Growing importance of Andaman and Nicobar Islands
AS THE geopolitical importance of the Indo-Pacific increases, the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, located in the Bay of Bengal, will attain increased strategic significance, Balaji Chandramohan argues. Laperouse Museum hosts VADM Barrett
Nicole Forrest Green welcomed ANI Patron and Australia’s Chief of Navy VADM Tim Barrett AO CSC RAN to the Lapérouse Museum in Sydney on 7th June 2017 for a special evening of history and culture. A lecture entitled ‘American Freedom, a French Inspiration’ or ‘L’Independence Américaine, grâce à la France’ was the event’s theme followed by drinks and canapés with a distinct French flavour. Minister rejects N-sub option
Defence Minister Marise Payne has responded to former Prime Minister Tony Abbott's suggestion that Australia's submarines should be nuclear by pointing out the list...
South China Sea: law v power
The United Nations Convention for the Law of Sea (UNCLOS III) has failed to adequately define a nation’s territorial waters and to create a body which can enforce its judgements on nations involved in arbitration, David Mattingly writes. Chinese navy launches its most advanced destroyer ship in Shanghai
China’s increasingly powerful navy launched its most advanced domestically produced destroyer on Wednesday, at a time of rising competition with other naval powers such as the United States, Japan and India. China sails into disputed waters. Japan protests
Four China Coast Guard boats sailed into Japanese territorial waters in the East China Sea Saturday, further inflaming long-simmering tensions between the two countries.
The...
Pride of PLA Navy to make port call in Hong Kong
The People’s Liberation Army is to make its most visible -appearance in Hong Kong in 20 years, marking the handover anniversary with an unprecedented port call by its first aircraft carrier, the LIAONING, sources told the South China Morning Post. Bigger Australian role in Defence projects
The Minister for Defence Industry, Christopher Pyne, announced this week (June 2017) changes that will strengthen the requirement for Australian involvement in Defence projects.
“We...
USS Fitzgerald: investigate first, blame later
By Capt. Matt Phillips*
In the wake of the Fitzgerald-Crystal collision, many have taken to the internet to examine, theorize or vent about what...
Ric Smith tells of uncertain world in Vernon Parker Oration
The ANI held a very successful 2017 Vernon Parker Oration and Annual Dinner on Tuesday 20 June 2017 at the Hotel Realm in Canberra. Close to 200 ANI members, guests and representatives of industry attended this year's event to hear the Oration delivered by Mr Ric Smith AO PSM on the subject This Uncertain World: It's Not Just Trump.