The Strategist
With Purge, Xi's Military Control Rises - And So Do Regional Risks
By decisively consolidating his personal power, President Xi Jinping’s latest purge of senior military leadership increases strate...
Indonesia's Sea Lanes Give it Strategic Leverage Over China
[By Alfin Febrian Basundoro and Trystanto Sanjaya] The power dynamic between Indonesia and China is more complex than the one-way...
Op-Ed: Maritime Surveillance Would be Key to an Indo-Pacific Conflict
[By David Axe] The notable thing was the timing. In back-to-back strikes on Russian air power from 18 to 20 December, the Ukrainia...
Shadow Fleet: A Way to Get Supplies Past an Indo-Pacific Enemy
[By Andrew Rolander] The solution to maritime logistics challenges may not be a purely military one but, rather, one pulled from t...
One Tanker's Dash to Darwin Shows Australia's Thin Margins for Energy
[By John Coyne] A tanker sprinting against the clock to beat a cyclone shouldn’t be a national-security storyline—but last week it...
At Manila Dialogue, Contemplating UNCLOS Rights and China's Might
[By Euan Graham] Last week’s Manila Dialogue demonstrated that the Philippines is far from cowed or isolated in the face of China’...
Why Indonesia is Unlikely to Publicize China's Aggression at Sea
[By Aristyo Rizka Darmawan] The Philippines’ transparency initiative is crucial for addressing and countering disinformation and m...
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 adversaries h...
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...