Bringing balance to naval leadership
By Jimmy Drennan*
Secretary of Defense James Mattis was on a plane last year, wrestling with how he would explain President Trump’s “America First” policy...
UK could send aircraft carrier to South China Sea
Australia and the UK are discussing plans for the British aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth to be sent to the Pacific amid tensions over...
The Changing Rules-Based International Order: Now What?
By Allan Gyngell AO FAIIA
The Minister for Foreign Affairs, Julie Bishop, spoke at Chatham House this week about the challenges Australia faces in defending...
The Royal Australian Navy in Southern Russia, 1918–20
By Greg Swinden*
The guns on the Western Front had fallen silent and the armistice had been signed, but in Eastern Europe there was no...
In case of trouble, send a frigate
By the Naval Studies Group at the Australian Centre for the Study of Armed Conflict and Society at UNSW Canberra
(To provide context for the...
NATO defence spending: is 2% the magic number?
By Marcus Hellyer*
With President Donald Trump having returned from his dumpster-fire-lighting tour of Europe, the media firestorm unleashed by his claims last week that...
Australia and India: different worlds
By Alexander Davis*
Peter Varghese’s independent report on Australia’s economic strategy for India, released by Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull last week, sounds a confident note...
Indo-Pacific: is the Royal Navy coming back?
By Geoffrey Till*
The British Royal Navy looks set to make a significant reappearance in the Indo-Pacific after the long distraction of conflicts in Iraq...
A new gap in the defence against Russian naval power
By Steve Wills, CNA Analyst*
The stand-up of a new NATO Maritime headquarters in Norfolk, Virginia, the re-establishment of the U.S. Navy’s East Coast-based...
Why the HMAS Adelaide is so much more than just a warship
By Nicholas Stuart
Captain Jon Earley leans forward. He’s attempting to play the role of cool commander – he’s in charge of our newest amphibious...