Essays & reportage
12 September 2025
It’s the country of many failures that hasn’t failed
Essays & reportage
19 August 2025
Donald Trump’s contemptuous treatment of much of Asia and the Pacific has created opportunities for China — and Australia
Books & arts
23 July 2025
Australia’s latest book by a former political prisoner paints a vivid picture of survival inside one of China’s state security jails
National affairs
7 May 2025
A big election win gives Labor a chance to rethink this Morrison-era scheme
National affairs
14 March 2025
Governments across the West are trying to come to terms with Donald Trump’s erratic hostility
National affairs
12 March 2025
Final submissions have brought a surprising twist to the judicial inquiry into the Croatian Six bombing convictions
Essays & reportage
25 February 2025
Just a month into the Trump presidency, America’s allies are being forced to think the once-unthinkable
National affairs
7 February 2025
A Darwin school’s decision to drop Indonesian points to a broader failure
International
13 January 2025
Behind a veneer of optimism, Australia’s strategic establishment is watching Donald Trump nervously
Essays & reportage
22 November 2024
A judicial inquiry has been told of withheld evidence that would have fundamentally challenged the case against the Croatian Six
Essays & reportage
21 October 2024
Can the “brainy and agile” Penny Wong counter the power of US-centric defence and security agencies?
Books & arts
12 September 2024
Silk Road sceptic William Dalrymple argues for the centrality of India in ancient times
International
30 August 2024
A military analyst and an economist see Myanmar’s junta heading towards a desperate fight for survival
International
15 August 2024
Le Parisien’s headline captures the post-Olympic challenges facing France’s new left-dominated government, not least in New Caledonia
Books & arts
3 July 2024
Australia is sleepwalking into a strategic and logistical mess
Books & arts
20 June 2024
Indonesia’s emergence was both more violent and more pioneering than commonly imagined
Books & arts
10 May 2024
Under pressure from Canberra to fill the ships, how many “right-wing undesirables” did officials allow on boats to Australia?
National affairs
22 April 2024
As a China-watching think tank winds up after Morrison-era cuts, a respected analyst reviews government funding for security-related research and education
International
10 April 2024
Pressure is mounting among Israel’s allies for a long-term settlement
Books & arts
21 March 2024
How a former Jehovah’s Witness activist became a secret intermediary between the Indonesian leader and the West
National affairs
15 February 2024
Yang Hengjun’s sentencing shows a Chinese security apparatus largely oblivious to foreign relations concerns
International
27 January 2024
Political opportunism seems set to follow the looting in Port Moresby
Essays & reportage
20 December 2023
Western leaders are distancing themselves from the Hindu nationalism popular in some sections of India’s diaspora
International
24 November 2023
The Solomon Islands prime minister has played off China and the West remarkably well
Essays & reportage
5 October 2023
While the French president risks a new civil war just three hours’ flight from Australia, Canberra’s diplomacy remains muted
Books & arts
26 August 2023
A seasoned analyst outlines the strategy Australia should have debated before the latest bout of defence spending
Books & arts
10 August 2023
Two years after their return to power, the Taliban aren’t living up to many of their promises — and the West’s disengagement isn’t helping
National affairs
31 July 2023
A group of Japanese foreign policy experts has a message for the Australian government
National affairs
27 June 2023
Signs suggest the warming of Australia–China relations has slowed to a glacial pace
National affairs
2 June 2023
The judgement against Ben Roberts-Smith throws the spotlight onto the special war crimes investigator