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By James Drennan* Week Dates: July 6-10 Articles Due: June 30 Article Length: 500-1500 words Submit Articles to: nextwar@cimsec.org SINCE the leaders of the Surface Navy unveiled the concept...

What can be done to wage a wartime theater anti-submarine campaign could be done to wage a campaign to defeat an adversary’s wartime use of theater-range conventionally-armed ballistic and cruise missiles, Jonathan Soloman argues.

JAPAN moves to allow military co-operation. Norman Friedman looks at the implications in his monthly review of world naval developments.

By Peter Jones* AFTER forty years of publishing a hard copy of the Journal of the Australian Naval Institute, Headmark, our organization had decided to...

In stationing a new generation multi-role vessel at La Réunion when it enters into service in 2017, France has signalled its continuing commitment to the Indian Ocean Region with a vessel that will significantly aid the capabilities of the Marine Nationale in the south-western Indian Ocean.

In mid-March 2015, the U.S. Navy, the U.S. Marine Corps, and the U.S. Coast Guard published its new strategy “A Cooperative Strategy for 21st Century Seapower: Forward, Engaged, Ready.” This article looks at the new strategy through the prism of Germany, one of the leading industrial powers in the world and a country dependent on unhindered maritime trade routes.

Sam Goldsmith looks in meticulous detail at the design options for the RAN’s future submarine.

By Sally DeBoer* THE United States is undeniably reliant on its robust space-based architecture for both military and commercial operations. Having invested heavily in space for more than forty years now, the United States enjoys what RAND’s Benjamin Lambeth calls “asymmetric advantages” commensurate with that investment. Unprotected and largely unaddressed by international legislation, however, these advantages could quickly become “asymmetric vulnerabilities” were they disabled, destroyed, or otherwise disrupted.

Dr Brendan Nelson, Director of the Australian War Memorial Vice Admiral Peter Jones, President of the Australian Naval Institute, Darren Chester Parliamentary Secretary to...

By Dmitry Filipoff* “The U.S.-Chinese military balance in the Pacific could nevertheless influence day-to-day choices made by other Pacific countries, including choices on whether to...