Building maritime capacity in polar regions
By Aaron Delano-Johnson and Myles McCarthy*
Sporting the distinctive racing stripe worn by many of the globe’s coast guards, the world’s newest polar-capable research vessel...
China’s new Latin American beachhead
By Selwyn Parker*
China should be extremely grateful to the Peruvian government of Dina Boluarte. Courtesy of her Congress, which rewrote the rules of foreign...
Arctic warning from Russian admiral
The Arctic has moved from cooperation and interaction to the opposite, a region of possible future conflict, said Russia’s navy chief Aleksandr Moiseev, the...
Deindustrialisation a threat to Australia
By Joseph Zeller*
Australia needs strategic reindustrialisation. The days of secure supply chains and geopolitical stability have begun to erode, and Australia is without a...
US destroyers foil Houthi attacks
Between 9-10 December the destroyers USS Stockdale and USS O’Kane successfully defeated a range of Houthi launched weapons while transiting the Gulf of Aden....
Hybrid warfare in the Baltic
The shallow waters of the Baltic Sea have become a secondary arena of confrontation in the larger standoff between the East and the West....
Greater US, Japan, Australia co-operation urged
America, Japan and Australia know their national security establishments must work more closely together, as reflected by a number of signed agreements and commitments....
China-Cambodia: naval convergence
Cambodia’s Ream Naval Base, on the Gulf of Thailand, is unlikely to fall exclusively into China’s grasp following a Chinese upgrade of the military...
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...