by Michael Shoebridge | Sep 19, 2025 | AUKUS, Defence Budget, Featured, Policy, Uncategorized
In the beating heart of this nation’s capital, Canberra, many of us have been thinking and rethinking about the Australia-US alliance and the AUKUS sub deal that is now so central to it. We’re reaching a crescendo as the long-awaited, much anticipated...
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 Marcus Hellyer and Michael Shoebridge | Aug 2, 2025 | AUKUS, Indo Pacific, Podcasts, Strategy & Capability
Episode 47 Ground truthing Australia’s drone journ | RSS.com The Grumpy Strategists drill into the facts behind Australian Govt announcements on drones to find disappointment: celebrating $16.9m on counter drone systems while spending $11m per day on AUKUS puts...
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...
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....
