AUKUS own goals - Australia's new draft export controls
"It looks like Australia just gave up its sovereignty and got nothing for it': This episode focuses on the proposed new Australia law that's meant to make innovation happen under the AUKUS partnership...
20 Marras 202326min
The Travel and Accountability Edition: Tuvalu, leadership failure & the Hunter frigates, and the B-21
Australian PM Albanese's world tour ends with a bright spot in the South Pacific. An internal review of the Australian Defence Department's advice and it's compliance with financial and administrative...
13 Marras 202332min
The Estimates Edition: a recruitment crisis, fragile fleets & lessons from America
In Grumpy Strategists Episode 5, Marcus Hellyer and Michael Shoebridge get into why the complex, top heavy leadership structure of Defence affects performance and demotivates those below it. They disc...
30 Loka 202331min
The Israel-Hamas war, deterrence failures & hostage diplomacy Beijing style
In this episode, Marcus Hellyer and Michael Shoebridge discuss the implications of Hamas' mass murders, and what Ukraine and Hamas mean for strategies of deterrence against other aggressors. The relea...
13 Loka 202324min
Army shape shifting, helicopter troubles & Mr Albanese goes to Washington & Beijing
In Episode 4 the Grumpy Strategists cover the restructuring of the Australian Army in the aftermath of the Defence Strategic Review, as well as setting out the lessons and challenges for the Defence F...
3 Loka 202332min
Sevastopol, $200 million Triton drones and Australian industry
Marcus Hellyer and Michael Shoebridge discuss what the Ukrainian military's attack on Sevasotopol says about navies & denial. This, along with lessons from Australia's 25 year journey of discovery in ...
15 Syys 202318min
Naval Shipbuilding without ships & a Navy review about what?
The second Grumpy Strategists Production looks at ‘continuous shipbuilding’ and the Navy. 6 years on, the National Naval Shipbuilding Enterprise hasn’t delivered any ships. Meanwhile, the ANZAC frigat...
11 Syys 202321min
Health check on Australia's Defence Strategic Review
In this first Grumpy Strategist Productions podcast, SAA's Marcus Hellyer and Michael Shoebridge do a health check on the Defence Strategic Review, with some disturbing news for the patient and for Au...
11 Syys 202318min
