by Michael Shoebridge | Mar 16, 2026 | AUKUS, Featured, Policy, Strategy & Capability
After making a global mess, US President Donald Trump wants everyone else to clean it up. Luckily for the Albanese government – but also as a reward for their steadfast pursuit of a perfect, early 2000s-style small military sometime in the late 2040s –...
by Marcus Hellyer and Michael Shoebridge | Mar 4, 2026 | Featured, Podcasts, Policy, Strategy & Capability
Iran War: bad guys, rose petals and donuts – Trump | RSS.com Marcus and Michael reflect on their wisdom in modifying the Grumpies bunker to hold thousands of litres of diesel and 8 pallets of tinned tomatoes, as the war escalates in the Middle East. They set out...
by Michael Shoebridge | Mar 3, 2026 | Featured, Policy
America’s approach to the world has changed fundamentally. The era of its failed wars in Iraq and Afghanistan is over, along with the big idea behind them. That was then Secretary of State Colin Powell’s famous line “You break it, you own it”, based on the...
by Michael Shoebridge | Feb 27, 2026 | AUKUS, China
Kevin Rudd’s 3 years as Australian ambassador in Washington have shown he can ride rollercoasters and survive. In 3 short years, Kevin Rudd has had a box seat not available to any other Australian to watch the whiplashing changes in the US – and in American...
