The Royal Australian Navy in Southern Russia, 1918–20
By Greg Swinden*
The guns on the Western Front had fallen silent and the armistice had been signed, but in Eastern Europe there was no...
In case of trouble, send a frigate
By the Naval Studies Group at the Australian Centre for the Study of Armed Conflict and Society at UNSW Canberra
(To provide context for the...
NATO defence spending: is 2% the magic number?
By Marcus Hellyer*
With President Donald Trump having returned from his dumpster-fire-lighting tour of Europe, the media firestorm unleashed by his claims last week that...
Australia and India: different worlds
By Alexander Davis*
Peter Varghese’s independent report on Australia’s economic strategy for India, released by Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull last week, sounds a confident note...
Indo-Pacific: is the Royal Navy coming back?
By Geoffrey Till*
The British Royal Navy looks set to make a significant reappearance in the Indo-Pacific after the long distraction of conflicts in Iraq...
A new gap in the defence against Russian naval power
By Steve Wills, CNA Analyst*
The stand-up of a new NATO Maritime headquarters in Norfolk, Virginia, the re-establishment of the U.S. Navy’s East Coast-based...
Why the HMAS Adelaide is so much more than just a warship
By Nicholas Stuart
Captain Jon Earley leans forward. He’s attempting to play the role of cool commander – he’s in charge of our newest amphibious...
HMAS Warramunga returns from record breaking mission
HMAS Warramunga has returned home to a hero’s welcome from family and friends after spending almost nine months deployed to the Middle East. The...
US Navy sails into the Taiwan Strait
By Sam Roggeveen*
It’s inevitable that, when the US sails warships through the Taiwan Strait, it will be interpreted as a broader diplomatic statement or...
Hard truths about the US–Australia alliance
By Zack Cooper*
The US–Australia alliance focuses too much on its past and too little on its future. That may seem sacrilegious, particularly amid the...