Recruitment in the region sits comfortably with the goal of security integration with Canberra, at...
Albanese-Trump meeting: PM advised to lead with fact we are a strong and capable military ally
If Anthony Albanese wants to avoid being berated by Donald Trump or JD Vance about how little...
Episode 50: With friends like this…& Why spend real money on defence when you can just seem to?
by Marcus Hellyer and Michael Shoebridge
Episode 50: With friends like this...& Why spend r | RSS.com Marcus is back from Australia's...
Beijing is running rings around us in Pacific
The Albanese government’s failure to conclude security treaties with Papua New Guinea and Vanuatu...
Pacific leaders’ Ocean of Peace is disturbed by pushy Beijing rule maker
by Richard Herr and Anthony Bergin
As Prime Minister Albanese heads to Honiara for the Pacific Islands Forum Leaders meeting this...
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...
Micronesia’s strategic significance is rising
China is trying to change the Pacific Islands architecture by demanding the island...
Episode 48: Grumpy But Grand Strategy – Australia’s Two Pillars are both in trouble
by Marcus Hellyer and Michael Shoebridge
Episode 48: Grumpy But Grand Strategy - Australia' | RSS.com Before Dr Hellyer jets off to Samoa,...
Australia should push for alliance treaty with Japan
Two decades of bipartisan effort to deepen defence ties with Japan made it possible to...
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...
Oh dear, what have you done to my fleet!? & Is Australia now bandwagoning AND free-riding??
by Marcus Hellyer and Michael Shoebridge
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...
What could Anthony Albanese be saying about Taiwan & regional security on his China trip?
Senior figures in the Trump Administration are asking if Australia is committed to deterring...
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...
There’s nothing behind the prime minister’s Curtin
Anthony Albanese has used a speech about our wartime prime minister John Curtin to assert...