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  • 21 Sep 2021
    • US Navy
    • Maritime Security
    • China-Australia Relations
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    • Australian Navy
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    AUKUS and the CPTPP: It’s all about China

    Ian Hill
    Security deterrence is only one factor in the new and fast-moving geostrategic environment of the Indo-Pacific.
  • 20 Sep 2021
    • US Navy
    • Australian Navy
    • Australia's Defence Challenges
    • United Kingdom

    When you’re in a hole, stop digging: Australia and the nuke sub deal

    Albert Palazzo
    By the time Canberra’s subs roll off the dock, their capabilities will be obsolete, and there are bigger threats, too.
  • 15 Feb 2021
    • Defence & Security
    • United States
    • US Navy
    • United Nations
    • United Kingdom
    • Africa
    • Human rights

    The power of example: America’s presence in Diego Garcia

    Blake Herzinger
    US claims to upholding the rules-based order don’t square with its silence on Mauritian sovereignty in the Chagos.
  • 19 Feb 2018
    • Defence & Security
    • US Navy
    • China's Military

    China and the military balance

    Sam Roggeveen
    Is it only a matter of time before China replaces the US as the predominant military power in Asia?
  • 9 Nov 2017
    • Defence & Security
    • United States
    • US Navy
    • Australian Defence Force
    • India's Navy
    • India-Australia Relations
    • South China Sea
    • India
    • Japan

    A reborn quadrilateral to deter China

    John Hemmings
    Organising a loose strategic coalition might upset Beijing, but that's no reason not to forge ahead.
  • 29 Aug 2017
    • US Navy

    Why do US warships keep having accidents?

    Sam Bateman
    Neither destroyer was showing Automatic Identification System data at the time of their accident. This was done to keep their identity as American warships secret.
  • 24 Aug 2017
    • Defence & Security
    • US Navy

    Collision at sea

    James Goldrick
    The US Navy’s mastery of engineering has long been a strength for the navy, but the requirement for all its line officers to spend time as platform engineers at sea may be at the expense of seamanship and navigation.
  • 15 Aug 2017
    • Asia
    • Defence & Security
    • US Navy
    • South China Sea

    South China Sea patrols: Does the Trump team get it?

    Andrew Chubb
    The White House seems to regard FONOPs as a means to induce Chinese concessions on the North Korean nuclear issue. This is not what these patrols are designed for.
  • 20 Jun 2017
    • Defence & Security
    • US Navy

    US-China at sea incidents are likely the new normal

    Mark Valencia
    There has been yet another spate of US-China incidents involving US intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance probes.
  • 26 May 2017
    • US Navy
    • China

    US FONOPs: Game on again in the South China Sea

    Sam Bateman
    The selection of Mischief Reef raises the question as to what particular freedom of navigation the US was seeking to exercise.

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