by Michael Shoebridge | Jul 26, 2025 | AUKUS, Indo Pacific, Policy, Strategy & Capability
There’s been plenty of criticism and consternation about reports Elbridge Colby, the Pentagon official running the Trump Administration’s AUKUS review, had asked for some kind of commitment about Australian involvement if there were a conflict with China over Taiwan....
by Michael Shoebridge | Jul 14, 2025 | China, Defence Budget, Indo Pacific, Policy
Senior figures in the Trump Administration are asking if Australia is committed to deterring Beijing from invading Taiwan and have made their request public. And our prime minister is tying himself up in knots trying not to answer. He doesn’t want to say...
by Michael Shoebridge | Jul 3, 2025 | AUKUS, Defence Budget, Featured, Strategy & Capability
The Navy is systematically failing to manage and maintain the two largest ships in its fleet – the 27,000 tonne LHD amphibious ships HMAS Canberra and HMAS Adelaide. The scale of the troubles is laid out in a 108 page national audit office report, with almost...
by Robbin Laird | Jun 27, 2025 | Policy, Strategy & Capability
On May 28, 2025, Michael Shoebridge, Director of Strategic Analysis Australia, and I travelled to Melbourne, Australia to visit C2 Robotics which is described on its website as follows: “C2 Robotics specialises in the rapid development of cutting edge robotics and...
by Marcus Hellyer and Michael Shoebridge | Jun 16, 2025 | AUKUS, Podcasts, Strategy & Capability
The AUKUS emergency episode: What-the-Hell-Just Ha | RSS.com With the UK Eurovision entry “What-the-Hell-Just Happpppppened??” fitting Australia’s reaction to the Trump AUKUS review, Marcus and Michael discuss the two Oz views: “PANIC...
