US and China: competition for leadership, not conflict
By Peter Layton*
We are not entering a new Cold War, despite both Chinese President Xi and US Vice-President Pence finding the term a useful...
South China Sea: makings of a new cold war?
By K B Teo*
Synopsis
Tensions in the South China Sea (SCS) have somewhat abated but the latent flashpoint remains. In mid-October 2018, a near collision...
Can China and the US avoid war, asks Keven Rudd
Former Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd — in his keynote address at the US Naval Institute's New China Challenge conference in October — considered...
Bravo Zulu naval honours project completed
Bravo Zulu Project, initiated in 2009, was brought to a successful conclusion last month with the official launch of Bravo Zulu: Honours and Awards...
Australia’s new submarines to be known as the Attack class
Australia’s new future submarines to be known as the Attack class. The Minister for Defence, Christopher Pyne, The first submarine will be called HMAS...
Official beginning of work on subs program
Hundreds of new Australian construction jobs will be created following the historic sod turning event (13 December 2018) at the site of the Future...
Head contract signed for Hunter frigates
Australia’s naval shipbuilding endeavour has notched up a significant achievement with the signing of the head contract for the Navy’s Hunter class frigates. The...
Lessons from KNM Helge Ingstad collision
By Sam Bateman*
In an incident that has attracted relatively little media attention in Australia, the modern 5,300-ton Norwegian frigate KNM Helge Ingstad sank in...
Australia must recognise Russian Indo-Pacific presence
By Alexey Muraviev*
Recent geostrategic developments show the need for Australia to acknowledge Russia as an important strategic player in the region.
It is early December...
The Pacific pivot and confronting untended purposes
By Graeme Dobell*
In the South Pacific, Australia confronts the law of untended purposes. The law states that if you don’t tend to your policy...