Lost at Sea

Can the Obama administration succeed where its predecessors failed on the Law of the Sea treaty? Lost at Sea By James Kraska, Foreign Policy Few

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On Patrol

USS Taylor has been on patrol in the Internationally Recommended Transit Corridor (IRTC) and has provided security assistance to several merchant vessels transiting through the Gulf

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US-Philippine Alliance

With Washington turning its attention more to the Asia-Pacific region, the U.S. has agreed to increase military aid to the Philippines and help its ally on maritime security. China tensions spur deeper US-Philippine ...

Big, Fast and Better

Geoff Searle, Programme Director for the UK’s new Queen Elizabeth-class (QEC) aircraft carriers, sits down with Defence IQ to discuss the Aircraft Carrier Alliance and its progress to date. Exclusive interview ...

Maritime Security Consultations

Diplomacy dominates today's newspapers, with coverage of the first round of regular consultations on maritime security between China and Japan being most prominent. China-Japan maritime talks Papers including Beijing News suggest that ...

Tensions Increase

Amidst ongoing tension between the Philippines and China over the Scarborough Shoal territorial dispute, a U.S. nuclear-powered submarine has been spotted off the coast of Subic Bay Freeport Zone. US sends nuclear-powered submarine near ...

Rethinking the Strait of Hormuz

If hostilities break out over any disruption of traffic through this busy sea lane, the Navy had better look long and hard at Iran’s anti-access/area-denial capabilities. Rethinking the Strait of Hormuz By ...

Quiet Withdrawal

Four frigates scrapped in defence review leave British Royal Navy unable to commit full-time to David Cameron's foreign policy priority. Cuts force Royal Navy to drop Somalia piracy patrol By Nick Hopkins, ...

Combat Readiness

As tensions grow in the area, Taiwanese Coast guards stationed in the disputed South China Sea region are training to improve their combat readiness. Ministry reiterates mission to train coast guards ...

HMS Ocean

A week after having officially slipped back into recession, 21,500-tonne amphibious assault ship joins Typhoon fighter jets, surface-to-air missiles and Lynx helicopters as London prepares for sporting event. Britain's biggest warship sails into London AFP HMS ...
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