Time to ditch “non-traditional security”
By James Goldrick and Blake Herzinger*
It is high time that we remove the term “non-traditional security” from our consideration of maritime affairs, and either...
DARPA and DSTG – and a case of espionage
By Clive Williams*
When I worked at the Australian embassy in Washington in the early 1990s, I would sometimes accompany scientists from our Defence Science...
Port Darwin: lost opportunities
By John Coyne*
It seems we’ll be waiting until at least sometime in the first quarter of 2022 for the government to decide on the...
Expanding threat spectrum for surface ships
By Sam Goldsmith*
The threat spectrum for surface combatants — ships that can engage air, surface, subsurface and shore targets — is rapidly expanding and...
Implementing Australia’s nuclear submarine program
ASPI is releasing a new report ‘Implementing Australia’s nuclear submarine program’ by Andrew Nicholls, Jackson Dowie and Dr Marcus Hellyer. This report analyses the decision space available...
AUKUS and collective seapower
AUKUS: A personal view by David Hobbs
The AUKUS agreement capitalises on the intimate and long-standing links that exist between the three navies and their nations'...
A strategy of maritime pressure
By Thomas G. Mahnken*
This article was first published in the Australian Naval Review, 2019, Issue 2, in December 2019.
Recent policy documents such as the 2017...
Geography: Australia’s top strategic asset
By Anastasia Kapetas*
In the debate about what AUKUS is and what it might become, much has been made of the idea that in an...
Indian Ocean Naval Symposium
The 7th edition of Indian Ocean Naval Symposium (IONS) Conclave of Chiefs was hosted by French Navy at Paris from 15 - 16 Nov 21.
The...
AUKUS and France: awkward lessons
By Peter Jennings*
It’s not yet two months old, but our AUKUS partnership with the United States and Britain is already showering us with lessons...