Articles

In the aftermath of the 2008 crash, international shipping sank to record lows — but container ship companies kept on building, turning out some...

IN NATIONAL security affairs what often marks Australia’s experience is an insular imagination, a feature that is most striking when it comes to understanding the importance of the sea. Despite being an island-continent dependent on seaborne trade for prosperity, Australia has undergone a two-century long adolescence in appreciating the significance of the ocean in strategy, Michael Evans writes.

The following is the address by the chief go the Navy, Vice Admiral Tim Barrett, to the Defence and Industry Conference in Canberra on...

< THE Ocean Navy policy of 1987 is arguably the boldest shift in force posture Australia has made since the Second World War. In a rare and exclusive insight into how this came into being, Security analyst Serge DeSilva-Ranasinghe interviewed former Defence Minister Kim Beazley, the policy's chief architect. He went on to discuss why the policy was strategically necessary, the rationale behind the expansion of HMAS Stirling, the challenges of implementation, and the contribution it has made to the future of Australia's national security.

Australia's second Prime Minister Alfred Deakin highlighted the importance of the Navy in nation-building which continues today, as the Chief of Navy Vice Admiral Tim Barrett said in a speech to the Order of Australia.

China says the Philippines is ignoring a maritime talks proposal China said on 8 June 2016 the Philippines has ignored a proposal for a...

The upgraded frigate variant of the Littoral Combat Ship isn’t much of an improvement over the controversial original, the Government Accountability Office says, because...

Bookings close 13 June for Vernon Parker Oration The ANI has established, with the support this year of Lockheed Martin Australia, a prize to be...

THE Royal Australian Navy (RAN) marked the first operational deployment of an Anzac-class frigate fitted with an upgraded combat system designed to bolster the...

THE next government should commit to Australia providing leadership in the Indo–Pacific in oceans affairs. Countries can’t be good at everything, but we should try to be a smart nation in ocean affairs, Anthony Bergin of the Australian Strategic Policy Institute argues. Australia’s a three ocean country with significant national interests in the Pacific, Indian and Southern Oceans, as well as interests the Coral Sea and in the Arafura and Timor seas. Oceans define our geography. They’re critical to our security, with our dependence on maritime commerce and the maintenance of freedom of movement for shipping.