Naval Warfare
PREMIUM OPINION: More of the same for Malaysian maritime forces during COVID-19?
The after-effects of COVID-19 could raise questions over the long-term sustainability of Malaysian maritime forces; even before the pandemic began, the government was struggling to recapitalise ageing assets and introduce more modern capabilities.
Defence Notes
PREMIUM OPINION: Eccentricity reigns in Indonesian defence procurements
On more than one occasion, the Geobukseon has ridiculed India for its defence procurement morass, its inability to make decisions and failure to introduce equipment ...
Defence Notes
PREMIUM OPINION: China, computer chips and supply chains
On 14 September 2019, the Islamic Republic of Iran launched an audacious unconventional military attack on critical infrastructure facilities in Saudi Arabia, at Abqaiq and ...
Naval Warfare
PREMIUM OPINION: US slam dunks Chinese claims in troubled waters
Last week two USN aircraft carriers (USS Nimitz and USS Ronald Reagan) began exercises in the South China Sea. This week the US government issued ...
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Defence Notes
PREMIUM OPINION: USMC Commandant takes on China (and the Marine Corps)
16th June 2020
Some USMC commandants set their sights higher than others. One’s recent crowning achievement was to antagonise marines by forcing them to unroll their uniform sleeves ...
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Defence Notes
PREMIUM OPINION: USMC must transform to compete with China
14th May 2020
The US Marine Corps has a long and storied history in the Pacific, but the rise of China’s military is forcing the corps to either react ...
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Defence Notes
PREMIUM OPINION: Chinese policy seeks to weaponise the COVID-19 pandemic
15th April 2020
This Geobukseon writer, as a young graduate student, was fortunate to be attending a US university that was visited by the then recently retired former ...
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Defence Notes
PREMIUM OPINION: Taiwan, an island nation under siege
20th March 2020
Few countries are more bullied or ostracised than Taiwan. Whether it is militarily, diplomatically or internationally, China has successfully forced Taiwan into the far-flung outer ...
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Naval Warfare
PREMIUM OPINION: Is the Philippine Navy’s modernisation rudderless?
27th February 2020
Amidst the controversy surrounding Manila’s termination of the Visiting Forces Agreement with the US, the Philippine Navy (PN) finds itself in a peculiar position as ...
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Defence Notes
Opinion: Can India escape the morass of bungled procurements?
23rd January 2020
With India hosting its biennial DefExpo exhibition early next month, in yet another new and inconvenient location, it is a timely reminder to consider the ...
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Digital Battlespace
Opinion: BeiDou – Friend or foe in space, sea, air and land?
18th December 2019
At 01:43 on 5 November, China launched a Long March-3B carrier rocket with the 49th satellite aboard of the BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS) from ...
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Defence Notes
Opinion: The PLA is full of contradictions
15th November 2019
If anyone was watching television or YouTube footage of the 70th anniversary parade by the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) in Beijing on 1 October, it ...
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Defence Notes
Opinion: USMC commandant’s guidance turns from sandbox to Asia
16th October 2019
It took a while, but the USMC officially woke up to China a few months ago. The new Marine Corps Commandant Gen David Berger’s formal ...
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Land Warfare
Opinion: Japan’s enduring jointness jumble
24th September 2019
On paper the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF) is a formidable force. For example, the national army is replete with the latest-generation main battle tank, ...
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Defence Notes
Comment: Mysterious ship offloads military cargo in Hong Kong
3rd September 2019
In the hours of darkness of 28 August, a large Chinese cargo ship disgorged unknown amounts of troops and military equipment at Stonecutters Island Naval ...
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Defence Notes
Opinion: Who becomes the world’s supplier of affordable fighters now?
23rd August 2019
Over the past few decades, Asian nations that were either friendly to or aligned with the US were some of the biggest customers for lightweight ...
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Defence Notes
Opinion: How China’s fingerprints are all over Talisman Sabre
25th July 2019
This month more than 34,000 troops completed Exercise Talisman Sabre. Apart from its sheer scale, what is remarkable about the biennial exercise is the degree ...
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Naval Warfare
Opinion: Taiwan has a naval dilemma
19th June 2019
New users can access this article and all our other Premium News by signing up for a free 24 hour trial HereExercise Han Kuang recently concluded ...
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Naval Warfare
Opinion: China preposterously lays claim to Taiwan Strait
15th May 2019
Last month China grossly overstepped the mark by acerbically criticising a foreign warship passing through the Taiwan Strait, an international right of way that separates ...
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Defence Notes
Opinion: China, Latin America and the Monroe Doctrine
17th April 2019
The Congressional Research Service released a report titled ‘China’s Engagement with Latin America and the Caribbean’ on 11 April, and it raised serious concerns over ...
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Defence Notes
Opinion: Australia remains ‘regionally superior’
13th March 2019
Despite a revolving door at the prime ministerial and political levels – punctuated by the latest news that Defence Minister Christopher Pyne is retiring this ...
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Defence Notes
Opinion: US-China military engagement proves a dead end
20th February 2019
In 2008 the USMC Commandant Gen James Conway visited the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Navy Marine Corps. He gave a pep talk along the lines ...
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Defence Notes
Opinion: US begins standing up to China… finally
23rd January 2019
Say or think what you will about President Donald Trump – his divisive style means you either love or hate him – but the US ...
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Defence Notes
Opinion: China’s dangerous formula of defence spending and paranoia
12th December 2018
Almost a decade ago, The Geobukseon was in Beijing having dinner with representatives of the China National Aero-Technology Import & Export Corporation (CATIC). For the ...
