2034: imagining the next war
In military time, a dozen years is not a large leap into the future. Most active American ships and aircraft were already deploying 13...
What will Australia do to defend rules-based order?
By Sam Roggeveen*
Australia faces “the biggest foreign and security policy challenge of all: defending ourselves and our interests without the help of the United...
US military seeks extra $27b anti-China money
U.S. military officials have outlined new spending requirements to boost deterrence against China, including new weapons, new construction and closer military-to-military collaboration with America’s...
Soviet naval strategy: a template for China?
By James Goldrick*
In 1976, Admiral of the Fleet of the Soviet Union Sergei Georgyevich Gorshkov published his exposition of Soviet maritime strategy under the...
Xi licences coastguard to be wolf warriors
By Michael Shoebridge*
Xi Jinping’s control over the China Coast Guard, together with a new law that authorises the coastguard to use force against foreign...
The port operators behind China’s naval expansion
By Charlie Lyons Jones and Raphael Veit*
The Chinese Communist Party’s first leader, Mao Zedong, once said that ‘political power grows out of the barrel...
Can Biden limit naval Mid-East presence
By David B. Larter*
By the time the crews of the aircraft carrier Nimitz and its escort ships step on the pier in Bremerton, Washington,...
Australia loses another oil refinery
In the space of four months, Australia has lost half of its remaining oil refineries. In October, BP announced it was closing its Kwinana oil...
India should go for a denial strategy
By Arzan Tarapore*
To break the border stand-off between India and China in the Himalayas, some Indian analysts have advocated going on the offensive against...
What’s up with RAN’s weapons program
By Marcus Hellyer*
Last month, Defence Minister Linda Reynolds put out a media release announcing a boost to Australia’s maritime security. Its focus was the...