Japan Coast Guard’s first South China Sea drill
The Japan Coast Guard and the Maritime Self-Defense Force conducted their first joint drill in the South China Sea on June 26, in a...
Partnerships in the Indo-Pacific
By David Scott*
From March to June 2019 naval diplomacy and an underlying strategic geometry was on show as India, Australia, France, and Japan deployed...
UK-US relations at post war low
In forcing the ouster of British ambassador to the U.S. Sir Kim Darroch, President Trump sends a clear message: everything is transactional, argues Thomas...
Japan’s Persian Gulf dilemma
By Professor Craig Martin*
The 2015 “reinterpretation” of Japan’s Constitution presents Abe with a new dilemma should the United States request that Japan assist in...
The role of public affairs in US seapower
By LCDR Arlo Abrahamson, USN*
Introduction
The technological innovations of the twenty-first century are transforming mass communications on a global scale. Organizations are competing in a...
Hugh White’s plan for defending Australia simply isn’t viable
By|Michael Shoebridge*
How to defend Australia sets out four strategic objectives for Australian forces: defending the continent, securing the neighbourhood, supporting maritime Southeast Asia and preserving...
Scrap ships, build subs, says Hugh White
By Brendan Nicholson*
Australia must massively reorganise its planned defence structure by selling off most of its surface ships, abandoning those still to be built...
Hugh White: How to Defend Australia
By Hugh White*
You don’t have to be as pessimistic as I am about the future of American power in Asia to start seriously thinking...
Australia must do more than flag-wave in the South China Sea
By Sam Fairall-Lee*
There’s a credibility problem in the South China Sea. When ASEAN states consider China’s commitment to dominating maritime Southeast Asia, its capability and the...
The long and winding way to the Indo-Pacific
By Huong Le Thu*
Finally, after much prevarication, pressure and hesitation, ASEAN has decided that it’s time to acknowledge the ‘Indo-Pacific’. At the 34th summit...