by Marcus Hellyer and Michael Shoebridge | Jan 21, 2026 | Podcasts, Policy, Strategy & Capability
Penguins, not principles, key to Australia’s Trump | RSS.com Marcus & Michael pull together a deal Australian PM Albanese can offer to his great & powerful pal, US President Trump, at his first meeting of the Board of Peace, with lessons in...
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 Michael Shoebridge | Sep 15, 2025 | AUKUS, Defence Budget, Featured, Policy
Mr Albanese has two choices on Australian defence spending as he prepares to meet US President Donald Trump in New York (hopefully, perhaps). He can increase Australia’s defence budget from its current 2 per cent share of GDP to somewhere around the 3.5 per cent...
by Marcus Hellyer and Michael Shoebridge | Sep 1, 2025 | Podcasts, Policy, Ukraine
Europe’s lessons in dealing with unreliability, ex | RSS.com In Episode 49, Marcus and Michael go over the lessons for Australia from Europe’s approach to dealing with an unreliable US over the war in Ukraine. They discuss the now disturbing centralisation...
by Michael Shoebridge | Jul 29, 2025 | AUKUS, Strategy & Capability
So, is what we’ve just heard about the strength of Australian-UK relations and commitment to AUKUS fabulous news that reduces the risks and problems built into the nuclear sub pact? No. Does the new 50-year treaty, named after Geelong, a town in...
