After watching Russia bombard Ukrainian civilians and cities for 4.5 years with ballistic missiles...
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The Donald, Elon & Sam: Personalised power is shaping the world’s directions in politics & big tech – institutions matter less
Watching Steve Witkoff praise one of the world’s great “humanitarians” – Vladimir Putin (the man...
Is REDSPICE now Oldspice? Australia’s cyber plans have been mugged by AI
REDSPICE, the Australian Government’s $10 billion cyber plan for the secretive Australian Signals...
Hyper-digitised and hyper-personalised: the world has hard problems for Australia’s intelligence community
SAA has released its new report on the world of intelligence, technology and human decision...
The Censorship Edition: slow change accelerates in politics, war, cricket & climate. But Australian Govt censorship just keeps rolling
The Censorship Edition: slow change accelerates in | RSS.com Marcus and Michael broadcast this...
Accountability is king, but no one is responsible. The tragedy of Australian Defence leaders forced to waste their time & our money
Accountability is king, but no one is responsible. | RSS.com In Episode 76, the Grumpy Strategists...
Paperwork v. missiles: Australia, China & neighbourhood security
Right now, unfortunately, Australia is writing security cheques for itself and the South Pacific...
Unaccountable rises: A Defence leadership Trifecta performs at Parliament, while China shifts the ground on AUKUS
Unaccountable rises: A Defence leadership Trifecta | RSS.com Marcus and Michael each pick their...
America in Asia: a very different Hegesth to 2025 & regional ordering amongst disorder
America in Asia: a very different Hegesth to 2025 | RSS.com In Grumpy Strategists episode 74,...
Asia ponders the mystery of our time
“The situation of our time Surrounds us like a baffling crime. There lies the body half-undressed,...
What a Taiwan war would mean – missiles, chips & global damage
“The Asia-Pacific can no longer be classified as fully at peace.” from IISS'...
Oz Budgets: the Unhappy meet the Disappointed. Big Defence numbers get small. And the cage fight in Beijing.
Oz Budgets: the Unhappy meet the Disappointed. Big | RSS.com Michael and Marcus argue furiously...
No Asian Century – instead, a century of multiple of Asias
The Australia in the Asian Century white paper zoomed across the Canberra policy radar with the...
Trump’s FY27 budget: $1.5 trillion for the Pentagon, $33bn for the State Department. Peace through missiles?
Since my planned birdwatching trip to western New South Wales was cancelled due the current fuel...
Tired of winning: US government shows how to lose an industry & hurt its friends
We’re told the Trump Administration is playing 16-dimensional chess in its reshaping of the world...