Anthony Albanese has used a speech about our wartime prime minister John Curtin to assert...
Indo Pacific
Someone is telling China’s story well, but it’s not Ambassador Xiao
Beijing’s representative in Australia, Ambassador Xiao Qian, has just spent 900 words in an...
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...
Needy, dismissive and critical: Australia & the US allliance
The Albanese government’s relationship with the US Trump Administration is a mix of...
India has vital role in Pacific region disaster response
The 2024 National Defence Strategy described India as a top-tier security partner for Australia....
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...
The two factors playing on Albanese’s mind over Trump meeting
Anthony Albanese’s first face-to-face meeting with US President Donald Trump will happen in...
Budgeting for an Enhanced Ready Force
If the strategic environment is driving an enhanced need to bulk up the capabilities of the ready...
Episode 36: A Grumpy Strategist meets a Wise Owl: caught between China & the US, Australia fixates on a 2040 Fantasy Force
Episode 36: A Grumpy Strategist meets a Wise Owl: | RSS.com Grumpy Strategist Marcus Hellyer talks...
China’s maritime misbehaviour: common ground impossible while China remains a bad faith actor
In a recent article published by the Australian Institute of International Affairs, Edward Chan...
If Ukraine, Israel & Taiwan don’t matter, who’s got our back?
The seven-front war against Israel is heating up once again and the intensity of fighting in...
The ‘5 Eyes’ & Trump: problems of trust & mistrust
The 5 Eyes intelligence partnership between Australia, the US, Canada, New Zealand and the UK is...
The facts have changed. Has the Australian Government noticed?
It’s important not to panic and to jump at ghosts and shadows. But when the facts change, a sane...
Beijing tested our defences — Anthony Albanese blew it
For years Australian ministers have said the country faces the most difficult strategic...
Grumpies live at the Australian Defence Magazine 2025 Congress – Episode 33
Episode 33 - Grumpy Strategists live at the Austra | RSS.com Recorded at the 2025 Australian...