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...
FOIP – a new name signals shift with China’s rise
By Huong Le Thu*
The free and open Indo-Pacific (FOIP) isn’t just a new name; it signals an important shift in framing a geostrategic understanding...
China will challenge US naval supremacy ‘within a year’
China's biggest challenge to the supremacy of the US Navy will come within the year, a well regarded Australian strategic analyst predicted in Washington...
Brunei, 1962 – The RAN and its unfought war
By Mike Fogarty
The Brunei operation was conducted from 8 to 23 December, 1962. It also extended to North Borneo (Sarawak). It was an internal...
RIMPAC and China’s push with Belt and Road, the seas and the net
By Nicholas Stuart
The water sparkles.
I’m standing, this blissful morning, on the bridge of HMAS Adelaide, just off Hawaii. The tropical storm clouds have parted...