Australia-India: alliances and self-reliance
By Rear Admiral Sudarshan Shrikhande, Indian Navy(Ret)*
It is difficult to recall so much global and naval attention being focused on submarines, nuclear or conventional,...
Can China build alliances?
As the United States, United Kingdom and Australia move to form a new AUKUS grouping, various reports have emerged of a “new Quad” led...
Thailand persisting with Kra canal
By Shaun Cameron
In 1677, the Thai monarch Narai the Great had a dream. He sent an engineer south to investigate the possibility of excavating...
Limiting non-proliferation blow-back
By Anastasia Kapetas*
If the architects of the AUKUS pact and its headline initiative to supply Australia with nuclear-powered submarines imagined it would be seen...
‘Mistreating’ allies with secret deal
France’s submarine trouble highlights its precarious status as a great power, the Irish Times reports.
By Lara Marlowe
“The three countries showed contempt for us when...
Manus and Lombrum base: five options
Manus Island and the Lombrum Naval Base: Five Options for Australia’s Geostrategic Gateway. Sea Power Soundings series.
By Adam Lockyer, Justin Burke, Yves-Heng Lim and...
China caused subs deal, two experts say
Australia's nuclear-powered submarine deal with the US and UK is "full of risks" linked to the rise of China, according to Australian National University...
Australia’s surprise security arrangement
It’s not every morning that Australians turn on the television at 7:00 AM and find themselves being addressed by Scott Morrison, Boris Johnson, and...
The world has changed since 2016
By Michael Shoebridge*
Australia is going to build nuclear submarines as part of a new broader defence technology pact with the US and the UK....
Smart military deterrent
By John Blaxland*
The Morrison government has decided it’s best for Australia to accelerate the production of a more capable, integrated, nuclear-powered submarine platform with...