Inside Story

National affairs What the WikiLeaks cables reveal about Australia’s leaders Paul Barratt 23 December 2010 Democracy not only depends on trust, it thrives on it, writes former intelligence analyst Paul Barratt. But the WikiLeaks cables show that Australian political leaders… National affairs Misreading China Brian Toohey 9 December 2010 A casual reference to the use of force underlines the flaws in Kevin Rudd’s thinking about Australia’s largest trading partner, writes Brian Toohey National affairs “This is the kind of fight we’re in for the rest of our lives and probably our kids’ lives” Brian Toohey 6 October 2010 The parliamentary debate on the war needs to face up to its costs and the lack of progress, writes Brian Toohey National affairs The army’s email controversy: the subtext Geoffrey Barker 29 September 2010 The army’s response to the leaked email from Afghanistan betrays internal tension and an intolerance of outside scrutiny, writes Geoffrey Barker

International Obama versus the Pentagon Andy Butfoy 25 September 2009 The cold war still hangs over efforts to reduce the world’s nuclear arsenal, writes Andy Butfoy National affairs The inheritor Brian Toohey 1 September 2009 John Faulkner will have his hands full cleaning up after other people’s mistakes, writes Brian Toohey International Obama the realist idealist Geoffrey Barker 2 August 2009 The failure of Woodrow Wilson at the Paris peace conference holds a lesson for the US president, writes Geoffrey Barker International Hoping for the best and hedging against the worst Geoffrey Barker 10 July 2009 Despite what Paul Keating says, an ambivalent attitude to China is justified by the facts, argues Geoffrey Barker