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Lowy Institute: The Interpreter. Article by Oriana Skylar Mastro. Beijing’s misapplication of international law in the disputed waters is more complex than it seems on the surface. Chinese exercises ... more ...

ASPI. The Strategist. Marcus Hellyer. 16 February 2021 In my most recent article, I noted that the Department of Defence appears to be in the early stages of identifying a ship-launched land-attack missile for acquisition. The government assessed in its 2020 defence strategic update that it ... more ...

ASPI. The Strategist. 18 February 2021. 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 of a gun’. Mao’s words echo a fundamental truth of China’s system of government—that the ... more ...

British aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth will visit Japan to “enhance Japan-UK defence cooperation”. Defence Secretary Ben Wallace and Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab discussed the deployment of HMS Queen Elizabeth during the ‘2+2’ virtual meeting with their respective Japanese counterparts, Ministers ... more ...

The Lowy Institute. The Interpreter. Blake Herzinger. 15 February 2021. US claims to upholding the rules-based order don’t square with its silence on Mauritian sovereignty in the Chagos. Attempts to justify a continuation of British control of the Chagos Islands look like destroying the rules-based order in order to save ... more ...

To break the border stand-off between India and China in the Himalayas, some Indian analysts have advocated going on the offensive against China ... more ...

US Navy Times. 11 Feb 2021. WASHINGTON — The new Biden administration has been reversing many of the Trump administration’s policies in areas such as immigration and energy, but when it comes to confronting China’s actions in the South China Sea, at the ... more ...

The Strategist: by Malcolm Davis 11 Feb 2021 There are growing signs that a military crisis could erupt across the Taiwan Strait this year as China flexes its military muscle to strongarm Taipei into accepting unification. ASPI’s Peter Jennings notes that Beijing is ... more ...

Source - The Strategist: Marcus Hellyer 11 Feb 2021 Last month, Defence Minister Linda Reynolds put out a media release announcing a boost to Australia’s maritime security. Its focus was the navy’s weapons program. The announcement had a medley of numbers—a $1 billion investment ... more ...

From USNI News. Article by Xavier Vavasseur February 10, 2021 A French Navy Rubis-class nuclear-powered submarine (SSN) patrolled the South China Sea, the French minister of armed forces announced in a series of ... more ...

This article first appeared on The War Horse, an award-winning non-profit news organization educating the public on military service. Kelly Kennedy is the Managing Editor for The War Horse. During the first daytime airstrike of Desert Storm, Mark Fox flew out with about 30 airplanes that launched at once from ... more ...

By Sophie Boisseau du Rocher_4 February 2021. Source: https://thediplomat.com/2021/01/the-eus-south-china-sea-challenge/ In the South China Sea, the EU’s raison d’être – the rule of law and peaceful coexistence – is under threat. What can Brussels do about it? ... more ...

The Strategist: by James Goldrick 5 February 2021 In recent years, China has taken a dim view of Australian naval and air activities in the South China Sea. Australia is considered an intruder, an external power that has no right to ... more ...

ASPI article by Anthony Bergin 4 February 2021 Chinese coastguard ships will now be even more willing to harass civilian vessels to prevent regional states from performing lawful activities in their own waters The probability of violent incidents at sea occurring in our region just increased. Last month China passed ... more ...

The Strategist: 4 February 2020 by Bradley Perrett Australia should be paying close attention to the imminent appearance of the Xian H-20 stealth bomber built by the Aviation Industry Corporation of China. The aircraft will greatly improve China’s ability to hit distant targets, such ... more ...

LOWY INSTITUTE: The Interpreter 22 Jan 2021 by Alexey Muraviev & Nina Markovic Khaze For all the talk of China, the Russia factor is still a huge challenge for the Biden administration. Vladimir Putin is a master of keeping his political counterparts on their ... more ...

By Peter Jennings ASPI: Originally published by: The Australian on 27 Jan 2021 President Joe Biden’s first international crisis will likely be over the future of Taiwan. Beijing has been positioning for this outcome for months by steadily increasing military pressure against Taipei. The People’s Liberation Army (air force) on ... more ...

The Strategist _ article by James Goldrick 21 January 2021 In 1976, Admiral of the Fleet of the Soviet Union Sergei Georgyevich Gorshkov published his exposition of Soviet maritime strategy under the title The sea power of the state. It was translated by United ... more ...

_USNI News - Megan Eckstein January 14, 2021 _ The head of the Navy’s surface force highlighted a handful of new training and manning initiatives meant to get sailors the right training they need to fight and maintain ships, put them in the jobs where that training can be best ... more ...

www.navytimes.com - Diana Stancy Correll – 20Jan21 The United States and the United Kingdom have signed a joint declaration for the Carrier Strike Group 2021 deployment — authorizing U.S. Marine Corps and U.S. Navy personnel and equipment to deploy with the U.K.’s carrier strike group headed by the aircraft carrier ... more ...

_www.defensenews.com - David B. Larter - 20 January 2021   __ WASHINGTON – The U.S. Navy and General Atomics in November 2020 used sonobuoys dropped from an MQ-9A Block V Reaper to track a simulated submarine target on a U.S. Navy Pacific test range, in what the contractor says is ... more ...

The U.S. Navy was key to victory in the Persian Gulf War—which set the fleet on a new course for a new strategic era. US Naval Institute January 2021 - By Edward J. Marolda Operation Desert Storm (17 January–28 February 1991) witnessed the U.S. Navy’s evolution from a force zeroed ... more ...

Posted By Rory Medcalf on January 13, 2021 @ 11:07 The US government has just declassified one of its most sensitive national security documents—its 2018 strategic framework for the Indo-Pacific, which was formally classified SECRET and not for release to foreign nationals. The full text, minus a few small redactions, ... more ...

War is unlikely – but possible ASIA TIMES _ MARK VALENCIA 23Dec2020 It’s that time again when US administrations change and a plethora of foreign-policy pundits post proposals and predictions for the incoming administration. This time around a prominent topic is US-China policy and – in particular – US policy ... more ...

The US and its allies may have military dominance in the region, but it’s no guarantee of influence. (From The Interpreter : Oriana Skylar Mastro Published 16 Dec 2020 06:00) Two recent naval exercises demonstrate the potential for Russia-China cooperation in the Indian Ocean, and how the two present a ... more ...

Malcolm Davis December 30, 2020. (Originally published 19 August 2020). Australia’s 2020 defence strategic update and accompanying force structure plan outline the next 20 years of development for the Royal Australian Air Force’s strike and air combat capability. Some notional funding streams are provided in the force structure plan that ... more ...

30 Jun 2020 Richard Dunley_The Strategist Defence commentators have devoted much attention in recent years to the development of long-range anti-ship missiles, whether in the form of anti-ship ballistic missiles (ASBMs) or hypersonic cruise missiles. These discussions invariably focus on the concept of anti-access/area ... more ...

31 Dec 2020 Elizabeth White_The Strategist (Originally published 6 March 2020). When you stop and think about it, it seems a miracle that the global economy spins on as well as it does. As the spread of Covid-19 has shown, any decent disruption to ... more ...