What will Australia do to defend rules-based order?
By Sam Roggeveen*
Australia faces “the biggest foreign and security policy challenge of all: defending ourselves and our interests without the help of the United...
US military seeks extra $27b anti-China money
U.S. military officials have outlined new spending requirements to boost deterrence against China, including new weapons, new construction and closer military-to-military collaboration with America’s...
Covid hits US ships in Mid-East
A dozen troops on an amphibious transport dock ship and several more on a guided-missile cruiser have tested positive for the illness caused by...
Nimitz almost home after long deployment
After heading over the horizon last April, just as the COVID-19 pandemic was beginning to upend life across America, the aircraft carrier Nimitz and...
US destroyer moves through Taiwan Strait
A U.S. destroyer moved through the Taiwan Strait on Wednesday, the Navy announced.
“The Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer USS Curtis Wilbur (DDG-54) conducted a...
Report to Congress on Ford carrier program
Congress, as part of its action on the Navy’s FY2021 budget, provided a total of $2,565.4 million (i.e., about $2.6 billion), including $71.0...
Resetting US-Philippines Alliance?
By Julius Cesar Trajano*
Despite President Duterte’s desire to shift Philippine security policy away from its treaty alliance with the US, Manila remains a close...
Remembering bombing of Darwin
By Michael Gunner*
If sometimes it seems that governments rush to appoint inquiries or royal commissions, then I want to assure you: this is no...
Big defence spending still on track
By Marcus Hellyer*
The Australian government has released its mid-year budget update in the form of the portfolio additional estimates statements. If you’re looking for...
US Navy to make all sailors reaffirm oath
When the US Navy holds its daylong stand-downs to address the extremist ideologies that leaders say have infiltrated the military ranks, sailors across the...