Strategy

US Army takes on naval tinge

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The U.S. Army is looking just a bit more naval as it adjusts to the Pacific region, adopting missiles long wielded by its sister...

The case for a stronger merchant navy

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By Peter Court* Queensland’s Kenilworth war memorial seems unremarkable to the average passerby. If you blink, you’ll miss it, and even if you don’t blink,...

DSR: what now?

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By Robbin Laird (Second Lines of Defense) During my current visit to Australia to support the Williams Foundation Seminar held on 27 September 2023, I...

ASEAN and EU’s maritime strategies

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By Rahul Mishra and Li Yan* The emergence of the Indo-Pacific concept shows the cardinal role oceans play in shaping international politics. While synergies are created...

Review: shrink Hunter, add destroyers

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The navy would receive a major firepower boost through the addition of three heavily armed air warfare destroyers under a plan being considered by...

Japan, South Korea and the US should mirror AUKUS for destroyers

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By Cmdr. Douglas Robb* Last month in Washington, leaders from Japan, South Korea and the United States gathered to “inaugurate a new era of trilateral...

RAN unfit for purpose: retired admiral

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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?

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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

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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

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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...