“The Asia-Pacific can no longer be classified as fully at peace.” from IISS'...
Retreat from Singapore: Richard Marles succeeds in getting all used subs from America. The new ones are rubbish.
by Marcus Hellyer and Michael Shoebridge
Retreat from Singapore: Richard Marles succeeds in | RSS.com In history, a retreat from Singapore...
At sea amid ships, cables & drones – policy announceables from Shangri-La
Maritime matters sailed through the heart of the Shangri-La dialogue, run by the International...
Submarine plan U-turns: why public trust on AUKUS is falling
Black is white and up is down. There’s a reason Australians are losing trust in their government...
Hegseth’s Shangri-La: US allies – friends but freeloaders
Australia has just been touched by an old alliance habit—the kick from Washington for being a...
Defence Senate Estimates 2026: 13 questions for reluctant officials
by Marcus Hellyer and Michael Shoebridge
Strategic Analysis Australia is publishing a baker’s dozen sets of questions on the Defence...
A decade of Collins subs mismanagement results in promotions all round, but alarm bells for AUKUS
Speaking last week, Defence Minister Richard Marles called the Collins class submarines...
Australia’s Collins subs life extension scandal: 10 years of failure covered up until the Auditors came – & the UK’s 1st Sea Lord takes truth serum
by Marcus Hellyer and Michael Shoebridge
Australia's Collins subs life extension scandal: 1 | RSS.com Marcus and Michael go through the...
Defence Budget 2026-27: By the Numbers
This post has an embedded version of Marcus Hellyer's Defence budget Powerpoint slides. The slides...
Oz Budgets: the Unhappy meet the Disappointed. Big Defence numbers get small. And the cage fight in Beijing.
by Marcus Hellyer and Michael Shoebridge
Oz Budgets: the Unhappy meet the Disappointed. Big | RSS.com Michael and Marcus argue furiously...
Australia’s Defence budget 2026-27: The $14 billion disappearing act
The 2026-27 Defence Portfolio Budget Statements (PBS) are a very strange document. In fact, we’ve...
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...
Australia’s 2026 National Defence Strategy – by the numbers you will know it
The Albanese Government has released its second National Defence Strategy (NDS) along with a...
Zen and the Art of Defence investment: big numbers for everyone – Episode 70
by Marcus Hellyer and Michael Shoebridge
Zen and the Art of Defence investment: big numbers | RSS.com A Zen temple helps Marcus seek...
Bondi Royal Commission: Bell’s first test
Royal Commissioner Virginia Bell faces her first test on Thursday with the reception of her...












