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How does damage become defeat? LTG (Ret.) @general_ben joins Dr John Bruni to discuss Ukraine, Russia's energy vulnerabilities and the limits of Western strategic endurance. 🎙️ The Focus #119 — OUT FRIDAY. #Ukraine #BenHodges

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The Focus @thefocuspodadl.bsky.social · 9h

Do America's global military commitments exceed its capacity to sustain them? SAGE SIB #011 examines how adversaries exploit strategic overextension through Threshold Conditioning—and why Australia must prepare for constrained US reinforcement. Read: sageinternational.com.au/articles/str...

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America’s Thin Red Line: Threshold Conditioning and the Exploitation of U.S. Strategic Overextension

How US strategic overextension and defence industrial constraints enable Threshold Conditioning, weaken allies and challenge Australia’s security.

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America’s Thin Red Line: Threshold Conditioning and the Exploitation of U.S. Strategic Overextension

How US strategic overextension and defence industrial constraints enable Threshold Conditioning, weaken allies and challenge Australia’s security.

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The Focus @thefocuspodadl.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Do China and Denmark know how to play Donald Trump? @scottlucas.bsky.social makes a fascinating argument. From China and Taiwan to Denmark and Greenland, this is really a discussion about how states adapt when diplomacy becomes personal. New from The Focus: youtu.be/KLhfD9DyrbA?...

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How China and Denmark Learned to Play Trump | The Focus Podcast

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The Focus @thefocuspodadl.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

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How China and Denmark Learned to Play Trump | The Focus Podcast

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The Focus @thefocuspodadl.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Trump’s November Nightmare? Out now. Would a major Republican defeat weaken Trump—or make the party close ranks? @scottlucas.bsky.social joins me on The Focus to examine the midterms, presidential power and the global consequences. Watch: youtu.be/W8NToxT7Ljk?...

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The Focus @thefocuspodadl.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Who takes the blame if #Republicans lose in November? In this short excerpt from our conversation, #ScottLucas examines the divide between the Republican establishment and Trump’s movement. Would defeat force a reckoning inside the #GOP?

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The Focus @thefocuspodadl.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Why might #Trump’s potential successors want him to stay? @scottlucas.bsky.social argues that keeping him in place gives competing factions time to build their own power. A short extract from The Focus with Dr John Bruni. #USPolitics #TheFocusPodcast

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The Focus @thefocuspodadl.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Trump’s November Nightmare? Would a major Republican defeat weaken Trump—or make the party close ranks? #ScottLucas joins me on The Focus to discuss America’s midterms and the global stakes. Episode 118 | Out tomorrow, 2 October www.youtube.com/@thefocus_SA...

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The Focus @thefocuspodadl.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Knowing the risks is one thing. Building a strategy that accounts for them is another. Sir Lawrence Freedman on Iran, the Strait of Hormuz and the belief that a quick war would avoid the consequences. A short extract from *The Focus* episode 117. Full conversation: youtu.be/i1WvJZlv5jQ?...

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The Focus @thefocuspodadl.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Strategy is more than a plan for winning a battle. It also requires a clear political purpose—and an understanding of how a war might end. Sir Lawrence Freedman joins me on The Focus to discuss the practice of strategy in the 21st century. Watch the full conversation: youtu.be/i1WvJZlv5jQ?...

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The Focus @thefocuspodadl.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

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The Focus @thefocuspodadl.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Can you win the fight and still lose the strategy? Sir Lawrence Freedman joins Dr John Bruni on *The Focus* this Friday for a conversation about war, political purpose and the decisions that shape what comes next. Episode #117: *Strategy in the 21st Century* | 25 September

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The Focus @thefocuspodadl.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Is geopolitical disorder becoming harder to contain? Patrick Tyrrell’s latest SAGE perspective uses thermodynamics as an analogy for spreading conflicts, shifting alliances and the limits of leaders’ control. sageinternational.com.au/the-tyrrell-...

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The Laws of Thermodynamics as a Guide to International Affairs

Patrick Tyrrell uses thermodynamics as an analogy to examine spreading wars, shifting alliances and rising uncertainty in international affairs.

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The Focus @thefocuspodadl.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

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The Laws of Thermodynamics as a Guide to International Affairs

Patrick Tyrrell uses thermodynamics as an analogy to examine spreading wars, shifting alliances and rising uncertainty in international affairs.

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The Focus @thefocuspodadl.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Australia's demographic transformation has been extraordinary. Prof. #SalvatoreBabones examines how rapidly the country has changed—and what that means for the ongoing debate over immigration, integration, and multiculturalism. 🎥 From our latest The Focus Full episode: youtu.be/VCNfZjLvkeg?...

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The Focus @thefocuspodadl.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

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The Focus @thefocuspodadl.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

What if Article 5 is tested gradually rather than all at once? Armed drones, sabotage, GPS interference and threats to critical infrastructure increasingly occupy the space between peace and conventional war. SIB #009 — Where Does Article 5 Begin? sageinternational.com.au/articles/str...

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The Focus @thefocuspodadl.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

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The Focus @thefocuspodadl.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

#Australia’s student-visa system is back at the centre of the migration debate. A/Prof. #SalvatoreBabones argues there’s a deeper problem: students can carry enormous financial risk while Australian institutions reap the benefits. 🎥 Full conversation: youtu.be/VCNfZjLvkeg

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The Focus @thefocuspodadl.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

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The Focus @thefocuspodadl.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Australia’s “permanently temporary” visa system is now a front-page political issue. Prof. #SalvatoreBabones examines how international education became entangled with permanent migration—and asks what a more honest system would look like. Watch the full conversation: youtu.be/VCNfZjLvkeg?...

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The Multicultural Myth | A/Prof. Salvatore Babones | TFP #116

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The Focus @thefocuspodadl.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

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The Multicultural Myth | A/Prof. Salvatore Babones | TFP #116

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The Focus @thefocuspodadl.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Is America running out of power? Not because the US has suddenly become weak — but because its strategic commitments now span Europe, the Middle East and the Indo-Pacific simultaneously. Prof. #RoyCasagranda on US military resources, strategic overstretch, China and Taiwan. 🎥 The Focus

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The Focus @thefocuspodadl.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

As #OneNation and the #Albanese government clash over immigration, are Australians getting a genuine national strategy—or just different migration numbers? A/Prof. #SalvatoreBabones joins The Focus to examine immigration, assimilation and national cohesion. Episode 116 — tomorrow.

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The Focus @thefocuspodadl.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Our latest SAGE Strategic Intelligence Brief #008 examines the emerging U.S.–China contest in space and the implications for deterrence, escalation and #Australia. First Shots in Orbit? Space Warfare and the #Taiwan Contingency sageinternational.com.au/articles/str...

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The Focus @thefocuspodadl.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

25 YEARS AFTER 9/11: WHAT HAPPENED TO AMERICAN POWER? Professor Roy Casagranda returns to The Focus. Trump. Iran. The Pentagon. US military power. And the bigger question: Are we witnessing American decline — or a transformation of American power? WATCH: youtu.be/Sa596LEjpGE?...

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25 YEARS AFTER 9/11: | Prof. Roy Casagranda | TFP #115

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The Focus @thefocuspodadl.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

AFGHANISTAN. THEN IRAQ. Afghanistan was the immediate response to 9/11. But was Iraq already next in line as the next strategic objective? Prof. Roy Casagranda on the thinking that helped take America from one war to the next. 🎥 From The Focus. Full conversation: youtu.be/Sa596LEjpGE?...

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25 YEARS AFTER 9/11: | Prof. Roy Casagranda | TFP #115

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The Focus @thefocuspodadl.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Roy Casagranda returns to The Focus. Trump. Iran. The Pentagon. American military power. And 25 years after 9/11: is the United States actually entering a period of global decline? A characteristically provocative conversation. 🎙️ The Focus #115 Friday, 11 September.

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The Focus @thefocuspodadl.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Neither Russia nor NATO may actually want a war. But what if that's not enough to prevent one? Could escalation, miscalculation and pressure below the threshold of war cause both sides to stumble into conflict? Karl-Heinz Kamp on The Focus. 🎥👇 #NATO #Russia

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The Focus @thefocuspodadl.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Introducing The Tyrrell Perspective. Commodore Patrick Tyrrell OBE RN (Ret.) examines whether AUKUS can weather the trinational tempest. ⚓ Strategy, intelligence and the view from Britain. sageinternational.com.au/the-tyrrell-... #AUKUS #MaritimeSecurity #Defence #TheTyrrellPerspective

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The Focus @thefocuspodadl.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

IS INDIA 🇮🇳 READY TO BE A GREAT POWER? LTGEN (Ret.) Ravi Shankar argues that India doesn't need to announce its ambitions. In some respects, it has already begun behaving like a great power. From our latest conversation on The Focus. #India #Geopolitics #GreatPower

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The Focus @thefocuspodadl.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

What if Putin doesn't need to attack NATO? Sabotage. Cyberattacks. Drones. GPS interference. Infrastructure attacks. Individually: not war. Collectively: when do they become an attack? Karl-Heinz Kamp joins me on *The Focus*. ⏯️ youtu.be/B5pgi_P2-D4?... #NATO #Russia

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Russia's REAL Threat to NATO: How Far Can Putin Go? | Dr. Karl-Heinz Kamp | TFP #114

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Russia's REAL Threat to NATO: How Far Can Putin Go? | Dr. Karl-Heinz Kamp | TFP #114

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The Focus @thefocuspodadl.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

#Russia may not need to attack #NATO to weaken it. Dr Karl-Heinz Kamp joins The Focus to discuss hybrid warfare, Europe's defence revival, Trump, deterrence — and whether Russia and NATO could stumble into a war neither wants. RUSSIA'S REAL THREAT TO NATO 4 September | Ep. 114

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