Essays & reportage
29 November 2024
Outsiders promoting political liberalisation in an impatient or immodest spirit shouldn’t be surprised by a backlash
International
15 May 2024
In Poland, Donald Tusk shows how to reach voters tempted by authoritarians
International
7 November 2023
The Republican Party might not be American democracy’s only enemy, but it’s the biggest
Essays & reportage
28 August 2023
Despite a series of obstacles, post-Soviet Ukraine has been moving in the right direction
International
18 July 2023
Can a tide of popular opinion prevail over a defensive conservative elite?
Books & arts
4 July 2023
Underlying Russia’s invasion of Ukraine are existential fears of democracy, diversity, sustainability and the decline of patriarchy
National affairs
7 June 2023
What was Greg Sheridan doing in Budapest?
Books & arts
17 March 2023
Democracy has spread in a distinctive way among Asia’s success stories
International
2 November 2022
Labelling Italy’s new prime minister a fascist misses the longer-term significance of her rise to power — and some shrewd decisions since she got the job
National affairs
30 September 2022
Short-sighted political calculus has preserved a seriously undemocratic upper house in Victoria
Books & arts
12 September 2022
Have Waleed Aly and Scott Stephens mistaken a symptom for the cause?
Books & arts
3 December 2021
As Australia “rediscovers” India yet again, are its secular forces starting to push back?
Books & arts
29 October 2021
How does a system that tolerates its enemies defend itself?
International
2 February 2021
January’s protests might be less damaging to Putin than a slow leaching away of legitimacy
International
27 November 2020
Could preferential voting be an “Archimedean lever of change” for American politics?
Books & arts
20 April 2020
Four recent books provide partial answers. But are they asking the right question?
International
17 February 2020
There are other things we should know about the Chinese city at the centre of the coronavirus outbreak
National affairs
18 July 2019
Are concerns about Australians’ faith in politics and democracy being exaggerated by poorly presented research?
Books & arts
3 April 2019
How resilient are Western democracies? Two new books have different answers
Books & arts
11 February 2019
Books | What France’s yellow jacket protestors may be trying to tell us
National affairs
11 December 2018
Can government rise to the challenge thrown down by the regulator?
From the archive
12 October 2018
Like Martin Luther King, philosopher Martha Nussbaum wants to take the anger out of democracy
Books & arts
9 October 2018
Review essay | Democracies might be threatened, but authoritarian regimes have their own problems
National affairs
2 October 2018
A little-remarked feature of New Zealand’s political system would help make Australia more democratic
Essays & reportage
9 August 2018
The false promise of digital democracy
International
7 August 2018
Xu Zhangrun’s bold critique of contemporary China points to potential flashpoints ahead
International
29 June 2018
Amid more bad news from Washington come signs that attitudes are hardening against much of what the Trump presidency stands for
Books & arts
15 March 2018
Books | Is China a different kind of democracy, or simply a self-preserving one-party state?
International
10 November 2017
Letter from Manila | Even the highest reaches of the law might not be immune to Rodrigo Duterte’s assault on accountability
Correspondents
7 July 2017
Despite the tough Middle Eastern neighborhood and internal resistance, Iranians continue to seek greater freedom and equality