Minister for Defence Industry visits US
The Minister for Defence Industry, the Hon. Pat Conroy, visited the United States this week to meet with key officials and defence industry leaders,...
Maldives using drones to monitor EEZ
The Maldives government has introduced Turkish-built Bayraktar TB2 drones into service while standing up a new Air Corps tasked with monitoring the island nation’s...
UK warship flies battle flag
HMS Richmond spent nearly six weeks’ in the line of fire around the Bab-al-Mandeb Strait and Gulf of Aden, where merchant shipping has come...
Japan set to join AUKUS Pillar II
Japan is set to participate in the second pillar of the AUKUS pact with Australia, the United Kingdom and United States in the first...
Rethinking Australia’s maritime trade
By Richard Dunley*
Last week, ASPI released an important new report on Australian maritime trade. This is a critical subject, about which far too little...
Chief of Navy visits India
The Chief of Navy, Vice Admiral Mark Hammond has visited India to meet with the Indian Chief of Naval Staff, Admiral R Hari Kumar....
Who is doing what in the Red Sea
In November 2023, the Yemen-based Houthi rebel group began launching missile, drone and even unmanned surface vessel attacks against commercial shipping in what the...
Chinese and Russian vessels at risk in Red Sea
China and Russia, which might’ve thought their merchant fleets were safe sailing through the Red Sea, got a reminder over the weekend that there...
Risks to Australia’s maritime trade
By David Uren*
If push comes to shove between China and the United States, Australia’s international trade with Asia is at risk of becoming collateral...
UK and Australia: formal allies?
By Euan Graham*
Australia and Britain have concluded a new treaty-level Defence and Security Cooperation Agreement (DSCA). Australian Strategic Policy Institute. The Strategist. To what...