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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'...
Retreat from Singapore: Richard Marles succeeds in getting all used subs from America. The new ones are rubbish.
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
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
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.
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...