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Deterrence Without Resilience: Australia’s strategic risk gets real
Australia’s strategic environment has deteriorated faster than its defence posture has adapted....
Australia’s brand new, but old, Defence plan: a strategy of denial – that the world has changed
The Grumpy Strategists cover Australia's new defen | RSS.com The Grumpy Strategists respond to...
Australia’s National Defence Strategy: Canberra is yet to have its Carney moment
There’s something very familiar about the Albanese government’s new 2026 National Defence...
The 2026 National Defence Strategy & investment plan: The world has changed – but Australia’s defence plans haven’t
Having read the 215 pages of the Australian Government's revised strategy and investment plan, two...
Trump’s FY27 budget: $1.5 trillion for the Pentagon, $33bn for the State Department. Peace through missiles?
Since my planned birdwatching trip to western New South Wales was cancelled due the current fuel...
The Gulf collective defence exercise: a war no one admits to fighting
The Gulf collective defence exercise: a war no one | RSS.com Marcus calls into the Grumpy...
Tired of winning: US government shows how to lose an industry & hurt its friends
We’re told the Trump Administration is playing 16-dimensional chess in its reshaping of the world...
The tragic death of the Major Projects Report: a crime with 3 culprits & 27 million victims
6 March 2026 is the day we can say that transparency around Australia’s Department of Defence...
A lonely America experiences its unipolar moment
Donald Trump’s greatest legacy is not going to be some kind of American economic renewal. It will...
Victory in the War for Influence & Invoicing: Australia’s Mandarin Advisory Complex at work in two reports
Victory in the War for Influence & Invoicing: Aust | RSS.com President Eisenhower's 1961 farewell...
Trump the unilateralist becomes Trump the multilateralist – for now
After making a global mess, US President Donald Trump wants everyone else to clean it up. ...
With the Wedgetail deployment, Australia is now part of the Iran War
Is it believable that the world’s most advanced airborne early warning and control aircraft, the...
A less needy more capable Australia – recognising the new American reality for allies
It’s time to notice big changes in our world when it comes to how Australia equips its military...
Iran War: bad guys, rose petals and donuts – Trump tries for the Big Maduro
Iran War: bad guys, rose petals and donuts - Trump | RSS.com Marcus and Michael reflect on their...