Multi-National Naval Exercises in South China Sea
Earlier this month the destroyer HMAS Sydney joined a multinational task group to conduct cooperative activities in the Pacific Ocean. Participants included the flagship...
HMAS Sydney helps enforce North Korean sanctions
On 11 September it was announced that the guided missile destroyer, HMAS Sydney, has commenced service in Operation Argos, supporting international efforts to enforce...
Words and actions at Pacific Forum
By Jonah Bock*
Beijing’s Pacific envoy threw a tantrum over a mention of Taiwan at the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) last week. In doing so,...
Harris or Trump, AUKUS continues
By Kim Beazley*
A former commander of Australia’s submarine fleet once described to me the advantage of nuclear-powered submarines over conventional boats using a...
Testing FON in Taiwan Strait
By Joe Keary*
Spiegel magazine has reported that two German warships are set to sail through the Taiwan Strait in the coming weeks, becoming the...
Setback for Red Sea salvage
The salvage operation for the oil tanker MT Sounion is facing a setback as private companies involved in the rescue efforts have determined that...
Australia-Japan 2+2 Foreign and Defence Ministerial Consultations
On 5 September the 11th Australia-Japan 2+2 Foreign and Defence Ministerial Consultations were held in Melbourne. The Principals attending were the Hon Richard Marles...
Chinese surround and ram Philippine vessel
Chinese forces surrounded and rammed the flagship of the Philippine Coast Guard on 31 August 2021 at Escoda Shoal in the seventh scuffle this...
Keeping Britain east of Suez
By Euan Graham*
John Healey, the secretary of state for defence in Britain’s new Labour government, could be forgiven for not putting the country’s geostrategic...
Houthis threaten Red Sea environmental horror
The Houthis’ attacks against the oil tanker MT DELTA SOUNION, threaten to spill a million barrels of oil into the Red Sea, an amount...