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Landing craft create paths for shipbuilding
Finally there is some good news in the defence shipbuilding space. On Thursday 24 November, the...
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...
Missing his moment: PM afraid to say difficult things but comfortable leaving our military in harm’s way
At APEC in San Fransisco, Mr Albanese told us this about his meeting there with Xi Jinping “I also...
Australia has lost its strategic authority at APEC
In a brief media doorstop after arriving in San Francisco, Anthony Albanese used the word...
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...
Hoping no one joins the dots: what Mr Albanese’s three visit journey shows the world
You have to wonder what Joe Biden, Xi Jinping and Cook Islands’ Mark Brown make of prime minister...
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...
Pandas, lobsters and turkey talk push security to the side
It suits Anthony Albanese and Xi Jinping to keep the Prime Minister’s China visit focused on...
What price has Australia paid to get Mr Albanese’s meeting with Xi Jinping?
The meeting between Anthony Albanese and Xi Jinping in Beijing this week is the culmination of the...
Grumpy Strategists: The Estimates Edition
The Estimates Edition: a recruitment crisis, fragile fleets & lessons from America | RSS.com In...
We need a Defence organisation that can operate at the speed of its external environment
The Defence organisation is top heavy, over managed and under led. It has become so...
Defence budget gloom sinks in
“Gentlemen, we have run out of money, now we have to think”, is a quote attributed both to the...
Darwin Port: leaving a key strategic asset in Chinese hands is unfinished business
Yet another review has defended the absurd 2015 Northern Territory decision to lease the Port of...
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...
Breaking cyber’s endless loop
New ideas, structural reform are needed - not just more money. The 2023-2030 Australian Government...
Battlefield helicopters: the ghost of failed capability transitions yet to come?
The ghost of Christmas yet to come scared the bejesus out of old Ebenezer Scrooge in Charles...
Hamas’ attack: failures of deterrence and imagination are lessons beyond Israel
Hamas’ murderous attack into Israel used a combination of high tech and low tech tools and...