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Japan’s frigate win: Australia gets a strategic industrial partner; Japan gets a bucket of Australian risks
Japan’s Mogami class frigate bid has beaten the German alternative to win the Australian Navy’s...
Australia can trust Beijing – to reach right into Australian society
Prime minister Albanese just got back from his fourth meeting with Chinese president Xi Jinping...
Episode 47 Ground truthing Australia’s drone journey & the UK’s military & industrial base
Episode 47 Ground truthing Australia's drone journ | RSS.com The Grumpy Strategists drill into the...
Australia and the UK put the AUKUS spin cycle on High
So, is what we’ve just heard about the strength of Australian-UK relations and commitment to AUKUS...
Gaza, Israel & Hamas: path to peace is about more than gestures
In one war Israel defeated Hamas, (it now has no clear chain of command or a formidable armed...
Australian crewing on US Navy’s own subs: Canberra’s AUKUS lever
There’s been plenty of criticism and consternation about reports Elbridge Colby, the Pentagon...
Grumpy Strategist Makers Series – with Beaten Zone’s Steve Baxter
Grumpy Strategist Makers Series - with Beaten Zone | RSS.com One Grumpy Strategist talks with...
Oh dear, what have you done to my fleet!? & Is Australia now bandwagoning AND free-riding??
Oh dear, what have you done to my fleet!? & Is Aus | RSS.com The Grumpies go over an Audit report...
We’re letting Xi Jinping weaponise economics all over again
So, prime minister Albanese is in China for his fourth meeting with Xi Jinping, accompanied by a...
What could Anthony Albanese be saying about Taiwan & regional security on his China trip?
Senior figures in the Trump Administration are asking if Australia is committed to deterring...
PM doesn’t get it, but Curtin knew we needed the US
Anthony Albanese’s wildly inaccurate take on John Curtin’s war would fail as an undergraduate...
Trouble in the Navy’s material world is trouble for Australia’s security – & AUKUS
The Navy is systematically failing to manage and maintain the two largest ships in its fleet – the...
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...