RAN unfit for purpose: retired admiral
By Rowan Moffitt*
At a time when the Defence Strategic Review (DSR) told us Australia faces the greatest strategic risk in 80 years, our Navy...
Distance: a tyranny or an asset?
By Sam Roggeveen*
Paul Dibb’s critique of my Australian Foreign Affairs essay, ‘Target Australia: Is the alliance making us less safe?’, falls into three broad...
Warning: no strategic warning time
By Jennifer Parker*
The structure of the Royal Australian Navy since its inception has been determined by trading off capability, cost and workforce. Long lamented...
Case for over-arching maritime strategy
By Tom Barber and Melissa Conley Tyler*
Maritime security is a term that can mean almost anything. For many, it conjures images of big-ticket ‘hard...
NZ’s first national security strategy
When Russia invaded Ukraine in early 2022, German Chancellor Olaf Scholtz proclaimed a “Zeitenwende”, or historical turning point. It resulted in Germany’s first ever...
Better way for poor nations to monitor maritime domain
By David Brewster*
Understanding what’s happening in the maritime domain, known as maritime domain awareness or MDA, is an essential element for any country that...
UK releases Defence Command Paper
The UK Government has published Defence Command Paper 2023 (DCP23) entitled Defence's Response to a More Contested and Volatile World. This is a refresh of...
India revises pro-China position on 2016 sea ruling
India has revised its position on the 2016 South China Sea Arbitration in a meeting between Indian and Filipino diplomats that supports Manila’s territorial...
DSR: danger lies in the detail
By Richard Menhinick*
The Defence Strategic Review 2023 emphasises the importance of protecting our connection to the world and the centrality of the US to...
Protecting seabed infrastructure
In a research briefing titled “Seabed Warfare: Protecting the UK’s Undersea Infrastructure”, published on 24 May 2023, Louisa Brooke-Holland of the House of Commons...