China’s expanding maritime presence
By Joe Keary, Raji Rajagopalan and Linus Cohen*
China’s defence and security presence beyond the Western Pacific is set to intensify over the next decade, expanding its...
First RAN Vietnam port visit
The flight deck of HMAS Toowoomba was akin to an informal United Nations General Assembly recently, as more than a dozen nations gathered on...
Mogami deal: more than just ships
The signing of the “Mogami Memorandum” aboard the JS Kumano frigate docked in Melbourne on April 18, 2026, marks a pivotal geopolitical moment, one...
Santions-busting tanker’s Cuba trip
Following its delivery of 100,000 tonnes of oil to Cuba, the Anatoly Kolodkin has arrived at the far northern Russian port of Murmansk, the...
Could Argentina retake the Falklands?
By Tom Sharpe*
Interest in the Falkland Islands rises and falls predictably. The anniversary of the 1982 liberation is usually a peak. Argentina generally stirs...
Maritime security a constant concern
By Sean Andrews*
A retired senior naval wag once quipped that Australia behaves as if it is “girt by beach”, not sea – a neat...
AUKUS cracks are showing: UK inquiry
“Cracks are already beginning to show” in the UK’s funding for the AUKUS agreement, according to a British House of Commons Defence Committee inquiry....
Slow squeeze of Australia’s sea lanes
By Sean Andrews*
Australia is responding to a vulnerability it rarely states plainly: the country’s economic security depends on maritime access, and that access is...
UK-French Hormuz mission.
The UK and France will coordinate a peaceful mission to defend the freedom of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz, UK Prime Minister Keir...
Any Iranian-linked vessel a target
As the US naval blockade of vessels in and out of Iranian ports enters day four, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen....