New DWP not worth white paper it’s written on
By Andrew Davies*
On a five-year timetable, we’re due for another defence white paper (DWP) in 2021. The last one took the best part of two...
NZ defence upgrade to include climate help
The New Zealand Defence Force's $20 billion upgrade plan will partially focus on how new equipment will help the South Pacific region deal with...
Maybe Australia should give frigate to Sri Lanka
By David Brewster*
The Royal Australian Navy is about to take two highly capable guided missile frigates out of service. But they are not just...
Navy culture must adapt for information age
By Lieutenant Commander Travis D. Howard, USN*
A recent independent review of the Navy’s cybersecurity posture, completed in March 2019, was predictably harsh on the US Navy’s...
A sea ride with Australia’s Indo-Pacific Endeavour
By Bec Stating*
When the Australian Defence Force first dispatched its flotilla known as the “Indo-Pacific Endeavour”, the then Defence minister Christopher Pyne touted the...
Clarity and consistency needed in Australia’s China policy
By Peter Jennings*
When the People’s Liberation Army Navy flotilla berthed in Sydney in front of an adoring crowd of Chinese Australians, you can be...
Australia in an age of strategic competition
By Linda Reynolds, Minister for Defence
This is an edited text of the Minister for Defence's address to the Australian Strategic Policy Institute.
It’s not by...
HMAS Newcastle completes final international deployment
The Royal Australian Navy (RAN) today (June 2019) celebrated the completion of the final overseas deployment by an Adelaide Class guided missile frigate, with...
NZ releases defence capability plan 2019
By Andrew McLaughlin, NZDF
New Zealand Defence Minister Ron Mark has released the Defence Capability Plan 2019, the first such document of the Ardern-led coalition government.
Following...
What next for US littoral combat ships?
By Duncan McCrae
Earlier this year I wrote for Australian Defence Magazine suggesting that there was opportunity to include the BAE Type 26 Global Combat Ship (GCS) in...