Geopolitics

US Navy seizes Houthi-bound weapons

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On15 February the US Navy reported that the US Coast Guard cutter Clarence Sutphin Jr which is forward deployed to the US Central Command...

Danish frigate deployed to the Red Sea

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The Danish frigate HDMS Iver Huitfeldt has arrived on station in the Red Sea to join the US-led Operation Prosperity Guardian. The frigate Iver...

Ukraine sinks Russian ship

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A big Russian amphibious ship, the Caesar Kunikov, has been sunk off the coast of Russian-occupied Crimea, according to Ukraine's armed forces, the BBC...

China’s Ukraine lesson: win quickly

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China has closely watched the nearly two years of war in Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, but rather than concluding a similar course of action...

The changing face of maritime power

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Recent attacks on commercial shipping and warships in the Red Sea by Yemen’s Houthi rebels have brought the ocean back to the forefront of...

HMS Richmond takes over from HMS Diamond in Red Sea

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On 6 February as Houthi attacks against commercial vessels continue, the British frigate HMS Richmond kook over from the destroyer HMS Diamond to ensure...

Improving Australia-NZ relationship

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By Justin Bassi and David Capie* This month's 2+2 ANZMIN meeting of Australian and New Zealand foreign and defence ministers in Melbourne will be viewed...

Quad’s role in west Indian Ocean

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By Jennifer Parker* Australia’s view of the Indo-Pacific generally stops at Sri Lanka and the southern tip of India. But this regional conceptualisation leaves out...

NZ’s new AUKUS links

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New Zealand took a step closer to participating in the trilateral AUKUS security arrangement today, announcing that it will examine “opportunities” related to the...

Close call for USS Gravely

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A Houthi anti-ship missile got within a nautical mile of the Navy destroyer Gravely on Tuesday, and the warship used its Phalanx Close-In Weapons...