US Coast Guard tests new roles
For the first time, a U.S. Coast Guard national security cutter oversaw American and foreign navy ships during high-end military drills, including an anti-submarine...
ANI Releases a report on Protecting Australian Maritime Trade
The ANI and the Naval Studies Group at the University of New South Wales Canberra have released the report 2022 Protecting Australian Maritime Trade. It...
FON key to new UK maritime strategy
The United Kingdom today published a new five-year maritime strategy that focuses on improving freedom of navigation in the Indo-Pacific while also “officially ...
Defence review’s exploding suitcase
By Michael Shoebridge*
The Labor government’s defence strategic review will explore how the Australian military is positioned and enabled to operate in our region as...
Look at how capabilities work together
*Ulas Yildirim,
The government’s announcement of a defence strategic review comes as no surprise. A review of Australia’s force posture was an election commitment it...
Taiwan blockade woud cripple China
By David Uren*
China’s live-fire drills surrounding Taiwan over the weekend simulated an economic blockade, with Chinese forces positioned to halt access to the island...
South China Sea: Australia’s way ahead
By James Goldrick*
Australia’s recent change of government provides a useful opportunity to reflect on the problems of the South China Sea and the way...
Review: No more business as usual
By Malcolm Davis*
The Labor Party’s pre-election promise of a defence force posture review has now taken shape as a much more expansive strategic review...
Threat to undersea cables grows
By Anthony Bergin and Samuel Ashfield*
In January, the UK’s defence chief, Tony Radakin, warned that Russian submarine and underwater activities were directly threatening subsea cable...
AUKUS: politics, strategy and submarines
By Dr John Bruni and CDRE Pat Tyrrell OBE RN (Ret’d)*
For all the fanfare surrounding the announcement of AUKUS in September 2021, there are...