For decades, Australians’ faith in globalisation and economic liberalism ensured that discussions about resilience focussed on recovery from short-term disasters. But the impacts of Covid-19 and the exponential decline in global security in recent years …
Sea state US lawmakers are urging officials to begin training Australian personnel to support the Royal Australian Navy’s acquisition of nuclear submarines under AUKUS. This push for increased training follows Defence Minister Richard Marles’s announcement …
Sea state Australian submariners are to be trained aboard British nuclear-powered submarines under a deal announced by UK Defence Minister Ben Wallace. Meanwhile, the US Senate Committee on Foreign Relations is considering legislation that would …
Sea state Following its explosive demonstrations of military might in the Taiwan Strait earlier this month, the Chinese navy this week triggered anxieties about its expansion once again. Photographs posted to Chinese social media platform …
In their first-ever joint speech in London last month, the heads of MI5 and the FBI warned business leaders that one of the biggest threats facing advanced economies is a ‘coordinated campaign on a grand scale’ …
Sea state China’s People’s Liberation Army announced fresh military drills near Taiwan on Monday, a day after concluding its largest-ever exercises in six designated areas encircling the island. The PLA’s Eastern Theatre Command said the …
Sea state Australia is taking part in the world’s largest international maritime warfare exercise, US-led RIMPAC. This year, 26 nations are participating. The Royal Australia Navy’s commitment to RIMPAC 2022 includes 1,600 personnel, three ships …
Sea state China has launched its third aircraft carrier, Fujian, at the Jiangnan shipyard of China Shipbuilding Industry Corporation in Shanghai. This is China’s first flat-deck carrier and uses electromagnetic catapults to launch its aircraft. …
Planet A A report by UK climate think tank Ember says Australia’s methane emissions have been hugely underestimated and unless immediate measures are taken they could stop the country reaching its emissions-reduction targets. The analysis …
Sea state Australia has delivered a Guardian-class patrol boat to Cook Islands to replace its Pacific-class patrol boat. The handover is the 15th Guardian vessel supplied through the Pacific patrol boat replacement program and follows …
The death, destruction and disruption caused by Russia’s war in Ukraine suggest that short-term savings achieved by running down defence capabilities in peacetime can incur huge costs in the longer run. The cost of investing …
Planet A In an unprecedented development in climate litigation, German judges and court-appointed experts travelled to Huaraz in Peru last week to assess whether a German energy provider can be liable for damage to the …
