Indonesia needs maritime cooperation strategy
By Aristyo Darmawan*
With China posing a threat to Indonesia’s interests in the South China Sea, Indonesia needs a clear maritime cooperation strategy. It should...
Deterring before SNN AUKUS class arrives
By Malcolm Edgar*
Australia’s declared strategy of denial needs to become effective long before the powerful new nuclear submarines become meaningfully effective in the 2040s.
This...
US should target Chinese carriers
China is devoting enormous efforts — from submarines to ballistic missiles — to destroy America’s aircraft carriers. The strategy prompted a U.S. think tank...
Why the US is failing in Iran
By Major General (Dr.) Rambir Singh Mann (Retired), Indian Army
The U.S.-Iran war has provided an operational test of American maritime power. Despite assembling a...
Hormuz: tolls and fees must be resisted
By Donald R Rothwell*
Two irrefutable fundamentals exist in the Strait of Hormuz which are colliding with a core tenet of the global rules-based international...
Dealing legally with the shadow fleet
The detention of the Eagle S by Finland in Jan 2025, a “shadow fleet” tanker suspected of damaging the EstLink 2 power cable and several telecommunications cables in...
Making a cheaper hybrid RN work
By James Parkin*
The contemporary geostrategic environment has never been more volatile and uncertain. The international system is under sustained pressure from the self-interested actions...
The privatisation of provocation
By Cory Alpert*
In mid-June, a small maritime drone, no larger than a car, got close enough to a Chinese warship to photograph it operating...
Philippines’ new South China Sea strategy
By Xiaobo Liu and Sophie Wushuang Yi*
When China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi told his Philippine counterpart Tess Lazaro on the sidelines of an ASEAN gathering...
A wider role for the US Coast Guard
By Bruce Stubbs
I. Introduction
The United States should designate the U.S. Coast Guard as its lead agency for maritime security in the Western Hemisphere. In...