Navigating Malaysia-China geopolitical relations
Although not terrestrial neighbours, China and Malaysia have a potential maritime boundary to be negotiated in the South China Sea. Malaysia will increasingly be confronted by the uncomfortable prospect that its main economic partner may also become a growing security threat. Trade and financial considerations mean that Malaysia may find its hands tied on the South China Sea issue.
Perspectives on Malacca collisions
By Shane Mann*
The nexus between Navy and merchant shipping is a primary focus for the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) Maritime Trade Operations Team 1...
The perils of night-time naval navigation
By KEITH BRADSHER and HANNAH BEECH
The tropical sky off Singapore was utterly dark when an oil tanker ploughed into the side of the...
Australia’s uneasy American alliance
Michael Fullilove looks at the strained US-Australian Alliance.
Delhi’s new Indian Ocean diplomacy
By Darshana Baruah
AS CHINA continues to ramp up its Indian Ocean presence, Delhi is stepping up its engagement, collaborations and demonstrations of leadership in the region. XO’s note to all watch-keepers at sea
Rear Admiral Sudarshan Shrikande, IN (Ret’d), formerly the Indian Naval and Defence adviser to Australia and later Chief of Staff of Southern Naval Command for the Indian Navy provides some highly relevant advice given the recent USS Fitzgerald and now the USS John McCain tragedies. it was written when Commander Shrikhande was a new Executive Officer for his bridge watchkeepers. It has been revisited recently by IN colleagues in the light of these two USN collisions.
US strategy: dilemmas of primacy, decline and denial
By Dr Michael Clarke and Anthony Ricketts*
What is happening to US grand strategy amid the decline management of the Obama administration and decline denial...
UK secures use of Oman naval base in Duqm
UK Defence Minister Michael Fallon visited Oman to cement a raft of military agreements with the sultanate, including the use of Duqm port for naval ships. UK Foreign Minister Michael Fallon cemented a raft of military agreements with Oman this week, including the use of an Arabian Sea port for British naval ships. World naval developments in Aug 2017
By Norman Friedman*
WHEN the Seventh Fleet suffered two collisions in quick sequence, the Internet buzzed (as might be expected) with speculation that their systems...
Moving Sydney ceremony for submariners
A moving ceremony to remember lost Australian submariners – including the dedication of a new Submariners’ Memorial – and mark 50 years to the...