Australia joins US Exercise Pacific Partnership 2022
Members of the Australian Defence Force are embarked in the US Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Mercy to take part in Exercise Pacific...
China’s militarisation of its commercial fleet
Over the many years of reporting maritime news, the idea that China could militarize its commercial maritime fleet has been dismissed by most of...
Prof William Maley delivers 2022 Vernon Parker Oration
On 19 May Professor William Maley delivered an outstanding Vernon Parker Oration at the Australian Naval Institute’s annual dinner at Hotel Realm in Canberra....
Mr Jim Cuthill the 2022 ANI McNeil Prize winner
At the Australian Naval Institute’s Annual Dinner on 19 May, the Deputy Chief of Navy Rear Admiral Chris Smith announced the winner of the...
US Navy to lose if ship building stalled
The U.S. Navy doesn’t want to promise to buy too many ships in the next five years, in case it can’t follow through due...
US Navy opposed to ship-launched N-weapons
The U.S. Navy remains opposed to buying ship-launched nuclear weapons, even though some in the Pentagon have pushed back, Defense News reports.
Chief of Naval...
Ukraine: US carrier in Naples
A U.S. aircraft carrier visited the southern Italian city of Naples for only the second time in six years as the military continues its...
Relief vessel not up to the task
By Bob Moyse
In terms of scale, the recently announced Pacific support vessel, ADV Reliant, is chicken feed compared to the Royal Australian Navy’s submarine...
Waiting game: China and the Solomons
By Anastasia Kapetas*
A reading of some of the headlines on China’s new security deal with Solomon Islands might give the impression that a Chinese...
Middle powers and maritime security
By Rahul Mishra and Peter Brian M. Wang *
Amid debate on initiatives such as the Quad and AUKUS, Malaysia and Indonesia are looking for alternative security frameworks...