Quiet US challenge over South China Sea
By Donald Rothwell and David Letts*
Barely noticed, but nevertheless of some international legal consequence, is the latest effort by the United States to cast...
Understanding Moscow’s agitation
By Clive Williams*
Russia has always had concerns about the security of its borders, so it’s not surprising Moscow is agitated about any prospect of...
AUMIN’s view good for Australia
By Peter Jennings*
The immediate significance of Friday’s AUKMIN gathering in Sydney was that it took place while a Russian military assault on Ukraine is...
Tonga reveals telecommunications vulnerability
In the wake of a violent volcanic eruption in Tonga, much of the communication with residents on the islands remains at a standstill. In...
Whatever happened to soft power?
By Joseph S. Nye*
As 2021 drew to a close, Russia had massed troops near its border with Ukraine, China had flown military jets near Taiwan,...
Irredentist Chinese Maritime Operations 2021–2049?
By Professor Rob McLaughlin*
This article was first published in the Australian Naval Review, 2021, Issue 1, in June 2021.
Introduction
In 2020-2021, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)...
Taiwan should be in RIMPAC: US law
Taiwan should be invited to the world's largest naval exercise next year, according to the US' 2022 Defence spending blueprint signed into law by...
Ties with Japan send China a message
By Peter Jennings*
One of the strengths in Australia’s relationship with Japan is our shared ability to deliver substance as opposed to verbal bombast unmoored...
Warning time running out: Beazley
By Brendan Nicholson*
Former defence minister Kim Beazley has delivered a sobering comparison between how Australia dealt with the lead-up to World War II and...
Chinese Naval Task Group escort shipping in Gulf of Aden
A PLA-N task group consisting of the guided-missile destroyer Urumqi, guided-missile frigate Yantai and the replenishment ship Taihu is operating in the Gulf of...