US Second Fleet comes out of the cold
World naval developments May 2018
By Norman Friedman*
In May the U.S. Navy announced that it was reactivating Second Fleet in response to growing Russian...
Has the PLA really overlooked its amphibious force?
By Grant Newsham*
It might surprise the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) to learn they’ve short-changed themselves on amphibious capability. Sam Roggeveen wrote on The Interpreter...
Senate estimates hearing suggests a submarine cost blow-out
By Marcus Hellyer*
Something interesting happened at the Department of Defence’s Senate estimates hearing this month (June 2018). Buried among the largely predictable and interminable...
Scholarships for women in maritime sector
This is the final call for all women currently working in the maritime sector to express their interest in current financial year scholarship funding...
An inclusive rules-based international order
By Richard Rigby*
Australia declared in last year’s Foreign Policy White Paper that it would promote the rules-based international order. While most countries see it...
Four Waves of Australia’s Relationships: UK, US, Japan and China 06 JUN 2018
By John Menadue AO FAIIA*
Waves of foreign investment and trade have been essential features of Australian development. In our burgeoning relationship with China, we...
Australian Naval Historical Society’s newsletter
The Jun 2018 edition of Call to Hands, the Australian Naval Historical Society’s monthly newsletter can be downloaded from the society's website https://www.navyhistory.org.au/research/
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China’s Spratly claim just a mistake
By Bill Hayton*
The South China Sea is a dangerous place because of the layering of several different struggles on top of one another. There...
SA shipyard redevelopment in full swing
The redevelopment of the Osborne South Naval Shipyard in Adelaide is in full swing, with earthworks at the site finishing up in April. Providing...
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...