Strategy of maritime pressure in the Pacific
By Peter Kouretsos*
The U.S. military has a problem in the Western Pacific: the tyranny of distance and time. Delivering military force across the vast...
US-ASEAN 1st Maritime Exercise: media storm in tea cup
By Carlyle A. Thayer
What was the result of the US and ASEAN Maritime Exercise in September which ended yesterday and what were the result...
US view on Australia’s Indian Ocean role
By Nilanthi Samaranayake*
Australia plays a critical role in maintaining strategic stability in the Indian Ocean and remains one of the United States’ closest allies...
Get rid of darling and pet projects
By Lieutenant Commander Ryan Hilger, USN*
For all the talk of being in great power competition, the OPNAV staff is not acting like it. The...
The South China Sea and British strategy
By Dr James Bosbotinis*
The United Kingdom’s growing engagement with the South China Sea and wider Indo-Pacific reflects long-standing British interests, and the ever-increasing strategic importance...
Final voyage of RAN FFGs
HMAS Melbourne (Commander Marcus Buttler), the last of the RAN FFGs, sailed into Sydney for the final time. The 138-metre long Guided Missile Frigate...
Protecting maritime trade – a historical perspective
By Vice Admiral Peter Jones AO DSC RAN Retired
From the early days of the European settlement until the first years of the 20th Century,...
Case for ship-building authority
By Martin Hamilton-Smith*
The latest salvo in the national debate about how best to spread the risks and benefits of the $300-billion naval shipbuilding plan is whether...
Danger tying defence spending to GDP
By Marcus Hellyer*
It’s difficult to make predictions, especially about the future. This is particularly the case with the trajectory of GDP growth.
That’s one of the...
China launches amphibious assault ship
China has reached a new milestone in the expansion of its navy’s capabilities with the launch of the nation’s first amphibious assault ship, navaltoday.com...