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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...
There’s nothing behind the prime minister’s Curtin
Anthony Albanese has used a speech about our wartime prime minister John Curtin to assert...
From Warfare to Lawfare
The ongoing Iran-Israel war will soon transition into international lawfare. The Security Council...
How to lose an alliance: PM’s shrinking ambition
"It’s past the point that the failure of Donald Trump and the Prime Minister to meet face-to-face...
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...
Richard Marles and Australia’s defence ‘quality’ problem
Why didn’t Richard Marles explain to Donald Trump and the other 31 leaders of NATO nations that...
The Autonomous Revolution: How Australia can transform defence through maritime robotics
On May 28, 2025, Michael Shoebridge, Director of Strategic Analysis Australia, and I travelled to...
Needy, dismissive and critical: Australia & the US allliance
The Albanese government’s relationship with the US Trump Administration is a mix of...
Iran strikes show the growing gap between Canberra and Washington
The Albanese government is finding it hard to come to terms with the way the world works now and...
Australia falls behind as Trump Doctrine reshapes the strategic landscape
The coming week may be the most important yet in Donald Trump’s presidency. It will be the...
Cancelled Trump meeting a relief to PM Albanese, but bad news for Australian security
So, Donald Trump has cancelled his planned meeting with Anthony Albanese – along with the chats he...
No hiding the gap between rhetoric and reality on spending
The Australian government has wedged itself on defence. The glaring gulf between its rhetoric...