The danger of smaller crews
By Rowan Moffitt*
People are getting carried away with the virtues of small warship crews. We need to remember the great vice of having few...
China’s massive commercial ship-building
In only two decades, China has grown to be the dominant player in shipbuilding, claiming more than half of the world’s commercial shipbuilding market,...
Focus on what we agree on with China
By Edward Chan*
Since taking office in 2022, the Albanese government has stabilised Australia-China relations, with Prime Minister Anthony Albanese holding his third formal meeting...
Danger in Diego Garcia transfer
It has been widely reported that, during his meeting with Prime Minister Keir Starmer last week, President Trump gave his consent to the UK’s...
Chinese ships off the coast shows complacency
By Tom Lewis*
A Chinese naval flotilla cruising down the east coast of Australia sends two messages. One is “here we are and we’re here...
Rethink AUKUS, ex-Defence chief says
The United States has become an unreliable ally under Donald Trump’s presidency and the Albanese government should urgently develop a plan B for Australia’s...
N-subs: let’s move to Plan B
By Peter Briggs*
The Trump administration’s actions in abandoning long-term alliances with Europe, support for Nato and Ukraine is a wakeup call. The new reality...
AUKUS: Why Australia should stay the course
The world is in a difficult stage of its recent history, and the new United States administration’s change of tack is undeniably jarring, Jennifer...
AUKUS: a conspiracy of silence
Australians have never had the chance to properly vote on AUKUS. The major parties haven’t allowed them, Bernard Keane writes in Crickey.
It was foisted...
History of HMAS Melbourne on the way
The long and distinguished history of the Royal Australian Navy’s aircraft carrier HMAS Melbourne is about to be published. This 202-page book from the...