In the beating heart of this nation’s capital, Canberra, many of us have been thinking and...
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Team Albanese works hard to make Australia’s Defence budget LOOK ‘bigglier’
Mr Albanese has two choices on Australian defence spending as he prepares to meet US President...
The Age of Impunity: unilateral use of force damages us all
Anyone thinking the Israeli government’s strike on senior Hamas personnel in Qatar or the American...
Xi Jinping’s parade: strongmen, hubris and overreach
Back in the days of the Roman Empire, during parades in their honour Roman commanders used to have...
Europe’s lessons in dealing with unreliability, extended deterrence for Aussie streets & lost luggage
Europe's lessons in dealing with unreliability, ex | RSS.com In Episode 49, Marcus and Michael go...
The Ambassador Series: a grumpy strategist meets a high energy Ukrainian Ambassador
The Ambassadors Series - a Grumpy Strategist meets | RSS.com Ukrainian Ambassador Vasyl...
Episode 48: Grumpy But Grand Strategy – Australia’s Two Pillars are both in trouble
Episode 48: Grumpy But Grand Strategy - Australia' | RSS.com Before Dr Hellyer jets off to Samoa,...
Japan’s frigate win: Australia gets a strategic industrial partner; Japan gets a bucket of Australian risks
Japan’s Mogami class frigate bid has beaten the German alternative to win the Australian Navy’s...
Australia can trust Beijing – to reach right into Australian society
Prime minister Albanese just got back from his fourth meeting with Chinese president Xi Jinping...
Episode 47 Ground truthing Australia’s drone journey & the UK’s military & industrial base
Episode 47 Ground truthing Australia's drone journ | RSS.com The Grumpy Strategists drill into the...
Australia and the UK put the AUKUS spin cycle on High
So, is what we’ve just heard about the strength of Australian-UK relations and commitment to AUKUS...
Australian crewing on US Navy’s own subs: Canberra’s AUKUS lever
There’s been plenty of criticism and consternation about reports Elbridge Colby, the Pentagon...
Grumpy Strategist Makers Series – with Beaten Zone’s Steve Baxter
Grumpy Strategist Makers Series - with Beaten Zone | RSS.com One Grumpy Strategist talks with...
Oh dear, what have you done to my fleet!? & Is Australia now bandwagoning AND free-riding??
Oh dear, what have you done to my fleet!? & Is Aus | RSS.com The Grumpies go over an Audit report...
We’re letting Xi Jinping weaponise economics all over again
So, prime minister Albanese is in China for his fourth meeting with Xi Jinping, accompanied by a...