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Analysis: Russian statements reflect a significant – but temporary – win for Ukraine

Australia would commit to investing in and expanding naval facilities in Darwin and on the west coast.

The U.S. Department of Defence is focusing on building bases in Guam and Australia in an effort to prepare for war against China, writes Dr Binoy Kampmark

The U.S. Department of Defence is focusing on building bases in Guam and Australia in an effort to prepare for war against China, writes Dr Binoy Kampmark

Get the Marines ready. Store the supplies. Marshal the allies. The United States is getting ready for war (the preferable term in Washington is policing) in the Indo-Pacific region, and is hoping to do so with a range of expanded bases across client states, or what it prefers to call friends. On November 29, the […]

Half a decade of intensifying asymmetrical action—targeted disinformation, malign foreign influence, cyberattacks, espionage, corruption and trade embargoes—have transformed Australia’s geopolitical atmosphere. So far, Australia has been trying out a bunch of different responses. Foreign interference legislation, the Pacific step-up, a reinvigorated Quad, experiments in technological decoupling, scrutiny of university research collaboration with countries of concern and, most recently, Pr...

USNI News Top Stories 2020: International Naval Operations December 30, 2020 12:03 PM Motor Tanker (M/T) Wila, a merchant vessel in international waters en-route to the UAE port of Khor Fakkan, in the Gulf of Oman, was boarded by armed Iranian personnel who fast roped aboard the ship from an Iranian Sea King helicopter as it hovered above on Aug. 12, 2020. US Navy Photo This post is part of a series of stories looking back at the . Like the U.S., international navies grappled with not only the...