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...
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...