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We need to brace for impact in a disrupted world
Gradually, then suddenly: we need to be ready for geopolitical shocks
This will be a year [2025] of living with danger
USN shipbuilding plan would cost $1 trillion over the next 30 years
Asia-Pacific nations boost amphibious naval fleets to repel China
The next Australian government needs a bolder plan for the navy
Japan aims to bolster capabilities to defend and recapture remote islands, especially in its southwestern Nansei island chain.
How to exorcise Russia’s ghost fleet
Japan facing most complex security environment since WWII
Arctic warning from Russian admiral
Darwin is key for undersea data links. We must promote their resilience there
US tech-defence leaders want to upend the establishment
As Australia’s naval focus moves north, so must missile reloading facilities
Learn from the fall of the Philippines prepare the third island chain
Chinese wrap drills around Taiwan
NATO warns ‘we are not ready for what is coming our way’
Australia’s Ghost Fleet—The strange saga of the Arafura-class Offshore Patrol Vessels
IPA-SAA Blueprint for Defence
CN - Excellence in the face of doubt
Time to unleash the Joint Expeditionary Force’s potential
Why aircraft carriers are essential to the United Kingdom
Japanese government authorises Mogami frigate sale to Australia
Troubled Virginia submarine production needs emergency funding
‘No end in sight’ for Middle East Conflict, former CENTCOM Commander McKenzie says
Joining dots on new subs’ combat systems
Rhetoric or reality? Our security is the priority
The ADF is still not fit for purpose
The urgent search for a skilled Australian workforce
War game highlights regional tensions
Australia’s defence is lost in a fog of strategic failure and a lack of imagination
Military challenges to Beijing’s South China Sea claims are increasing
Goldrick address: No easy answers
Charting China’s Maritime Ambitions
Ukraine needs security guarantees
Naval lessons from Ukraine masterclass
UK gives up Chagos sovereignty, keeps base
Taiwan is the main game for Australia
The outlook for Prabowo’s defence and foreign policy
America building up forces in Middle East amid tensions
Warships from the Philippines, Australia, New Zealand, U.S. and Japan sail in joint South China Sea patrol
SECDEF Austin confident submarine industrial base can meet AUKUS promises
251 Chinese ships in West Philippine Sea
AUKUS changing AI weapons-development game
AUKUS and US forces: the question of independence
The urgent need for a strategic overhaul in Australia’s Defence approach to fuel resilience
AUKUS and strategic sovereignty
US arms transfer restrictions and AUKUS explained
Boundary-pushing SNN AUKUS
Canada kicks off submarine tender after survey of global vendors
How Prabowo will likely manage Indonesia’s defence and foreign policy
AUKUS and the real meaning of strategic sovereignty
New USN sub funding proposal to combat growth in labor costs
Learning from Canada’s N-sub experience
China top focus of US defence planning
Australia could soon be hosting nuclear-armed US submarines
Italian Carrier Strike Group, USS Dewey drill in Philippine Sea
Red Sea combat experience helping refine surface warfare education, say Navy leaders
Bring out the big guns in defence of AUKUS project
Ice panda: not all is quiet on Australia’s southern front
Chinese and US navies compared
Increased Chinese naval activity in West Philippine Sea
Austal should stay independent of foreign frigate builders
Despite security threats, India’s defense budget remains static
Replacing the UK’s nuclear deterrent: The warhead programme
US might not prevail in China war: expert body
Bringing Canada into AUKUS
Addressing AUKUS critics squarely
Quad Foreign Ministers' meeting
Warning and decision: intelligence, policymaking, and rumours of wars
S Korea could be an asset to AUKUS
Red Sea: time for Australia to act
Japanese Defense White Paper warns Pacific at greatest risk since WWII
New military dialogue unlikely to change China’s unsafe behaviour
Japan and Philippines ink key military pact in defense ties upgrade
Deterring Armageddon: a biography of NATO
China’s PLAN: Maritime dominion beyond the South China Sea
Britain urged to boost submarine numbers
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