishing reality check
By Carlyle Thayer*
Question: Re: News reports that 220 Chinese militia ships appeared in Philippine waters in the South China Sea. What do you think
about this...
Mozambique Channel is the next hotspot
By David Brewster*
The waters off Mozambique are becoming a major new security hotspot in the Indian Ocean. An Islamist insurrection in northern Mozambique that...
Beware the bear in the Pacific
By Steve Raaymakers*
In 2007, I was invited by the United Nations to address a regional conference on multilateral cooperation in Pacific Rim ocean governance....
UK: what you read is not what you might get
By Colin Chapman*
For Australia’s policy wonks and strategists, understanding the meaning of Boris Johnson’s favourite term, “Global Britain,” can be an intellectual challenge. Thoughtfully,...
Darwin’s role in resurgent Quad
The Quad is back in action. Australia, India, Japan and the US formed the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue in 2007 in the aftermath of the...
Quad’s strategic mountain to climb
By Peter Jennings*
Prime Minister Scott Morrison may be forecasting ‘a new dawn in the Indo-Pacific’ with the arrival of the Quad meeting of Australian,...
Russia’s role in the Indian Ocean
By Alexey D. Muraviev*
February this year was marked by a heightened Russian naval activity in the Indian Ocean. Russian naval task groups drawn from...
1st Fleet reactivation still on table
The former Navy secretary's call to reactivate a numbered fleet in the Pacific to counter China's growing maritime power is still under consideration, a...