Freedom of navigation questions
By Euan Graham*
A freedom-of-navigation activity that the Australian and British navies jointly conducted near the Spratly Islands last month was notable. It was the...
Trump drives big undersea and seabed changes
By April A. Herlevi*
The fate of the subsea environment and the seabed are on the brink of a fundamental shift. Driven by the Trump...
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,...
Live fire and the law of the sea
By Donald Rothwell*
A common Australian critique of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) is that their conduct is unsafe and unprofessional. That includes air and...
Pakistani warship seizes large drug shipment
On 1 January the Pakistan Navy (PN) reported that its replenishment ship PNS Moawin seized a large cache of narcotics during a counter-narcotics operation...
Philippines moves on law of the sea
By Alex P Dela Cruz*
In March 2022, the Philippines summoned China’s ambassador in Manila to protest the lingering presence of a People’s Liberation Army...
Navy fraudster gets 15 years
A federal judged on Tuesday sentenced Leonard “Fat Leonard” Francis, the man behind a large Navy fraud and bribery scheme, to 15 years in...
Standing up to “bully” China
This is the address to the ANI's 2024 Goldrick Seminar by CDRE Jay Tarriela*
I would like to start by reminding everyone that the People’s...
Unmanned vessels and the Law of the Sea
By Takeo Imura*
Unmanned systems technologies possess great potential for changing the landscape of military operations. Today’s unmanned systems include aircraft, ground vehicles, and surface...
China grabs another bit of ocean
Earlier this month, China quietly turned a swathe of the Gulf of Tonkin into an extension of Chinese internal waters, simply by declaring a...