China’s underwater electronic net
By Tye Graham and P.W. Singer*
The People's Liberation Army is building an “invisible net” across the western Pacific, a five-layer, seabed-to-space sensor architecture known...
Civil aviation under hostile drone attack
By Matthew Palmer*
Recent malicious activity in Denmark and Germany using Uncrewed Aerial Systems (UAS) – drones – has brought into prominence the disruptive effect...
PNG treaty: keeping China out
By Sam Roggeveen*
The “Pukpuk” mutual defence treaty signed by Australia and Papua New Guinea on 6 October 2025 is a welcome development and a...
Australia and Singapore enhance defence cooperation
On 8 October it was announced that Australia and Singapore have agreed to upgrade our defence and security partnership, as part of the enhanced...
How Australia can meet shipping insecurity
By Hamed Zakikhani*
Attacks and naval stand‑offs from the Red Sea to the Strait of Hormuz have redrawn shipping maps. Since late 2023 following Houthi...
PNG pact is about more than China
By Joe Keary and Mike Hughes*
Debate over the Pukpuk treaty has focused on China and whether Australia’s military might one day use Papua New Guinea’s...
China building new special landing barges
China is building at least five new special purpose barges which appear tailor made for amphibious assault. The barges may provide the PRC (People's...
Chinese drone in Philippine waters
The Philippine Coast Guard confiscated a Chinese-made autonomous underwater vessel operating within the country’s waters in the South China Sea over the weekend, marking...
Confronting a China-Russia alliance
Chinese and Russian submarines have conducted a joint patrol, in the latest step in a growing Sino-Russian partnership,the Military Times reports. While the exercise...
New insight into India’s maritime strategy
The “Evaluation of India’s Indian Ocean Strategy” report tabled in the Indian parliament in August, deserves more attention globally. Unlike many other countries, India...