by Peter Jennings | Mar 25, 2025 | China, Indo Pacific, Strategy & Capability
The seven-front war against Israel is heating up once again and the intensity of fighting in Ukraine shows we are a long way away from a sustainable peace. China meanwhile, in the words of Admiral Samuel J. Paparo, head of US Indo-Pacific Command, is not only...
by Marcus Hellyer and Michael Shoebridge | Mar 22, 2025 | Podcasts, Policy, Strategy & Capability
Episode 35: Australian ‘wombat resistance’ to Trum | RSS.com Marcus and Michael explore the Government’s confused position on disaster relief and the military. They assess the nuances in wombat-based pushback on US policies & set out the merits...
by Michael Shoebridge | Mar 21, 2025 | Indo Pacific, Policy, Strategy & Capability, Uncategorized
The 5 Eyes intelligence partnership between Australia, the US, Canada, New Zealand and the UK is uniquely deep. It has operated for decades, including as governments of various political hues and persuasions ruled in each of the five nations. The power of the pooled...
by Peter Jennings | Mar 18, 2025 | Strategy & Capability
The plan to upgrade the Collins-class submarines with a life-of-type extension is the single most important, and the highest risk, of Defence’s equipment projects. If the project can’t proceed or is too slow, we lose our ability to deploy...
by Peter Jennings | Mar 16, 2025 | Policy, Uncategorized
It was all a criminal hoax. That was the headline from this week’s police admission that the explosives-packed caravan found in January at Dural in Sydney’s northwest was never going to cause a mass casualty event. What about the list of Jewish targets found with the...
by Michael Shoebridge | Mar 15, 2025 | AUKUS, China, Policy
Anthony Albanese is being criticised for not getting a one-on-one meeting with US President Donald Trump as fast as he can. That criticism is louder in the wake of Australia getting no exemption from US aluminium and steel tariffs. But every other leader – besides...
by Marcus Hellyer, Michael Shoebridge and the ADM crew | Mar 11, 2025 | AUKUS, China, Defence Budget, Podcasts, Policy, Strategy & Capability
Walk This Way: Grumpies & ADM cover Defence hit Sl | RSS.com Not since Run DMC & Aerosmith did “Walk This Way” has there been a collaboration like this, except on…..defence stuff…. Marcus & Michael join the AustDefMagazine Crew to...
by Peter Jennings, Marcus Hellyer and Michael Shoebridge | Mar 11, 2025 | AUKUS, China, Defence Budget, Policy, Publications, Reading, Strategy & Capability
This is unbelievable: FINALLY, the book you have all been waiting for ‘No Higher Priority’. One title, 3 authors, 6 chapters, 36 recommendations. It’s all here in a thriller-like adventure story that can cure the Australian military’s...
by Michael Shoebridge | Mar 8, 2025 | Defence Budget, Policy, Strategy & Capability
Elon Musk has the goal of saving $US1 trillion dollars from the US Federal Government’s expenditure by 30 September 2025. He has to find cuts of $4 billion every day until then. The sheer numbers mean Pentagon and US military power will be in the frame...
by Peter Jennings | Mar 6, 2025 | AUKUS, Policy
President Donald Trump delivered a strong speech to the US Congress, departing from his script only occasionally to needle unhappy Democratic Party members in his audience. The speech was a mix of longstanding Trump themes: strengthening borders; deporting...
