Australia’s foreign policy: a game of means and ends
By Dr Joyo Sanyal
Australia needs a new strategy to direct its foreign policy in order to seize new opportunities and increase its security through...
The defence debate we’ve never had
By Professor Mark Beeson*
The $50 billion Australian-French submarine deal was finalised in February. But with the Australian Government committing to spend increasingly large amounts...
Sinking billions on an outdated weapon
Underwater drones will make duds of our 'future' submarines, even before they're built.
By Clive Williams
Australia is locked in to a diesel-electric submarine capability after signing...
Search for lost Australian WWII destroyer to begin
One of the remaining maritime mysteries of World War II may soon be solved, thanks to a joint operation between the Royal Australian Navy...
2019 submarine conference
Innovative advances in submarine technology will feature in the presentations at the 5th Submarine Science, Technology and Engineering Conference 2019 (SubSTEC5), which is being convened...
Defence chiefs forced to reduce anti-terror operations to pick up Border Force slack
Defence was forced to reduce counter-terrorism ocean patrols with the Philippines, cancel a maritime operation with key Pacific neighbours and cancel an air surveillance...
US under greater maritime pressure
By Walker D. Mills*
The United States is becoming increasingly challenged at sea. Last year the Admiral Philip Davidson, current commander of Indo-Pacific Command, told...
Australia and Indonesia: towards a durable partnership
By Patrick Walters*t
No country is more important to Australia than Indonesia. In 2019, Paul Keating’s now famous dictum, first enunciated 25 years ago, has assumed...
Ship movement shows Taiwan support
The US Navy sent its guided-missile destroyer Stethem and cargo ship Cesar Chavezthrough the Taiwan Strait last Monday. This move follows the transit of guided-missile destroyer USS McCampbell and supply vessel USNS Walter...
The F-35 and future submarines are smart choices that need better explaining
By Peter Jennings*t
Columnist Robert Gottliebsen’s frequent articles about the supposed deficiencies of our future combat aircraft and submarines and the implication that this has...