Xi stresses political loyalty
Xinhua, China’s state news agency reported that President Xi Jinping on 7 March, “stressed fully leveraging the unique strengths of enhancing political loyalty in...
Reducing reliance on the US
By John Blaxland*
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney issued a stark warning in his address to the Australian parliament. The post-war global order is “breaking...
AUKUS binding us to a dangerous leader
By Hugh White*
In a dangerous and uncertain world, what should US allies do? Draw closer to America, or pull away? When the United States...
China Maritime Studies Institute reports
The China Maritime Studies Institute (CMSI) at the US Naval War College studies opens source material from China and elsewhere to assess the growing...
Canada’s defence industrial strategy
The visit by Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney to Australia has highlighted the Canadian approach to the changed global security environment. As part of...
125 years of naval service
The Australian Navy and Australian Army have commemorated 125 years of service, recognising the generations of sailors and soldiers who have served the nation...
Defence chief’s reality check on the nature of war
The deputy chief of army delivered an excoriating address to a major conference last year, declaring that "managerial and advertising logic and double speak"...
At 125, RAN most consequential decade
By Jennifer Parker*
1 March 1901 marked the establishment of Australia’s Commonwealth military and naval forces, the foundation of today’s Royal Australian Navy and Australian...
2025 Bateman Prize announced
The ANI is pleased to announce that the 2025 winner of the Sam Bateman Book Prize is Dr Albert Palazzo with his book The...
HMAS Toowoomba’s SE Asian FON trip
In 1991, a young sub-lieutenant in the Royal Australian Navy stepped off HMAS Westralia at the Port of Tanjung Priok, Indonesia, on the first...