Australia’s Plan B: time for some tough realism
By Anthony Milner*
In October 2016, before the US presidential election, I suggested that Australia was entering a foreign-policy crisis period—given the relative decline of...
Australian frigate decision analysed
World Naval Developments July 2018
By Norman Friedman*
At the end of June, the Royal Australian Navy announced that it had selected a version of the...
Ham and eggs: who’s really committed in the Indo-Pacific?
By John Powers*
When you order ham and eggs, you can be sure the pig is committed. The chook, well, it’s interested, but not like...
Truck, planes and ships: buy or build here?
By Marcus Hellyer*
Much of the argument for building warships and submarines in Australia ultimately rests on the rather dubious logic that we’re on an...
Mice that roar: coastal combatants in ASEAN
By John Coyne*
For very good reasons, maritime security concerns, particularly those centred on the South China Sea, have featured prominently in ASEAN member states’...
Conversation with author of Fleet Tactics
By Christopher Nelson*
Recently I had the opportunity to correspond with CAPT Wayne Hughes, USN (Ret.) and RADM Robert Girrier, USN (Ret.) about the new...
More milestones in ship-building enterprise
The Government is laying the foundations for a national naval shipbuilding enterprise with more milestones recently achieved. A Development Application has been submitted to...
Media revolution and Oz voice in Asia-Pacific
By Graeme Dobell*
The wrack and roil afflicting the international system matches the digital disruption of news media. The rules and norms of the foreign...
Australia in the South Pacific: growing the yabby’s second claw
By Michael Shoebridge*
Australian engagement with our South Pacific partners is getting a lot of attention, as is Chinese engagement with these Pacific island nations....
New security reality demands new Australian policy
By Paul Dibb*
Australia’s international security outlook is starting to look very threatening. The White House is undermining the international order, has started a trade...