South China Sea monograph released
The South Korean think tank Asia-Pacific Leadership Network has published an important monograph External Stakeholders in the South China Sea: Northeast Asia, Europe, and...
Here we go again with Greenland
By Tom Sharpe*
Here we go again with Greenland. Normal daily business has once again been interrupted by a mid-afternoon Truth Social bomb, this time...
Should UK go after sanctioned tankers?
Earlier this month, the United States (US) seized the Marinera, a Russian-flagged oil tanker in the North Atlantic. Formerly sailing as the Bella 1...
Trump battleship an easier target: China
U.S. President Donald Trump calls the vessel a new class of “battleship” graced by his own name, but China just calls the U.S. Navy’s...
Japan’s deep-sea rare-earth move
Japan is going to the depths of the ocean to reduce its reliance on China. Tokyo has launched an ambitious plan to mine the...
SE Asia needs coast guard unity
By Harshit Prajapati*
Southeast Asian states need their coast guards to cooperate if they are to withstand and counter Chinese aggression, especially as US uninterest...
Security: trends for 2026
By Clive Williams*
In the past, Australian defence planners knew that the "tyranny of distance" worked in our favour. Today, that presumption looks increasingly fragile....
Indonesia’s waterways strength
By Alfin Febrian Basundoro and Trystanto Sanjaya*
The power dynamic between Indonesia and China is more complex than the one-way economic dependence that some experts...
China shows force at Scarborough Shoal
China deployed several warships, cutters and a bomber combat patrol escorted by fighters to Scarborough Shoal in a show of force against Philippine and...
China holds warning exercises around Taiwan
China is holding military drills around Taiwan simulating the seizure and blockade of the island's key areas, as a warning against "separatist forces", the...