If Anthony Albanese wants to avoid being berated by Donald Trump or JD Vance about how little...
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Beijing is running rings around us in Pacific
The Albanese government’s failure to conclude security treaties with Papua New Guinea and Vanuatu...
Questions for the federal government about ISIS brides’ return
Anthony Albanese is hiding his government’s involvement to return the third group of so-called...
Close Encounters of the Superficial Kind: Mr Marles goes to Washington
What’s the rush, Richard Marles, sorry, Deputy Prime Minister? You and your government have been...
Not too late for Anthony Albanese and Benjamin Netanyahu to repair valuable bilateral relationship
Anthony Albanese says Australians want to see two things happen on the conflict in Gaza: “One,...
Australia should push for alliance treaty with Japan
Two decades of bipartisan effort to deepen defence ties with Japan made it possible to...
PM doesn’t get it, but Curtin knew we needed the US
Anthony Albanese’s wildly inaccurate take on John Curtin’s war would fail as an undergraduate...
How to lose an alliance: PM’s shrinking ambition
"It’s past the point that the failure of Donald Trump and the Prime Minister to meet face-to-face...
Australia falls behind as Trump Doctrine reshapes the strategic landscape
The coming week may be the most important yet in Donald Trump’s presidency. It will be the...
Five steps to fix AUKUS – and a viable defence plan B
The Albanese government’s handling of AUKUS has been lazy, half-hearted and inattentive. The good...
Why Netanyahu is going for broke: six things to watch out for
Israel’s military strikes against Iran are broader than nuclear facilities, air defence and...
Albanese about to get brutal lesson in great power politics
Pete Hegseth, the tough-talking US Secretary of Defence, has “conveyed” to Richard Marles “that...
The two factors playing on Albanese’s mind over Trump meeting
Anthony Albanese’s first face-to-face meeting with US President Donald Trump will happen in...
Peter Dutton fires a late salvo and declares war on defence drift
At last we have a measurable and important policy difference between Labor and the Coalition with...
Grumpy Strategists’ first video podcast: Defence Dollars & Decisions edition
Watch the video podcast here on YouTube The Grumpies Marcus and Michael are joined by SAA...