China’s warning to UK’s strike group
China has warned the UK Carrier Strike Group (CSG) upon its arrival in the contentious South China Sea, saying it is ready to deal...
European middle powers in the Indo-Pacific
By Nilanthi Samaranayake*
European middle powers are not typically part of U.S. discussions of the Indo-Pacific. However, in an era of growing strategic competition, they...
Australians prepared for naval shipbuilding
By Ian Irving*
This article was first published in the Australian Naval Review, 2020, Issue 2, in December 2020.
It is no secret that there are jobs...
Japan’s naval flag a point of contention
South Korea -- Koreas, China and other Asian countries say the flag is a reminder of Japan's wartime atrocities, and is comparable to the...
Port Darwin: leave with China or renege?
By Professor James Laurenceson*
A litmus test is at hand of just how far domestic politics and vague national security “threats” now drive Australian government...
First Sea Lord Summer Address
The First Sea Lord Admiral Sir Tony Radakin says tremendous progress has been made over the past two years of the transformation program revolutionising...
Saab Australia to help modernise German Frigates
Saab Australia will help with the modernisation of the four German Brandenburg class F-123 frigates. The work will involve fitting the 9LV combat...
RCN frigate to visit NZ
The Royal Canadian Navy frigate HMCS Calgary will visit Auckland in early August, in the first visit by a foreign military ship since the...
RNZN delivers vaccine to remote islands
The first leg of a 5000 nautical mile trip to transport Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines to one of the most remote places in the world...
Japan becoming defence partner
Australia and Japan are in this together. We are both threatened by China, and both countries can see that the danger to their security...