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By Darshana Baruah AS CHINA continues to ramp up its Indian Ocean presence, Delhi is stepping up its engagement, collaborations and demonstrations of leadership in the region.

Rear Admiral Sudarshan Shrikande, IN (Ret’d), formerly the Indian Naval and Defence adviser to Australia and later Chief of Staff of Southern Naval Command for the Indian Navy provides some highly relevant advice given the recent USS Fitzgerald and now the USS John McCain tragedies. it was written when Commander Shrikhande was a new Executive Officer for his bridge watchkeepers. It has been revisited recently by IN colleagues in the light of these two USN collisions.

By Dr Michael Clarke and Anthony Ricketts* What is happening to US grand strategy amid the decline management of the Obama administration and decline denial...

UK Defence Minister Michael Fallon visited Oman to cement a raft of military agreements with the sultanate, including the use of Duqm port for naval ships. UK Foreign Minister Michael Fallon cemented a raft of military agreements with Oman this week, including the use of an Arabian Sea port for British naval ships.

By Norman Friedman* WHEN the Seventh Fleet suffered two collisions in quick sequence, the Internet buzzed (as might be expected) with speculation that their systems...

A moving ceremony to remember lost Australian submariners – including the dedication of a new Submariners’ Memorial – and mark 50 years to the...

The chief cyber intelligence officer at a Navy lab is suggesting that the spate of collisions between Navy vessels and civilian ships may be the result of a cyber attack. The suggestion comes as Adm. Scott Swift, commander of U.S. Pacific Fleet, relieved the commander of Seventh Fleet, Vice Adm. Joseph Aucoin, due to a loss of confidence in his ability to command.

President Trump’s new strategy for “killing terrorists” in Afghanistan is a workable accommodation between the president’s frustration about progress and the military needs of his generals, but there will be challenges ahead, Ian Dudgeon writes.

By Pete Spahn and Matt McLaughlin* The US Chief of Navy Operation’s “Design for Maintaining Maritime Superiority” rightly highlights a return to great power competition on the seas and the need for blue water combat power. While this assessment is accurate, it is also a fact that Phase Zero operations continue unabated, as the United States Navy and its partners shape the environment for whatever comes next.

The USS John McCain sailed past the Mischief Reef and the Spratly Islands in the South China Sea despite repeated warnings from a nearby...