US military technical advantage ‘is eroding’
By Brendan Thomas-Noone*
America’s military-technological advantage, an aspect of its strategic power since the end of the Cold War, is eroding. In response, the Pentagon launched the third offset strategy in 2014—a department-wide effort to find new ways, both technological and institutional, to leap ahead of its competitors. In a new report for the United States Studies Centre, I argue that for the US the third offset is partly an answer to matching its stagnating defence budget with its strategic ambitions. Foreign affairs: Need to bring public along
By Allan Gyngell*
Everything Australia wants to do as a country depends on its ability to understand the rest of the world. To that end,...
Latest episode of the Australian Naval History Video and Podcast Series
An international expert panel tells the fascinating story of the RAN’s first Fleet operation, the '1914 Rabaul Campaign’ in the latest episode of Australian...
Report on security & defence in WA: an economic perspective
Regional Development Australia (RDA) Perth and RDA Kimberley have released a landmark report outlining the most comprehensive overview of the defence sector in Western...
Rearming the ANZAC Class Frigates
The Australian Strategic Policy Institute has published Rearming the ANZACs by Robert Macklin. It tells the remarkable story about how the RAN’s Anzac-class...
ANI Vice President Awarded the French National Order of Mérite
On Friday 8 December, the ANI Vice President, Commodore Lee Goddard was awarded the French National Order of Mérite in a ceremony by the...
China in Djibouti: a history lesson
By Pawel Behrendt*
The opening of the Chinese military base in Djibouti on August 1st is a landmark event; China finally has its first overseas...
Chinese strategy for the Indian Ocean
* By David Scott
Chinese maritime strategy for the Indian Ocean reflects a couple of simple inter-related planks; espousal of a “two ocean” navy and...
Chiina looks seaward to be global power
China’s activity in the maritime domain reveals extensive strategic ambition. Furthermore, her seaward turn after millennia of continental focus and the building of a first-class global navy within a single generation is just a necessary stepping stone in her attempt to acquire a leading world role, Theodore Bazinis writes.
Evolution of PLA navy and China’s security interests
By Steve Micallef*
Since the beginning of the 21st century the People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) has steadily developed into a blue-water force able to rely on an ever increasing amount of modern equipment and platforms. This has been the result of years of intense effort on the part of naval planners in support of a more-forward oriented Chinese foreign and security policy.