The Strategist
"Spy Ship" Port Call Symbolizes Sino-Indian Maritime Competition
In September 2014, Sri Lanka stirred the embers of conflict in the Indian Ocean region by allowing Chinese naval vessels to d...
Australia Advances Joint U.S.-UK Nuclear Attack Sub Project
[By Brendan Nicholson] The prospect of the Royal Australian Navy’s promised nuclear-powered submarines (SSNs) being built...
Chinese Partners Attempt to Set Up "Micro-State" on Mid-Pacific Atoll
[By Shailendra Bahadur Singh] Last week’s news of a Chinese couple’s audacious plot to set up a mini...
Why a Blockade of Taiwan Would be Disastrous for China
[By David Uren] China’s live-fire drills surrounding Taiwan over the weekend simulated an economic blockade, with Chinese...
What Would an Australian Sovereign Nuclear-Sub Program Look Like?
[By John Harvey] After the cancellation of the Attack-class submarine program in favour of nuclear-powered boats (SSNs), Austra...
Op-Ed: Is Hydropower a Faustian Bargain?
The era of cheap oil and gas is over. Russia’s war in Ukraine—or, more specifically, Europe’s ambitious effort t...
AUKUS: How "Sovereign" Does Naval Shipbuilding Have to Be?
[By Marcus Hellyer and Andrew Nicholls] In our previous post, we considered the likelihood of the US provid...
Relentless Export Machine: China Doubles its Trade Surplus
[By David Uren] China’s trade surplus hit an extraordinary $292 billion in the first five months of the year—more t...
China's Real Ambitions in the South Pacific
[By John Garrick and Yan C. Bennett] President Xi Jinping’s ‘China dream’ now extends across the Pacific...
Opinion: Patrol Plane Run-In Symbolizes China's "Security Assistance"
The May 26 incident where a Chinese fighter aircraft fired flares and chaff at an Australian maritime patrol aircraft in inte...