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US SSN(X) decision reveals a more optimal SSN pathway for Australia
There’s been a lot of focus on nuclear-powered attack submarines (SSNs) in Australia in the last...
Getting a clear view of the cloudy budget for Australia’s nuclear submarine program
This brief has been updated since Senate estimates hearings on the Defence portfolio on 14...
Megaprojects: Taking Flyvberg’s ‘outside view’ on Australia’s nuclear submarine program
Will Australia’s AUKUS nuclear-powered submarine (SSN) program deliver as promised? The...
Will Trump sink AUKUS if he wins?
A second Trump presidency is not a certainty, but a forward-thinking Australian government would...
2024: elections in a fragmenting world; Future Fund forgets Australian industry – & export controls, again
Episode 9 - 2024: global elections bring a fragmenting world, investing everywhere but into...
Awkward truths about US and UK AUKUS challenges
Three reports over the past two months are required reading for anyone involved in or scrutinising...
A glimpse of things to come – AUKUS hastens slowly
Last weekend the three AUKUS defence ministers met in California to reflect on what their joint...
AUKUS own goals – Australia’s disastrous new draft export controls
AUKUS own goals - Australia's new draft export controls | RSS.com "It looks like Australia just...
AUKUS Plan B: delivering greater military power faster – the B-21 Raider
After the release of the damning – self-written – summary of the Defence leadership’s failed...
The Travel and Accountability edition: Tuvalu, leadership failure and the Hunter frigates – and the B-21
The Travel and Accountability Edition: Tuvalu, leadership failure & the Hunter frigates, and the...
Aust-US alliance is thriving in new areas, less healthy at its military core
Anthony Albanese’s visit to America has done three things. It has broadened the ambition for the...
Despite AUKUS, the Navy’s strategic risk is growing
Eighteen months ago, I wrote in The Australian that “there are very dark clouds on the capability...
Grumpy Strategists: The Estimates Edition
The Estimates Edition: a recruitment crisis, fragile fleets & lessons from America | RSS.com In...
In Washington, Mr Albanese must be a contributor to collective defence, not a needy bystander
Mr Albanese is visiting Washington at a time when US defence and foreign policy is focused on...