by Michael Shoebridge | Nov 19, 2025 | Featured, Podcasts, Policy
Australian industry gets more Aussie, while Austra | RSS.com Marcus and Michael pursue littoral dominance in Canberra’s Lake Burley-Griffin while pondering the Australian Government’s new definition of Australian industry, and PM Albanese’s defence...
by Marcus Hellyer and Michael Shoebridge | Oct 24, 2025 | AUKUS, China, Featured, Podcasts, Strategy & Capability
Albanese meets Trump: champagne all round – but a | RSS.com The Grump Strategists move back into their renovated bunker deep in the Brindabellas and assess the finely managed Albanese-Trump meeting. Full marks to PM Albanese and Ambassador Rudd for stage...
by Marcus Hellyer | Oct 17, 2025 | AUKUS, Defence Budget, Featured, Strategy & Capability
The Trump administration has been calling on its partners and allies to lift defence spending to 3.5 per cent of GDP. NATO has agreed to that benchmark, with another 1.5 per cent thrown in for vaguely defined national resilience and critical infrastructure programs....
by Peter Jennings | Sep 29, 2025 | AUKUS, China, Featured, Indo Pacific, Strategy & Capability
If Anthony Albanese wants to avoid being berated by Donald Trump or JD Vance about how little Australia spends on defence, he should go to Washington with a list of proposals to expand alliance co-operation. President Donald Trump has emerged the winner in the battle...
by Marcus Hellyer and Michael Shoebridge | Sep 24, 2025 | China, Defence Budget, Featured, Podcasts, South Pacific, Strategy & Capability
Episode 50: With friends like this…& Why spend r | RSS.com Marcus is back from Australia’s croc-filled Outback. He catches up with Michael on global events: America’s end to a Baltic states security initiative and the Trump...
