Freedom of navigation questions
By Euan Graham*
A freedom-of-navigation activity that the Australian and British navies jointly conducted near the Spratly Islands last month was notable. It was the...
Space: a third Pillar for AUKUS?
By James Palmer*
AUKUS is reshaping Australia’s strategic future, but its vision is incomplete. While the partnership’s first two pillars focus on submarines and advanced...
Logistics becoming less secure
By William Freer and Charlotte Kleberg*
For many years, North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) members have grown accustomed to secure logistics in Europe, as well...
Countering China’s dual-use strategy
By Henry Yep*
It’s the mid-2030s, and China’s growing network of dual-use ports and airfields has reshaped the South Pacific’s security landscape. Ostensibly, civilian projects...
Defence Minister addresses Defending Australia 2025
"China's conventional military build-up is the most significant military build-up that we have seen – conventional military build-up – that we have seen since...
Trump drives big undersea and seabed changes
By April A. Herlevi*
The fate of the subsea environment and the seabed are on the brink of a fundamental shift. Driven by the Trump...
UK’s Strategic Defence Review 2025
The UK Government has released its Strategic Defence Review 2025: Making Britain Safer: secure at home, strong abroad 2025. In the Introduction to the...
Defence Chief speaks of budget choices
The Australian Defence Organisation’s budget is under pressure, and Defence must make choices, Admiral David Johnston, the chief of the defence force, said on...
Don’t spend more, spend differently
By Sam Roggeveen*
There is near universal agreement that Australia should spend more money on defence. The big political parties want to spend more. The...
Adding fuel to unnecessary dependency
Australia's Strategic Vulnerability at Sea Cannot be Ignored by the re-elected Government
By Desmond Woods*
"When this problem could have been solved it was ignored. Now...