by Marcus Hellyer and Michael Shoebridge | Jun 21, 2026 | AUKUS, China, Featured, Podcasts, Policy
Unaccountable rises: A Defence leadership Trifecta | RSS.com Marcus and Michael each pick their three stand out takeaways from Australian Defence officials testimony about delivery and performance to the Parliament. It’s hard to pick winners in a field like...
by Marcus Hellyer and Michael Shoebridge | Jun 4, 2026 | AUKUS, Featured, Podcasts, Strategy & Capability
Retreat from Singapore: Richard Marles succeeds in | RSS.com In history, a retreat from Singapore can have hairs all over it, but Richard Marles has turned that around, as the Grumpy Strategists unpack the events at Singapore’s Shangri-La dialogue. There, Mr...
by Graeme Dobell | Jun 4, 2026 | AUKUS, Featured, Indo Pacific, Policy
Maritime matters sailed through the heart of the Shangri-La dialogue, run by the International Institute for Strategic Studies, but the announceables were all at sea. Call it the horror-of-Hormuz effect: when normal ocean traffic is cut, normal life on land suffers....
by Michael Shoebridge | Jun 3, 2026 | AUKUS, Featured, Strategy & Capability
Black is white and up is down. There’s a reason Australians are losing trust in their government and in public officials, and it’s been on display in the unhappy land of submarines and our Defence department. In just a few weeks, we’ve had two major U-turns on what...
by Michael Shoebridge | May 27, 2026 | AUKUS, Featured, Strategy & Capability
Speaking last week, Defence Minister Richard Marles called the Collins class submarines “Australia’s most important military platform”. So it’s more than disturbing to read the ANAO Audit report on the Defence leadership’s disastrous management of the Collins fleet’s...
