The Navy is systematically failing to manage and maintain the two largest ships in its fleet – the...
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Is Australia willing to pay the costs of unthethering from America?
As we watch Donald Trump’s unpredictable America bomb Iran, and see Xi Jinping building his...
The Autonomous Revolution: How Australia can transform defence through maritime robotics
On May 28, 2025, Michael Shoebridge, Director of Strategic Analysis Australia, and I travelled to...
Iran strikes show the growing gap between Canberra and Washington
The Albanese government is finding it hard to come to terms with the way the world works now and...
The AUKUS emergency episode: What-the-Hell-Just Happpppppened? The Trump Review that’s what.
The AUKUS emergency episode: What-the-Hell-Just Ha | RSS.com With the UK Eurovision entry...
AUKUS reviews can’t hide the challenges facing submarine pipelines and politics
It’s been an eventful couple of weeks in AUKUS submarine land. The event that made the biggest...
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...
Common defence Myth Takes, North Korean real estate, & UK defence review echoes Oz
Common defence Myth Takes, North Korean real estat | RSS.com Back from teaming with Dennis Rodman...
Putting Australia first in the AUKUS review
So, the US is reviewing the AUKUS sub deal to align it with Donald Trump’s America First approach...
Australia and ‘stable nuclear deterrence’ – catching up with a changed world
Heralds of a new nuclear age are everywhere. Commentators point to the decline of relationships...
Albanese, Trump and defence: if self-interest isn’t enough, get ready for unthinkables
As Anthony Albanese’s election euphoria fades, the hard work of his second term has begun. ...
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...
Budgeting for an Enhanced Ready Force
If the strategic environment is driving an enhanced need to bulk up the capabilities of the ready...
Episode 42 – the Meaning of Life, drones, world’s ‘biggliest’ airstrike & self destructing Democrats
Episode 42 - the Meaning of Life, with drones, the | RSS.com Marcus and Michael set out fast...
Attention Deficit disorder debuts as global foreign policy, while muddy siloes contrast with Golden Domes.
Attention Deficit disorder debuts as global foreig | RSS.com The Grumpy Strategists road test...