What war will we need Manus base for?
By Mike Scrafton*
The recent announcements about Australian and US investment in a base at Lombrum on Manus Island in Papua New Guinea has elicited...
Successful Australian submarine rescue tests
Australian submarine crews are safer than ever before after two weeks of rigorous but extremely successful exercises off the coast of Western Australia. In...
New e-newsletter from Naval Shipbuilding College
The Naval Shipbuilding College has produced its first newsletter. Program director Bill Docalovich said, "We plan to use this e-newsletter to regularly keep you...
Overboard: astonishing survival story
A DREADED CRY, which all sailors hope and trust that they never hear. However, it does happen and when it does, all crew members...
RAF and RN row over jets capability
Britain risks reducing the fighting power of two new aircraft carriers and damaging ties with the United States because of a row over jets,...
We can’t risk a strategic sham on Manus
By Sam Bateman*
Much has been written recently about the decision to redevelop the naval base at Lombrum on Manus Island. Initially it was to...
Forward defence in depth
By Malcolm Davis
The intensifying competition between the US and China was on full display in Port Moresby during the recent APEC summit. For the...
DFAT ‘sees China through a US lens’
By Ciara Morris
Balancing relations between China and the United States is arguably Australia’s greatest foreign policy challenge in the 21st century. But is Australia...
The strategic dimensions of the Sea of Azov
By Ridvan Bari Urcosta*
Introduction
The Sea of Azov is a tiny and small sea that historically has not often earned much strategic attention from the...
Getting real about Australia’s security
By Jim Molan*
The attack on Pearl Harbor is generally seen, by both Americans and Australians, as the most momentous event of December 1941. However,...