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 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....
by Michael Shoebridge | Jul 7, 2025 | AUKUS, China, Defence Budget, Indo Pacific, Policy, Strategy & Capability
Anthony Albanese has used a speech about our wartime prime minister John Curtin to assert Australia’s independence on security from America, right when our relations with Trump’s America and Xi Jinping’s China are both complicated and difficult. His speech will be...
by Peter Jennings | Jul 5, 2025 | AUKUS, China, Policy
“It’s past the point that the failure of Donald Trump and the Prime Minister to meet face-to-face can be put down to diary difficulties. Anthony Albanese will not go to Washington – and it’s clear Trump is playing him.” Ernest Hemingway famously asked:...
by Michael Shoebridge | Jun 30, 2025 | China, Defence Budget, Indo Pacific, Policy, Strategy & Capability, Uncategorized
As we watch Donald Trump’s unpredictable America bomb Iran, and see Xi Jinping building his military to conquer Taiwan by force (if and when he so decides), plenty of familiar voices are saying now is the time to cut the cord with America and chart a new independent...
