All planned out
By Andrew Carr*
Open any report, article or blog piece on the contemporary strategic environment and you’re likely to find two contradictory statements. Uncertainty has...
Submarine transition plan takes shape
By Marcus Hellyer*
The future submarine has achieved key milestones with the signing of the overarching strategic partnering agreement on 11 February and in quick succession...
Australia’s foreign policy: a game of means and ends
By Dr Joyo Sanyal
Australia needs a new strategy to direct its foreign policy in order to seize new opportunities and increase its security through...
The defence debate we’ve never had
By Professor Mark Beeson*
The $50 billion Australian-French submarine deal was finalised in February. But with the Australian Government committing to spend increasingly large amounts...
Matthew Flinders, national pride and dinner diplomacy
By David Hunt*
On 25 January, archaeologists announced that the body of Matthew Flinders, who had completed the first circumnavigation of Australia in 1803, had...
Sinking billions on an outdated weapon
Underwater drones will make duds of our 'future' submarines, even before they're built.
By Clive Williams
Australia is locked in to a diesel-electric submarine capability after signing...
Search for lost Australian WWII destroyer to begin
One of the remaining maritime mysteries of World War II may soon be solved, thanks to a joint operation between the Royal Australian Navy...
2019 submarine conference
Innovative advances in submarine technology will feature in the presentations at the 5th Submarine Science, Technology and Engineering Conference 2019 (SubSTEC5), which is being convened...
Defence chiefs forced to reduce anti-terror operations to pick up Border Force slack
Defence was forced to reduce counter-terrorism ocean patrols with the Philippines, cancel a maritime operation with key Pacific neighbours and cancel an air surveillance...
US under greater maritime pressure
By Walker D. Mills*
The United States is becoming increasingly challenged at sea. Last year the Admiral Philip Davidson, current commander of Indo-Pacific Command, told...