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Defence 2025: Dollars and decisions
This report comes at an unusual moment for Australian security. We’re in the middle of a federal...
Penny Wong can’t support Gazan protest and oppose a ceasefire with Israel at the same time
Gaza has been witnessing the largest ever protests against Hamas. Open opposition highlights how...
In a long peace, a sleepy military is ideal. Time to wake it up.
In a long peace, the ideal military is a sleepy one. An outfit and bunch of people that...
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...
Episode 35: Australian ‘wombat resistance’ to Trump begins, the masterplan for zero tariffs and debates swirl on “Plan B’ for security
Episode 35: Australian 'wombat resistance' to Trum | RSS.com Marcus and Michael explore the...
The ‘5 Eyes’ & Trump: problems of trust & mistrust
The 5 Eyes intelligence partnership between Australia, the US, Canada, New Zealand and the UK is...
Role of crime in anti-Semitic attacks is a complicating factor, not a cleansing one
It was all a criminal hoax. That was the headline from this week’s police admission that the...
Dealing with Trump is a team sport, not an individual one
Anthony Albanese is being criticised for not getting a one-on-one meeting with US President Donald...
Walk This Way: Grumpies & ADM cover Defence hit ‘Slowrollin’ & try the new Coke Zero flavour of US alliances
Walk This Way: Grumpies & ADM cover Defence hit Sl | RSS.com Not since Run DMC & Aerosmith did...
No Higher Priority – urgent actions on defence for Australia’s next government
This is unbelievable: FINALLY, the book you have all been waiting for 'No Higher Priority'. One...
DOGE and American military power – there’s a tsunami coming
Elon Musk has the goal of saving $US1 trillion dollars from the US Federal Government’s...
Donald Trump shows strong hand, but do we still hold AUKUS ace?
President Donald Trump delivered a strong speech to the US Congress, departing from his script...
Islamophobia & anti-semitism: different problems that must each be understood
This week a 16-year-old boy in Western Australia was arrested following an alleged online...
The 2025 Defence budget update: still sleeping walking to disaster
The Government recently released the 2024-25 Portfolio Additional Estimates Statements (PAES)...