DN - Defence Notes
Opinion: South Korea – the next big defence exporter?
In terms of Asian defence companies, China is clearly the big-hitter. The International Institute of Strategic Studies (IISS) recently published research listing three Chinese companies ...
NWI - Naval Warfare
Opinion: Southeast Asia’s mixed record on airborne maritime patrol
The P-8A maritime patrol and reconnaissance aircraft (MPRA) has become a ‘poster boy’ in the Indo-Pacific region. Gradually supplanting the P-3C Orion as a workhorse ...
DN - Defence Notes
Opinion: India produces hugely expensive light fighter in just 35 years
Lockheed Martin’s F-35 fighter has for years made headlines for its high cost, but there is in fact another fighter programme challenging it in terms ...
DN - Defence Notes
Opinion: Trump’s four horsemen threaten China’s military
The Trump White House is an existential threat to Beijing’s ‘mandate of heaven’, leaving China with a hate list of Trump appointees that are now ...
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DN - Defence Notes
Opinion: Why is China tucking into Africa?
11th July 2018
There is a lot of hysteria concerning Chinese inroads into the African continent. For example, Hilary Clinton warned back in 2011: ‘We don’t want to ...
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DN - Defence Notes
Opinion: Korean Peninsula 2021 – positive but with storm clouds
27th June 2018
July 2021 – It is now three years since the Singapore Summit between US President Donald Trump and the North Korean Supreme Leader Kim Jong-un. ...
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DB - Digital Battlespace
Opinion: Chinese espionage and ‘loose chips sink ships’
13th June 2018
China has done it again. As Beijing prosecutes a relentless campaign of cyberespionage against the US, this past week news broke of a major security ...
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DN - Defence Notes
Opinion: Kim-Trump meeting expected to go forward…maybe
30th May 2018
US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un appear perfect for each other. Either man could have written the book The Art of ...
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MLF - Military Logistics
Opinion: Futenma relocation on Okinawa deserves medal for mediocrity
16th May 2018
Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Futenma on Okinawa has distracted from more important needs in the Japan-US defence relationship for more than two decades. The ...
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DN - Defence Notes
Opinion: India has a yawning generation gap
10th May 2018
India’s MoD and domestic media lauded last month’s DefExpo 2018 exhibition in Chennai, praising the event’s organisation, the country’s technological prowess and hyping up the ...
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NWI - Naval Warfare
Opinion: The PLAN’s carrier conundrum
25th April 2018
Not long after the People’s Liberation Navy (PLAN) launched CV-16, the Liaoning aircraft carrier, The Geobukseon was sitting in a meeting with one of the ...
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DN - Defence Notes
Opinion: Is deferential Duterte dancing with the devil?
11th April 2018
In terms of foreign policy, President Rodrigo Duterte has taken the Philippines along an unexpected and – in the eyes of many –foolish path since ...
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NWI - Naval Warfare
Opinion: Indo-Pacific navies flex muscles in the shadows of coast guards
4th April 2018
With maritime law enforcement agencies sailing to the frontline of maritime flashpoints in the Indo-Pacific, accompanied by an increasing frequency of involvement by maritime militia ...
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DN - Defence Notes
Opinion: Open letter to John Bolton about North Korea
28th March 2018
Congratulations on your appointment by US President Donald Trump as the next National Security Advisor. I know that, when you settle into your seat in ...
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DN - Defence Notes
Opinion: How to destroy the PLA without firing a shot
21st March 2018
China’s military ascendance must be confronted. The current trend lines point to great power war and catastrophe. To avoid that, here’s what US-China strategic competition ...
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DN - Defence Notes
Opinion: India is hampered by tattered procurement processes
14th March 2018
If there was any doubt that India is a walking disaster when it comes to defence acquisitions, the recent debacle over a cancelled fighter programme ...
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DN - Defence Notes
Opinion: How did DPRK missile programmes get to this point?
7th March 2018
When the Soviet Union shocked the world by launching Sputnik in 1957, the reaction of national security and US officials came down to ‘how did ...
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DN - Defence Notes
Opinion: US and China must work out AI arms controls
28th February 2018
Americans have a saying about God and guns, and it goes something like this: ‘God made man, but Winchester made them equal’. In the future, ...
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DN - Defence Notes
Opinion: Vietnam has options in its China relations
21st February 2018
China and Vietnam have long had tenuous relations, including a border war in 1979 and a naval battle in 1988, but Beijing has become more ...
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DN - Defence Notes
Opinion: China goes to the Poles
14th February 2018
China’s extravagant territorial claims in the South China Sea, its testing of Japanese resolve around the Senkaku/Diaoyu Islands and its gradual operational expansion into the ...
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DN - Defence Notes
Opinion: China’s Silk Road project – a PLA weapon?
7th February 2018
On 7 September 2013, President Xi Jinping called for the construction of a Silk Road Economic Belt during a speech at Nazarbayev University in Astana, ...
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DN - Defence Notes
Opinion: Should we be alarmed when China beats its war drums?
31st January 2018
Why are constant references to ‘preparations for war’ emanating from China? And should neighbours and the wider world be alarmed?
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DN - Defence Notes
Opinion: Indo-Pacific submarine proliferation affects safety
24th January 2018
The Indo-Pacific will be a focal point of submarine proliferation in coming years, with an estimated 250 boats expected to be operating in the region ...
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DN - Defence Notes
Opinion: Japanese pacifism – a dangerous charade but it felt good
17th January 2018
Shinzo Abe is Japan’s strongest prime minister in decades, and he is intent on revising the ‘American-imposed’ Constitution. Abe’s main target is Article 9 that ...
