Framing the Islands: denial and integration
‘The stability and economic progress of Papua New Guinea, other Pacific island countries and Timor-Leste is of fundamental importance to Australia.’Australian foreign policy white...
Why Australia cannot rely on the US
By Hugh White*
HMA Ships Canberra, Anzac, Sirius, Parramatta and Melbourne operate together off the Australian East Coast during Exercise OCEAN RAIDER.
In How to defend Australia,...
The Third Taiwan Strait Crisis, Iranian asymmetric doctrine, and Russian corvettes
. . . or how I learned to stop worrying, and embrace a reimagining of the Royal Australian Navy’s surface fleet.
This essay was highly...
Does Australia need ‘massive’ US naval base?
By Euan Graham*
The US Naval War College’s James Holmes, a strategist of serious stature, has suggested that the US Navy should establish a ‘massive’ base...
Russia’s South China Sea interest grows
By Huong Le Thu and Sunny Cao
In October, during his second official visit to Russia, Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte invited Moscow-based energy company Rosneft to conduct oil and...
Patrol program tracking well, otherwise we have to wait
By Marcus Hellyer*
We seem to have been both naughty and nice this year. The Australian National Audit Office isn’t going to put its much-anticipated report on...
Chinese Navy’s massive build-up
While the U.S. Navy launches a handful of AEGIS destroyers each year, the single image below of a Shanghai shipyard shows nine newly constructed...
Indian Ocean: strength in numbers
By Arzan Tarapore*
India is the most capable resident power in the Indian Ocean, but its expanding military footprint is uneven and reliant on partnerships...
The Battle of Surigao Strait
It is 75 years since RAN took part in the Battle of Surigao Strait which was last battleship engagement in history. The cruiser HMAS Shrosphire and...
Defending arguments about defending Australia
By Hugh White*
Could Australia defend itself independently from direct military attack by a major Asian power like China? That’s the key question I set...