The Execution of Captain Charles Fryatt: Why It Still Matters
By Clive Williams*
On 27 July 1916, British merchant seaman Captain Charles Algernon Fryatt faced a German naval firing squad near Bruges in German-occupied Belgium....
Can ASEAN use 2016 South China Sea ruling
By Maxine Nazaree Co*
As maritime coercion in the South China Sea becomes ever more routine, Southeast Asian governments have focused on managing tensions while...
Iran trumps US, threatens law treaty
By Crispin Hull
US President Donald Trump’s innate inability to empathise with others and lack of intelligence to foresee consequences are likely to hand Iran...
The unravelling of maritime order
The Strait of Hormuz is somewhat back open. Tankers are seemingly creeping through, their transponders blinking again for the first time since late February,...
Iran targets undersea cables
Early this week, Iranian state-linked media floated a plan to charge the operators of undersea internet cables in the Strait of Hormuz for access...
Getting good order at sea
By Sean Andrews*
Since 2009, Australian maritime security policy has rested on four interlocking pillars: practical engagement with Indo‑Pacific partners; regional defence cooperation through initiatives...
Legality of Chinese drone in Indonesia
By Dita Lilian*
Indonesian fishers found a torpedo-like object in the waters north of Gili Trawangan, Lombok, on 6 April. The exact coordinates of the...
Maritime insurance and Hormuz tanker traffic
By Mark Bailey*
The Strait of Hormuz oil and LNG tanker traffic was not closed by Iranian or US action. Tankers cannot sail because their...
Hormuz: the legal position
By Natalie Klein*
The Strait of Hormuz is a narrow body of water adjacent to Iran and Oman, which connects the Persian Gulf to the...
Australia right to aid Gulf states
By Jennifer Parker*
In the second week of the escalating conflict between the United States, Israel and Iran, Australia on 10 March announced a limited...