Australia loses another oil refinery
In the space of four months, Australia has lost half of its remaining oil refineries. In October, BP announced it was closing its Kwinana oil...
India should go for a denial strategy
By Arzan Tarapore*
To break the border stand-off between India and China in the Himalayas, some Indian analysts have advocated going on the offensive against...
What’s up with RAN’s weapons program
By Marcus Hellyer*
Last month, Defence Minister Linda Reynolds put out a media release announcing a boost to Australia’s maritime security. Its focus was the...
US-Australia to do large-scale exercise despite Covid
The United States and Australia will hold a large-scale, multinational military exercise in Australia this (southern winter) this summer despite the challenges of the...
China gives coastguard open-fire orders
China has passed a law that for the first time explicitly allows its coastguard to fire on foreign vessels, a move that could make...
Australia’s Pacific step-up and the Quad
By Eerishika Pankaj*
The growing synergy among the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue powers of Australia, Japan, the United States and India has provided a crucial impetus...
China’s use of Soviet naval strategy
By James Goldrick*
In 1976, Admiral of the Fleet of the Soviet Union Sergei Georgyevich Gorshkov published his exposition of Soviet maritime strategy under the...
An APS reserve could save defence costs
By Marcus Hellyer*
Last month, I looked at Defence’s growing external workforce, in particular its 6,500 or so contractors, who provide ‘skills that would normally...
US declassifies Indo-Pacific strategy
By Rory Medcalf*
The US government has just declassified one of its most sensitive national security documents—its 2018 strategic framework for the Indo-Pacific, which was...
More FONOPs for US Navy
The U.S. Navy has for years now sent warships through the South China Sea, past military outposts erected by the Chinese military on what...