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
Correspondents
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
National affairs
4 May 2023
The government’s strategic review has left the commentariat puzzled
Books & arts
3 April 2023
Australia’s impassioned worries about China are in tension with better relations in the Pacific
National affairs
14 March 2023
The AUKUS submarine announcement has immediately raised thorny questions about cost, timing and design
Books & arts
21 February 2023
The real-world backdrop of Frank Moorhouse’s celebrated trilogy was alive with idealistic characters
National affairs
19 January 2023
Of all Scott Morrison’s poorly conceived initiatives, why has Labor stuck with AUKUS and its nuclear-powered submarines?
Books & arts
20 December 2022
Why was a successful scientist and gifted artist airbrushed out of history?
Essays & reportage
8 December 2022
Labor’s decision to drop the prosecution of Bernard Collaery leaves key questions unresolved
Essays & reportage
7 September 2022
Has the Australian Strategic Policy Institute been pushed off course by the China hawks?
Books & arts
3 December 2021
As Australia “rediscovers” India yet again, are its secular forces starting to push back?
International
12 November 2021
Bad decisions on both sides are getting in the way of any moves to recognise the new regime in Kabul