by Marcus Hellyer and Michael Shoebridge | Feb 14, 2025 | AUKUS, Podcasts
When Karens take power; building a hedge of frigat | RSS.com In Episode 32, the Grumpy Strategists apply science to the Australian government’s early engagement with the Trump Administration. Insights from prey species threatened by a predator help. They look at...
by Marcus Hellyer, Peter Jennings and Michael Shoebridge | Jan 14, 2025 | Defence Budget, Policy, Strategy & Capability
No-one wants war, but the risk of conflict in our region is substantially growing, and we could well find ourselves in war whether we want it or not. The challenge now is to rapidly strengthen the Australian Defence Force with the goal that our efforts, along with our...
by Peter Jennings | Jan 14, 2025 | AUKUS, China, Indo Pacific, Policy, Strategy & Capability
If you thought 2024 was hard for defence and security, the outlook at the beginning of 2025 suggests this year will be even riskier. From 2020, all Australian defence ministers have said the strategic outlook has never been more challenging than since the end of World...
by Michael Shoebridge | Dec 20, 2024 | Strategy & Capability
A troubled US Navy frigate program looks like a humming top of efficiency and value compared to our Department of Defence’s $27 billion program to get 3 Hunter class frigates for our Navy. The bad news is the Australian Government isn’t doing anything to change...
by Michael Shoebridge, Peter Jennings and Marcus Hellyer | Nov 29, 2024 | Defence Budget, Policy, Strategy & Capability, Ukraine
This is the third report in the IPA-SAA Blueprint for Defence series that provides an action plan for reforming Defence. This new report focuses on what needs to change in how Defence acquires weapons and systems. It sets out how the Government in office after next...
