Xi’s black-box strategic thinking
By Peter Jennings*
What is China trying to achieve by its sudden lurch to a bullying, ‘wolf warrior’ global stance? For all the billions of...
China moving in on climate-threatened Kiribati
By Steve Raaymakers*
The world knows the Republic of Kiribati as a very low-lying nation in the mid-Pacific that is in danger of inundation as...
ALP questions Chinese Darwin Port role
By Luke Gosling, Labor Member for Solomon (NT)
The Australian government says its new foreign relations bill is about one thing: ensuring foreign policy consistency...
Post Attack class nuclear option
By Graeme Dobell*
Submarines are so vital to Australia that two of our past prime ministers have publicly pointed to the nuclear-powered option.
Shifting from the...
Pacific arms race: extra money for US shipbuilding
U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper has announced called for increased funding for Navy shipbuilding after a major review of its force structure — but...
Quad’s role in ocean environment protection
By David Brewster*
The explosion and fire on board a supertanker off Sri Lanka this month, following closely on last month’s disastrous oil spill in...
Chilean Navy’s assault on illegal fishing
By Francisco Martinez*
The Chilean Navy is more than just a national warfighting force aimed at conventional deterrence. Earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, fires, and tsunamis are...
China tests coercive naval diplomacy
By Shang-su Wu*
Introduction
Since the People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) commissioned its second aircraft carrier, the possibility of utilizing these capital ships for coercive diplomacy...
Admiral describes carriers’ big future
The U.S. Navy’s aircraft carriers will be prepared to fight at extended ranges well into the future, the service’s director of air warfare said,...
First NZ Anzac class upgrade
HMNZS Te Kaha has completed the first of the Frigate System Upgrades by Lockheed Martin Canada at the Seaspan shipyard in Victoria, British Columbia. She...