Global Britain and the search for collective seapower
Whereas the rationale for seapower politics and the convergence of interests between liberal, maritime nations is not something new, 2021 has exposed two new...
Antarctic aerodrome a lost opportunity
By Claire Young*
The Australian government has cancelled the proposed aerodrome near Davis station in the Australian Antarctic Territory (AAT), emphasising environmental concerns but probably...
Geography: Australia’s top strategic asset
By Anastasia Kapetas*
In the debate about what AUKUS is and what it might become, much has been made of the idea that in an...
Regulating underwater drones in Indonesia
By Taufik Rachmat Nugraha*
According to the Indonesia Ocean Justice Initiative, between 2018 and January 2021, a large number of Chinese vessels “deactivated” their AIS...
The past, present and future of maritime trade warfare
SBLT Theo Squires, RAN*
This article was first published in the Australian Naval Review, 2019, Issue 2, in December 2019.
Commerce raiding, also known as guerre de...
N-propulsion information accord signed
The signing of the Exchange of Naval Nuclear Propulsion Information Agreement (the Agreement) with our AUKUS partners – the United Kingdom and the United...
Iranian threats: opportunity for US Navy
By Cameron Sothern*
The volume of oil that flows through the Strait of Hormuz gives it geostrategic importance. According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration,...
Russian ships deploy to Pacific
The corvette Gremyashchy and the Kilo class submarines Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky and Volkhov recently made a scheduled call at the port of Manila. This was part...
China and Turkey deliver ships to Pakistan
It is the first of the four frigates committed by China, for which a deal was signed between the two allies in 2017. The...
Cooperation key to maritime security
By Jan Stockbruegger and Christian Bueger*
Great power competition with China and Russia dominates debates in Washington. Few analysts therefore paid attention when U.S. Secretary...