The Strategist
Shanghai University's Uncrewed Vessels Support China's Maritime Expansion
[By Astrid Young] ASPI’s newly expanded China Defence Universities Tracker reveals how leading Chinese research institutions, incl...
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 operational pressure on...
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 span of a few ho...
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 underwater sonars is...
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 crucial enabler of...
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 seabed mining reflects...
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 Elbridge Col...
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 will have to lan...
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 that sailed c...
Op-Ed: U.S. Sealift Forces Are Unprepared for a Fight in the Pacific
[By Andrew Rolander] The US Transportation Command’s Military Sealift Command (MSC), the subordinate organization responsible for...