US ME role weakening Indo-Pacific role
By Michael Davis*
They say timing is everything. This week I’ve been devouring the United States Studies Centre’s excellent new report, Averting crisis: American strategy, military spending...
Coalition of the not-so-willing
By Rodger Shanahan*
The Australian government’s announcement that it will contribute assets to a maritime coalition force in the Persian Gulf comes as no surprise,...
Carriers’ enduring value in Indo-Pacific
By Richard A. Bitzinger*
SYNOPSISAircraft carriers are admittedly vulnerable to a number of weapons, increasingly hypersonic missiles. However, their value in a variety of scenarios...
Vietnam ups ante, dispatches frigate to Vanguard Bank
By Carlyle A. Thayer*
Vietnam has sent one of its first Gepard 3.9-class guided missile frigates, Quang Trung, to Vanguard Bank to prevent Chinese oil survey vessel Haiyang...
LHDs: Game changing in Indo-Pacific
This article was published in the Australian Naval Review. For full access to the electronic version of the Australian Naval Review and to receive future issues in hard copy,...
Cost overrun in Canadian frigate project
An updated estimate of the Canadian Surface Combatant (CSC) program indicates that the Canadian government is poised to pay C$8 billion more than initially...
RN lays steel on second frigate
Construction of the second of eight Royal Navy Type 26 frigates is underway with a ceremony on the river Clyde. The vessel is the...
RN seeks interim s-to-s missile solution
The UK defense ministry has issued a tender for the supply of an interim surface to surface guided weapon system (I-SSGW) that would serve...
Lessons for Australia in US Marines’ new guidance
By Euan Graham*
The planning guidance issued by the new US Marine Corps commandant, General David Berger, is unusually forward-leaning and well written by the standards of...
Time for a ‘quad’ of coast guards
By David Brewster*
The so-called Quad group of Indo-Pacific maritime democracies – Australia, India, Japan, and the United States – is a valuable grouping, although...