by Michael Shoebridge | Jul 2, 2025 | AUKUS, China, Defence Budget, Indo Pacific
Beijing’s representative in Australia, Ambassador Xiao Qian, has just spent 900 words in an article this week telling us we should not spend more on defence because he says so and because China is no threat. But in all his words the ambassador fails to mention...
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 Michael Shoebridge | Jun 24, 2025 | AUKUS, China, Defence Budget, Indo Pacific, Policy
The Albanese government’s relationship with the US Trump Administration is a mix of contradictions–needy, dismissive and critical. It’s hard to see this as working well for either nation right now, and the US probably cares less about this than we do. The personality...
by Michael Shoebridge | Jun 17, 2025 | AUKUS, Defence Budget, Policy
So, Donald Trump has cancelled his planned meeting with Anthony Albanese – along with the chats he was to have had with other like India’s Narendra Modi because his priority right now is what’s happening in the war between Israel and Iran. Fair enough from Mr Trump’s...
by Marcus Hellyer | Jun 17, 2025 | AUKUS, Defence Budget, Policy
The Australian government has wedged itself on defence. The glaring gulf between its rhetoric around our strategic circumstances and its defence funding commitments have been called out by our great and powerful ally. It’s no longer just domestic analysts...
