A record drug bust by Chilean armed forces showed that growing public concern about increased drug trafficking in the country is more than justified. In late November, the Navy intercepted a Peruvian boat sailing in Chilean waters off the northern Tarapacá Region, carrying 532 kilograms of cocaine. More than half a ton of cocaine was confiscated during the operation, a […]
For several years, since the British people’s decision to leave the European Union in 2016, the United Kingdom has appeared lost. True, the British Armed Forces have been deployed around the world over that time, from the frigid forests of Estonia to the warm waters of the South China Sea. But, during the political hullabaloo […]
The question is the future of a relationship that is basically kept alive and nurtured by the navies of two like-minded liberal democracies, but have no common problems to solve, or interests other than their desire for a rules-based world order and a common standing on issues such as global warming and the impacts of […]
In different international environments, it is increasingly common to hear or use the term “Indo-Pacific” instead of “Asia-Pacific”, a designation of economic origin that was coined in the 1990s. As a concept, it has already been adopted in official documents and administrative entities in countries such as the United States and Australia, which leads us […]
Peter Roberts, director of the Military Sciences program at RUSI, interviewed John Griffiths Spielman, head of AthenaLab’s Security and Defense studies, on August 10 of this year, as part of a program on the “Western Form of War”. ”, in which academics, politicians and members of the British and European Armed Forces have participated, such […]
Space Development in the South America Region South America as a geographical region and the individual nations, have traditionally been exploited by global powers because of their global position and abundant natural resources. However, South America is also challenged because it has not been able to develop a regional governance structure due to difficulties with […]
Recently the Chilean Navy took control of the former HMAS “Melbourne” and HMAS “Newcastle” and renamed them “Capitán Prat” and “Almirante Latorre”, replacing the type L class frigates that had the same names and that Chile had bought from the Royal Netherlands Navy in 2005 and that were decommissioned in Talcahuano at the end of […]
Beyond the obvious importance of the acquisition of two Australian frigates by the Chilean Navy, a more strategic aspect of this purchase is that it may be the first step in building a solid security relationship between two countries with common interests that have no restrictions to join one another in facing the challenges that […]
If tensions continue to rise between the United States and China, smaller Pacific navies may need to organize outside RimPac to ensure regional security.
Richard Kouyoumdjian seeks to answer the question about if China is or not a Sea Power. After analysing what authors like Alfred Thayer Mahan have to say about this concept, he uses the more contemporary points of view of Geoffrey Till to define what kind of Sea Power a nation, particularly in this case China, […]
