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...
by Michael Shoebridge | Jun 28, 2025 | Defence Budget, Europe, Policy
Why didn’t Richard Marles explain to Donald Trump and the other 31 leaders of NATO nations that they don’t need to invest more in their nations’ defence to deal with an aggressive Russia enabled by China? Instead, they only need to focus on the quality of their...
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...
