Questions for the 2024-25 Defence portfolio supplementary budget estimates hearings Senate...
Episode 28: Sub schedules on fire, Deterrence by Documentation & a guided weapons go slow
by Marcus Hellyer and Michael Shoebridge
Episode 28: Sub schedules on fire, deterrence by d | RSS.com With a fire in the UK's sub...
Defence’s recycled autonomy announcements – fool me once, shame on you…
Last week Richard Marles and Pat Conroy trumpeted Exercise Autonomous Warrior 2024 as “AUKUS...
Episode 27 – Gullible Goldfish, Ghost Fleets & a nasty bout of ‘enshittification’
by Marcus Hellyer and Michael Shoebridge
Episode 27 - Gullible Goldfish, Ghost Fleets & a n | RSS.com The Grumpy Strategists analyse two...
What does a Canada-India spat mean for Australia?
by Anthony Bergin and Michael Shoebridge
India and Canada are engaged in a growing political battle over foreign interference. It’s not...
What Arab states know – and we don’t
There’s an open secret across Middle Eastern governments that is a background driver of their...
A Defence Force that meets Australia’s strategic requirements: Paper 2 in A Blueprint for the Next Government
by Marcus Hellyer, Peter Jennings and Michael Shoebridge
The Australian Defence Force (ADF) and its strategic outlook are in crisis and urgent action is...
Woolly-minded PM without the right words, let alone actions, on war
Anthony Albanese gave what was probably an unwitting insight into his thinking on the war in the...
Episode 26: Acceleration – that word doesn’t mean what you think it means
by Marcus Hellyer and Michael Shoebridge
Episode 26: Acceleration - that word doesn't mean | RSS.com The Grumpy Strategists discuss what...
Accidental honesty: The Quad IS all about deterring an aggressive China
It’s great that US President Biden started the Quad Leaders meetings and that there have been four...
The Defence of Australia: A Blueprint for The Next Government – Paper 1: National Security and Australia’s Northern Defence
by Peter Jennings, Michael Shoebridge and Marcus Hellyer
The Strategic Analysis Australia team is delighted to be working on a joint project with the...
With exploding pagers, deterrence gets personal
3000 pagers exploded simultaneously across Lebanon, injuring hundreds of Hezbollah leaders and...
‘JAUKUS’ by frigate: an $11 billion accelerator
Australia’s impending $11 billion general purpose frigate decision is about more than which...
Episode 25 -the Army gets wet. An empty AUKUS sub plan damages trust
by Marcus Hellyer and Michael Shoebridge
Episode 25 -the Army gets wet, while an empty AUKU | RSS.com On the Grumpy Strategists' 1st...
What if the Melbourne protesters got what they want?
There’s a whole set of political and ethical issues wrapped up in whether protesters like the ones...