Re-Balancing Design: New Technology and Thinking in Naval Architecture
New technological threats and new operational requirements are emerging in the naval environment, raising the question of how ship and submarine designs should develop...
Philippines Grants Us Five More EDCA Bases
Now that anti-American Rodrigo Duterte is no longer President of the Philippines, the US Government in Washington DC is enjoying a rapprochement with the...
Listening, Watching, Gathering – Chinese EW Comes of Age
China’s special mission aircraft are maturing intelligence gathering assets that are gaining data on tactics, techniques and procedures of those opponents that may be...
Challenges Ahead for Australian and New Zealand Navies
The right type? The right capabilities? What is the need for both navies to readjust their fleets to face regional threats?
The changing global strategic...
Asian-Pacific Armoured Vehicles – Requirements and Fielding
Eastern European countries are not the only ones replacing legacy armoured vehicles. The Asia-Pacific nations are looking for new and modernised solutions.
Concerns over the...
Fleet Force Protection
The increasing range and potency of A2AD defence, particularly the anti-ship missile threat, is leading navies to reconsider how individual ships as well as...
The Pros and Cons of Joining the Big League of Arms...
South Korea’s rapid rise as a defence manufacturer is resulting in increasingly tougher challenges to its export policy.
Although China might be Asia’s top defence...
Are Security Dialogue’s Drifting Away From Their Principles?
From Munich to Singapore: how security conferences viewed the Ukraine War.
Security conferences are known for being forums where the conflict or the crisis of...
Australia’s Strategic Defence Review Divergence
The military rise of the People's Republic of China has been rapid, even though warning signals have existed for years. Such strategic competition has...
Has the China Coast Guard Reached Its Limit?
It appears that the China Coast Guard could have reached its limit in terms of size and utility.
Within the space of a decade the...
