The Albanese government recently pledged an extra $6.3 million to prevent the loss of banking...
South Pacific
AI revolutionises maritime intelligence
Piracy, drug trafficking, people smuggling and illegal fishing are among the many maritime...
‘Girt by Sea: Re-imagining Australia’s Security Policy’ & ‘Understanding Maritime Security’
Largely because of our lack of a maritime culture, insular attitudes and failure to see Australia...
Albanese’s three fudges on China yield nothing — and weaken us
The price Australia pays for Anthony Albanese’s stabilised engagement with communist China is that...
Defence Force recruiting crisis: It’s time to recruit applicants who aren’t citizens
An important policy change set out in the 2024 National Defence Strategy (NDS) has been largely...
Leveraging PNG’s strengths and location to become a small maritime power
As Papua New Guinea is our closest neighbour, we’ve got direct security interests in the country’s...
Island recruits a win-win solution to ADF shortfall
Generation Z, hooked to smartphones, isn’t signing up to serve in the Australian Defence...
Who will PNG call for assistance when Port Moresby is burning?
Large-scale rioting, looting and burning took place in Port Moresby last week, sparked by a...
The Travel and Accountability edition: Tuvalu, leadership failure and the Hunter frigates – and the B-21
The Travel and Accountability Edition: Tuvalu, leadership failure & the Hunter frigates, and the...
Solomons plus Beijing-Timor ties signals critical moment in our region’s security
There was a touch of Fidel Castro in Manasseh Sogavare’s speech at the UN last week. In a...
Seabed mining rules lapse is window for Pacific regulations
In late July, after weeks of fierce debate at the International Seabed Authority (ISA) meeting in...
Australia and Israel have a common blue economy future
Around the world, sustainable ocean economic activity, or the blue economy, is swelling. This...
Saltwater Strategists podcast “The China Challenge” and Australian security
A podcast covering strategy, capability, the region, China and the US recorded with Saltwater...
America walks the walk in battle for Pacific minds
NATO leaders gather in the Lithuanian capital, Vilnius, this week and Ukraine will dominate the...
Our chance to take charge of seabed mining legislation
The extraction of deep seabed mining resources on an industrial scale at incredible depths is a...