HMAS Platypus opened to public
The first stage of one of Sydney’s hidden foreshore gems, the former torpedo factory and submarine base HMAS Platypus, has been be officially opened...
South China Sea: Paracels in the spotlight
By Sam Bateman*
In May, two US Navy warships sailed through and near the Paracel group of islands claimed and occupied by China in the...
Japan’s plans to build a “Free and Open” Indian Ocean
By David Brewster*
While many eyes are on China’s port investments in the Indian Ocean, Japan has also been busy. The scale of its infrastructure...
The Great Game in the Indian Ocean
By Chad Pillai*
There is a growing strategic competition underway in the Indian Ocean and Arabian Sea between India and China focused on acquiring commercial...
Australia’s real choice about China
By Hugh White*
Australia’s problem with China is bigger and simpler than we think, and thus harder to solve. It isn’t that Beijing doesn’t like...
To each their own Indo-Pacific
By Allan Gyngell AO FAIIA*
The number of countries that find the Indo-Pacific a useful way of interpreting the world is growing. But each country...
Why peacetime naval build-ups are difficult
By Steven Wills*
Introduction
There has been much gnashing of teeth and complaint in response to the U.S. Navy’s slow build toward a goal of...
Shipbuilding—making it up as we go along
By Andrew Davies*
In its 50‑page review of the implementation of Australia’s naval shipbuilding program, the Australian National Audit Office managed to avoid using the...
Audit report on naval construction misses target
By Kym Bergmann*
The ANAO report Naval construction programs — mobilisation released on 14 May is a worthy attempt to summarise the issues that must...
Getting the right frigate AND getting the industry strategy right for making it
By Andrew Davies and Michael Shoebridge*
The Australian government is close to deciding which of the three big foreign companies wins the $35 billion contract...