A podcast covering strategy, capability, the region, China and the US recorded with Saltwater...
Michael Shoebridge
Australia and Germany help ourselves to jobs and vehicles while Ukraine fights a war
Ukraine’s military is running out of ammunition and other military supplies. The problem is...
Ukraine and China: déjà vu all over again for Mr Albanese at NATO
Anthony Albanese faces a testing trip to the NATO meeting in Lithuania’s capital, Vilnius,...
Defence can’t fix itself and that matters for our security
How trusting of Deputy Prime Minister Marles to receive a scathing report about how broken the...
UK’s Barrow-in-Furness gives a glimpse of Australia’s AUKUS subs program
It’s a real positive that prime mInister Albanese took the time to visit Barrow-in-Furness, the UK...
Beijing’s empty words mean deterrence, not dialogue, will prevent war
Australian prime minister Albanese isn’t the only one talking about the need for ‘guardrails’ in...
4 selfish reasons to help Ukraine
There are five reasons Australia should be doing more now to support the Ukrainian military fight...
Forget transparent seas. What’s the plan to deal with crowded oceans?
Eight Australian nuclear submarines operating sometime in the 2050s is a long way off. Even...
G7 de-risks on China and supports Ukraine. Australia re-risks and shuffles feet.
Australia’s attendance at the G7 and Quad leaders meetings in Japan helps Anthony Albanese back...
A slow Capability Accelerator is unacceptable
One proven way for organisations to deal with uncomfortable recommendations from external reviews...
War and Remembrance by Herman Wouk
Herman Wouk’s War and Remembrance, published in 1978, is a beautifully written work that tells the...
What we’ve learned from the Defence Strategic Review
While there’s only a single paragraph devoted to it down on page 23, it’s clear that the Defence...
The Three Body Problem by Cixin Liu
Liu Cixin’s ‘The Three Body Problem’ is a wonderful mix of science fiction, political history...
Critics and cheerleading aside, Albanese’s defence strategy has Australia in good company
The first big national security decision prime minister Albanese has taken is on how Australia...
Strategic Review must be more than catalogue shopping and internal cuts
There’s a hole in the middle of the discussion about defence, AUKUS and nuclear submarines. And...