Congressional Report on AUKUS Pillar 1
On 10 October the US Congressional Research Service released a 109-page report titled Navy Virginia-Class Submarine Program and AUKUS Submarine (Pillar 1) Project: Background...
New Russian naval planning organisation
In August 2024 President Vladimir Putin, issued Presidential Executive Order On the Maritime Board of the Russian Federation. The Maritime Board includes the Council...
Chinese and Russian naval exercise
On 18 October the People’s Liberation Army-Navy (PLA-N) announced that Chinese and Russian participating naval task groups completed Northern/Interaction-2024 exercise and arrived at Qingdao...
Paradox of freedom of navigation acts
By Cheng-kun Ma and K Tristan Tang*
When non-Chinese navies send warships on undeclared passages through the Taiwan Strait, they may be achieving exactly the...
China’s latest threat: commercial vessels
By Selwyn Parker*
In a belated recognition that China has cornered the construction of ocean-going commercial vessels, those ships crucial to secure sea-borne supply chains,...
Experts review UK’s Indian Ocean decision
On 3rd October, the UK Government announced an agreement to cede sovereignty of the British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT) – otherwise known as the...
Step Pacific military disaster aid: ASPI
Australia and Pacific partners should consider expanding their newly formed military rapid response group for disaster relief as soon as next year, with climate...
Goldrick address: No easy answers
The following is the address of Rear Admiral Sudarshan Shrikhande IN (retired)* to ANI’s 2024 Goldrick Seminar.
My thanks to the President and the team...
Chagos: Britannia waiving the rules
Kate O’Shaughnessy*
The UK government announced last week that it will cede sovereignty of the Chagos archipelago to Mauritius. The agreement ends an almost 60-year...
Diego Garcia deal protects base
By Euan Graham*
Mauritius is getting sovereignty over the remote Chagos Archipelago in the Indian Ocean, but Britain will continue to administer the strategically crucial...