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The story of the HMAS Australia Court Martial Professor Tom Frame and an expert panel discuss the famous 1942 HMAS Australia Court Martial in...

By Hugh White* Paul Dibb and Richard Brabin-Smith have written a significant ASPI paper that may well mark a turning point in Australia’s efforts to...

The South Asian region is dominated by India. Along with Pakistan, Sri Lanka, and Bangladesh, it forms a self-contained geographic region called the Indian subcontinent. Geopolitical imperatives for India’s security and independence are the control, or at least influence, of the sub-continent and maritime expansion through the Indian Ocean Region. By Periklis Stampoulis looks at the Indian Navy's master strategy.

The Australian Defence Force’s second Air Warfare Destroyer (AWD), NUSHIP Brisbane, has begun its first phase of sea trials, which will test the ship’s...

The Minister for Defence, Senator Marise Payne, has announced the names of the Royal Australian Navy’s future support ships: Supply and Stalwart. Supply will be...

Gregor Ferguson's* analysis of how a nation like Australia can get the best from procurement is apposite as Australia launches the biggest ship-building exercise in its history.

By Paul Dibb and Richard Brabin-Smith* Australia’s strategic outlook is deteriorating and, for the first time since World War II, we face an increased prospect...

By Denise Fisher* France is casting a fresh strategic eye over the globe, including a focus on our own Indo-Pacific region, but always with a...

Australian Naval History Video and Podcast Series Episode 5 of the very popular Australian Naval History Video and Podcast Series was released this week. It...

Defence Watch was told that the Royal Canadian Navy was originally looking at having two crews, one on each coast, for MV Asterix. That is now off the table. Here is the latest from the RCN on how Asterix will be crewed