Australia-NZ alliance: still relevant?
By Joanne Wallis and Anna Powles*
Australia and New Zealand engage in wide-ranging daily cooperation, butseldom refer to the alliance between them. Has the alliance...
14th Singapore-Australia joint ministerial meeting
On 3 December the 14th meeting of the Singapore-Australia Joint Ministerial Committee (SAJMC) was held in Singapore. Attending were the Australian Deputy Prime Minister...
Philippines sends cutters to protect fish fleet
The Philippine Coast Guard deployed two patrol vessels to protect Philippine fishermen at Iroquois Reef following reports of harassment from a Chinese Navy helicopter...
US carrier heads to South China Sea
Carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72) departed the Port Klang Cruise Terminal in Malaysia on Wednesday, according to the Royal Malaysian Navy. The carrier is...
US N-sub bases in Guam
Naval Base Guam received the USS Minnesota (SSN-783) on Tuesday, marking the first forward deployment of a Virginia-class nuclear attack submarine to the strategically...
Sweden asks Chinese ship to stay put
Sweden’s prime minister asked a Chinese bulk carrier, suspected of cutting two undersea fiber-optic cables in the Baltic Sea, to return to its water...
Subi Reef now ‘anchoring hub’ of Chinese ships
On 28 November the Philippine Navy (PN) spokesperson for the West Philippine Sea, Rear Admiral Roy Vincent Trinidad said that Subi Reef is now...
Time for RN to return to Black Sea
By James Rogers and George Scutaru*
Since February 2022, Britain’s presence in the Black Sea has shrivelled up. Between 2014 and 2021, the Royal Navy...
AUKUS electronic warfare co-operation
In alignment with its Pillar II priorities, the AUKUS trilateral security alliance is standing up a data-sharing framework dedicated to electronic warfare (EW), according...
A Pine Gap in Trump diplomacy 2.0
By James Cotton*
What does Donald Trump have store for Australia when he returns to the White House? Past actions reveal a willingness to undermine...