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Trump’s FY27 budget: $1.5 trillion for the Pentagon, $33bn for the State Department. Peace through missiles?

Trump’s FY27 budget: $1.5 trillion for the Pentagon, $33bn for the State Department. Peace through missiles?

by Marcus Hellyer | Apr 10, 2026 | AUKUS, China, Defence Budget, Featured, Policy, Strategy & Capability

Since my planned birdwatching trip to western New South Wales was cancelled due the current fuel crisis temporary supply uncertainties caused by unpatriotic Australians panic buying and I didn’t want to spend Easter solely doomscrolling conducting deep research into...
America’s wartime defense budget: $1.5 trillion to deliver a military able to fight everyone – except China…..

America’s wartime defense budget: $1.5 trillion to deliver a military able to fight everyone – except China…..

by Marcus Hellyer and Michael Shoebridge | Apr 9, 2026 | Defence Budget, Featured, Podcasts, Strategy & Capability

America’s wartime defense budget: $1.5 trillion to | RSS.com Back in the SAA Bunker deep in the Brindabellas, Marcus & Michael declare energy independence (okay, thanks to government subsidies) and ponder the details of the Trump Administration’s new...
Tired of winning: US government shows how to lose an industry & hurt its friends

Tired of winning: US government shows how to lose an industry & hurt its friends

by Michael Shoebridge | Mar 30, 2026 | China, Featured, Policy

We’re told the Trump Administration is playing 16-dimensional chess in its reshaping of the world economy to make America great again.  But the chess moves we’ve seen so far in the key auto manufacturing sector are damaging own goals that hurt America’s homegrown...
America’s wartime defense budget: $1.5 trillion to deliver a military able to fight everyone – except China…..

Our Kentucky Colonel masters deflection, the War & AUKUS sub outcomes – magical thinking meets US & UK partner realities

by Marcus Hellyer and Michael Shoebridge | Mar 25, 2026 | AUKUS, Featured, Strategy & Capability

Our Kentucky Colonel masters deflection, the War & | RSS.com Well, despite the great news from Energy Minister Chris Bowen that Australia faces no energy crisis other than silly unwashed Australians panicking, the Iran War has already created a global energy...
A lonely America experiences its unipolar moment

A lonely America experiences its unipolar moment

by Michael Shoebridge | Mar 18, 2026 | Featured, Policy, Strategy & Capability

Donald Trump’s greatest legacy is not going to be some kind of American economic renewal. It will be an America that is alone. His America First instincts have now reached a peak with his war against Iran.  Aside from his Israeli partner, who has far more...
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