World naval developments June 2018
By Norman Friedman*
At the end of May the U.S. Navy announced that it had chosen the Raytheon-Kongsberg Naval Strike Missile to arm the...
Moscow’s other navy
By Victor Abramowicz
Russia’s Navy is a highly visible and generally well-understood instrument of Moscow’s military power that has been on a slow process of...
“Unsinkable” island no substitute for aircraft carriers
By Abhijit Singh*
In a recent article (India’s interest in unsinkable aircraft carriers), David Brewster poses an interesting question: is there a cheaper and less...
Hard news as the sharp edge of Oz soft power
By Graeme Dobell
The old joke that it’s easy to have an open mind if you’ve got an empty mind has a Canberra version. The...
Auditing big defence projects – when?
By Marcus Hellyer*
The Australian National Audit Office’s public assessments of the health of major Department of Defence projects are invaluable — but the fact...
Reflections on the US Navy’s bad year
By Sam Bateman*
The US Navy had a horror year in 2017 with tragic accidents and a major corruption scandal. While the cause may have...
UK design wins $35b frigate deal
The Federal Government has selected UK-based BAE Systems to build Australia's new frigates. BAE secured the $A35 billion contract ahead of Italy's Fincantieri and...
2011 Vernon Parker Oration – James Goldrick
Introduction
Let me start with two caveats. The first is that some of the arguments and ideas which I will propose are ‘works in progress’....
2018 Vernon Parker Oration – John Berry
Defending democracy
Distinguished guests, members of the Diplomatic Corps, ladies and gentlemen:
Let me begin by thanking Vice Admiral Peter Jones, the President of the Australian...
2003 Vernon Parker Oration – Geoffrey Tills
Freedom of the Seas
by Professor Geoffrey Till
Whether we like it or not. we are part of a thoroughly globalised trading system that significantly determines...