Tony Walker is a former political editor, Washington correspondent and international editor of the Australian Financial Review and a former Middle East correspondent for the Financial Times. He is author of Arafat: The Biography (1991 and 2004).
International
Two-state illusions
Tony Walker
19 September 2025
The two-state solution will be mentioned many times at the UN next week, but it has become no more than a slogan
International
Labor goes one way, Israel the other
Tony Walker
6 December 2024
Australia’s vote on Gaza this week highlights a decades-long shift in the major parties’ attitudes towards Israel
International
Gathering storm
Tony Walker
3 October 2024
As the risk of region-wide war grows in the Middle East, the United States looks increasingly like an ineffectual bystander
International
Cycle of revenge
Tony Walker
19 September 2024
Israel’s intensifying effort to deter its enemies adds to the risk of an escalation in regional violence
International
Fractured consensus
Tony Walker
2 September 2024
As Israeli protesters take to the streets, news emerges that defence minister Yoav Gallant has clashed again with Benjamin Netanyahu
International
Midwestern Walz
Tony Walker
7 August 2024
What can the exuberant Minnesota governor expect if he successfully partners Kamala Harris to the White House?
International
Violence begetting violence
Tony Walker
2 August 2024
While the United States fumbles, more provocations have lifted the risks of a region-wide conflict in the Middle East
National affairs
History’s burdens
Tony Walker
17 July 2024
Labor’s foundational support for Israel still colours its attitude towards Palestinian statehood
International
Middle Eastern tinderbox
Tony Walker
21 June 2024
As the merciless bombings continue in Gaza, developments on the Lebanon–Israel border are adding to the risk of yet more warfare
International
Gantz’s gamble
Tony Walker
12 June 2024
Does Benny Gantz have the qualities needed to bring down a prime minister determined to prolong a brutal war?
International
Wait of history
Tony Walker
17 April 2024
A long-vaunted “two-state solution” for Israel and Palestine seems more remote than ever
International
Playing with fire
Tony Walker
2 April 2024
The Israeli attack in Damascus has increased the risk of a region-wide conflict
National affairs
Shadow play
Tony Walker
21 March 2024
Both countries got what they wanted out of Wang Yi’s visit to Canberra
International
Too little, too late
Tony Walker
11 March 2024
In the tortured history of America’s relationship with Israel there has scarcely been a more fraught moment
International
March of folly
Tony Walker
28 January 2024
The carnage in Israel and Gaza can’t be understood without tracing the realignments sparked by America’s war in Iraq
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