US and Australia: stronger together
By Todd C. Hanks*
For even the most casual of observers, it’s clear that over the past decade the global strategic security environment has become...
Darwin re-evaluation: explanation needed
By Luke Gosling*
A 99-year lease over the Port of Darwin was awarded to Landbridge Industry. It has been a source of contention and controversy...
US seizes Yemen-bound weapons
The U.S. Navy announced (May 2021) it seized an arms shipment of thousands of assault weapons, machines guns and sniper rifles hidden aboard a...
India’s new Indian Ocean diplomacy
By Darshana M. Baruah*
As China continues to ramp up its Indian Ocean presence, Delhi is stepping up its engagement, collaborations and demonstrations of leadership...
Why is Philippines hardening China stand
China was probably surprised when the Philippines unleashed a barrage of diplomatic protests from March to April when the former occupied Julian Felipe Reef. Imagine...
China’s carrier group to South China Sea
An aircraft carrier group led by China’s Shandong carrier is conducting a series of exercises in the South China Sea in its first known...
The Brits are coming. Can they sustain it?
By Geoffrey Till*
For several years, the British government has been making clear their intention to tilt towards the Indo-Pacific region as part of the...
Post-Brexit fishing stand-off in Jersey
Vessels from Britain's Royal Navy and French police boats patrolled Thursday near the English Channel island of Jersey, where French fishermen angry about losing...
Australia’s Pacific step-up should aim higher
By Michael Shoebridge*
In November 2018, Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced his version of Australia’s ‘Pacific step-up’, which was about taking ‘our engagement to a...
Time to end China’s Darwin lease
By Peter Jennings*
Defence Minister Peter Dutton has asked his department ‘to come back with some advice’ about the future of the 99-year lease by...