The Strategist
The West Needs to Draw a Line on Russian and Chinese Gray-Zone Provocations
[By Jake Thrupp] The West must draw clear red lines for responding to gray-zone aggression by China and Russia. Both...
Shanghai University's Uncrewed Vessels Support China's Maritime Expansion
[By Astrid Young] ASPI’s newly expanded China Defence Universities Tracker reveals how leading Chines...
Australia is Buying Dozens of Autonomous Subs. What Will They be Used For?
[By Sam Goldsmith] Autonomous submarines that Australia has launched into production are likely to relieve opera...
The US Navy Needs Frigates to Save Taiwan - But Doesn't Have Them
[By David Axe] If China ever makes good on decades of threats and invades Taiwan, it could succeed or fail in the spa...
Undersea Sensors: A U.S. Trump Card That China Knows it Must Eliminate
[By David Axe] Unseen, largely unknown and, until recently, highly classified, the US Navy’s vast network of un...
In a Conflict With China, Access to Indonesia's Straits Isn't Guaranteed
[By Michael Roach] While the United States spends billions on military infrastructure from Guam to Darwin, one crucia...
Op-Ed: U.S. Seabed Mining Order Could Undermine Protections for Antarctica
[By Doaa Abdel-Motaal] An executive order by the United States in April authorizing expanded engagement in seabe...
Op-Ed: No Need to Panic Over AUKUS Review
[By Euan Graham] The Trump administration has ordered a review of AUKUS to be led by Undersecretary of Defense Policy...
Mines Could Protect Taiwan From China - If Installed Quickly Enough
[By David Axe] If China ever makes good on decades of implicit threats to invade Taiwan, most of its ground force wil...
Sensors and Mapping: What China's Survey Ship May be Up To Off Australia
[By Euan Graham and Ray Powell] Civilian exploration may be the official mission of a Chinese deep-sea research ship...