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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...

By Tom Nichols* RUSSIAN defense minister Sergei Shoigu announced recently that Russia is going to begin production of the Tu-160, a Soviet-era bomber known as...

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Norman Friedman warns that Russian triumphalism means it is not time to go for nuclear disarmament.

By Michael Evans Executive Summary This paper argues that, despite being the world’s largest island, the greatest paradox of Australia’s existence is that the...

The defence of our nations’ legitimacy, authority and credibility in the 21st century depends on our ability to project strategic lethal force over, on and beneath the sea, CN tells US conference.

Address to the ASPI Australia Future Surface Fleet Conference Canberra, 31 March 2015. Chief of Navy, Vice Admiral Tim Barrett, AO, CSC, RAN I WOULD like...