Defence Chief speaks of budget choices
The Australian Defence Organisation’s budget is under pressure, and Defence must make choices, Admiral David Johnston, the chief of the defence force, said on...
Don’t spend more, spend differently
By Sam Roggeveen*
There is near universal agreement that Australia should spend more money on defence. The big political parties want to spend more. The...
Adding fuel to unnecessary dependency
Australia's Strategic Vulnerability at Sea Cannot be Ignored by the re-elected Government
By Desmond Woods*
"When this problem could have been solved it was ignored. Now...
Australia’s broadening maritime strategy
By Yunkang Liu*
Amid growing geopolitical tensions and contested security visions in the Indo-Pacific, Australia is recalibrating its maritime strategy to balance military preparedness with...
Importance of amphibious warfare
By Erik Davis*
2027 may still not be the year of war it’s been prophesised as, but we only have two years left to prepare....
Lessons from the Red and Black Seas
By Chong De Xian*
The recent major security incidents in the Black and Red Seas underscore the transformative impact of emerging technologies on maritime security...
The ANI at 50: Maritime Strategy
The ninth article retrieved from Davey Jones’s Locker comes from the November 1978 edition of the Journal of the Australian Naval Institute. The article...
G7’s pledge on maritime security and law
On 14 March 14, 2025 the G7 Foreign Ministers released the following statement from Charlevoix in Quebec.
1. We, the Foreign Ministers of Canada, France,...
ANI at 50: A 1976 Vision of the RAN
Below is the seventh article drawn from ‘Davy Jones’ Locker’. Well before the RAN’s Seapower Conferences at Darling Harbour, the Navy held a largely...
Naval capacity and the Lepanto Trap
By Nicholas Mazzucchi*
Navies of free and open nations have focused too much on the high-end tactical capabilities for Day One of a conflict, and...